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Dating a Leedy/Slingerland kit
[COLOR="Navy"]Yes, well it?s looking more and more like a ?Christmas kit? 1958, or shortly thereafter. If, when you get the drums, you can confirm th...
18 years agoDating a Leedy/Slingerland kit
[COLOR="Navy"]Hello MikeJtone: I received your email and read your questions. You have the flagship Slingerland Leedy kit ? Shelly Manne Outfit No....
18 years agoVintage Radio King Drums
[COLOR="Navy"]Thank you Mike, Happy New Year to you as well. Cjwebber - There should be a message in your forum mailbox. DrCJW[/COLOR]
18 years agoVintage Radio King Drums
[COLOR="Navy"]That's a beautiful drum Mike. Made sometime 1946 to possibly early 1948. Key feature pinning down the date is the badge. This is the...
18 years agoResealing Interior of Slingerland snare.
[COLOR="Navy"]The bearing edges should be kept bare wood. DrCJW[/COLOR]
18 years agoSlingerland Chrome over Steel Stick Saver Hoops
[COLOR="Navy"]Phil: Thank you, and I hope your Christmas was a joyful one. COS hoops started in 1970. DrCJW[/COLOR]
18 years agoVintage Radio King Drums
[COLOR="Navy"]Hello Mike: Notations such as that on your drum’s interior were simply factory worker “notes to self”, designating th...
18 years agoVintage Radio King Drums
[COLOR="Navy"]Hello Cjwebber: Back in the day before anyone really ever looked inside their drums, drum manufacturers felt free to make notes in penc...
18 years agoSlingerland Drums
[COLOR="Navy"]JG: Just saw your post. Gibson bought Slingerland from Gretsch in 1994. The purchase included a stock of HSS-made drum products, whic...
18 years agoslingy rims
[COLOR="Navy"]Hello dpdrums: Just now saw your post; I don't always scan all of the forum pages the way I would like to have the time to. Actually t...
18 years ago90s Slingerland identification
[COLOR="Navy"]matb5: You have a 1992 Artist Power Custom kit finished in Emerald Green Lacquer. The Artist Custom line, made in Taiwan using wood sh...
18 years agoSlingerland 900,000 serial number
[COLOR="Navy"]zzz999: O.K., so you have a Spirit kit from about 1994. It was made in Taiwan during the HSS Slingerland period, while under Gretsch o...
18 years agoslingerland buddy rich snare identification
[COLOR="Navy"]slingerlandsm: So, good call on the date, 1976 is the most likely. At that time gut snares were not officially offered on a Buddy Rich...
18 years agoNeed help with Slingerland drums
[COLOR="Navy"]Right, so the snare drum dates to somewhere during later 1950 to earlier 1953, and the tom with that interior construction and the large...
18 years agoSlingerland 900,000 serial number
[COLOR="Navy"]zzz999: Right, Slingerland drums with serial numbers over 900,000 date to either 1990 - 1994 during the HSS period of Gretsch ownership...
18 years ago