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Slingerland "Knotty Pine" floor tom.
From lonecomic...
15 years agocan you help identify a slingy?
That looks to me like a late 80's early 90's imported Spirit series snare judging from the absence of "USA" or "Niles Illinois USA" on the badge. I'll...
15 years agobuying complete or restoring?
I am going to chime in again- since I recently went through the same stage you appear to be going through. As stated in my previous posts- I recently...
16 years agobuying complete or restoring?
Get a complete kit. Parts add up FAST. $400 bargains usually wind up being $900 headaches, when you could have had the same result for $700 and a wh...
16 years agoRogers 14 Inch Floor Toms
From watching auctions I have noticed that re-wraps in rare sizes will sometimes do very well. The only theory I can come up with is you can now wrap...
16 years agoRogers 14 Inch Floor Toms
Have they not already dropped in price? Were they not going for $1200-$1500 two years ago?
16 years agoSlingerland Stumper
Interesting- I know they made that 9x10 single headed drum in that era, the one that came with the Modern Combo outfit, also the late 50's catalogs sh...
16 years agoSlingerland Concert Hall snare
All of the 60's black/gold badged drums I have seen have a steel grommet, and the brown milk paint appeared on 1966-1970 drums, and this drum is dated...
16 years agoSlingerland Concert Hall snare
Why would someone bother to counterfeit of all things this drum? I just think that if I was going to bother to counterfeit something- it would be som...
16 years agoLudwig/Late WFL Bass Drum Hoops
What are the correct width on these? 2", 1 3/4", 1 1/2"? Thanks in advance.....
16 years agocan we discuss conga drums a little please?
While we are on this topic- how awful do vintage Congas (and bongos) from the big "four" (Ludwig/Slingerland/Rogers/Gretsch) sound? I have never see...
16 years agoWrapping a previously lacquered drum.
Quick question for you guys. If one was to wrap a vintage drum that was previously lacquered or had a duco finish, would one run into problems with he...
16 years agoRogers Drums - late 60's
are these still available?
16 years agoSome shots of my Jazzette Bass Drum
People on here always say that rewrapping a drum always devalues it- but this case might be an exception- I mean this drum seriously looks like the da...
16 years agoSome shots of my Jazzette Bass Drum
Since we always seem to be on a Jazzette kick (which by the way is a good thing) I figure I would post some quick shots of the 12x18 Jazzette I picked...
16 years ago