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correct snare wires for Pearl freefloating?
Gentlemen, This drum is really starting to impress me sound wise. The snare wires are indeed what you show in your picture Mark, and Matt...I...
12 years agocorrect snare wires for Pearl freefloating?
Happy New Year All!flower Lucky me, I just acquired a 5.5 X 14" Pearl free-floating metal snare drum for repair. It wasn't in the house fifteen min...
12 years agoFirst-time Kit Shipping - Help!
All great suggestions so far, I would like to add that it is important to wrap a garbage bag around each drum to insure against warehouse flooding and...
13 years agoBill Bruford lecture.......any thoughts?
I watched this lecture from Bill Bruford and really liked it. Thought it may generate some thoughtful discussion around here. Enjoy thie link. Glen...
13 years agovintage wood recycled
They are aftermarket reproductions of the Slingerland beavertail lugs. I was pleased with the weightyness and chrome finish when I got them in my hand...
13 years agovintage wood recycled
flowers2 Thanks everyone for your comments and congratulations. My parts arrived on time, and I'm in the stage of setting this drum up with different...
13 years agovintage wood recycled
A few years ago I aquired an old upright Sohmer Piano thinking I would restore it and restring it. The price for all the materials quickly got out of...
13 years agoBlack Swamp snare wires
Anyone have any possitive feedback regarding high end snare wires for a home rolled solid stave drum? I see Black Swamp and Pearl orchestral models fo...
13 years agoProper order for prepping shells
For what it's worth to you.my advice for removing glue residue is always the same.....forget all the chemicals and use heat from a painters heat gun....
13 years agoWhat To Do With The Shells???
RogerSling, I aquired a few marching snares for repair from a school closet awhile back myself. One shell was so damaged that I couldn't send it ba...
13 years agoProposal For Rule Change In For Sale Forum
Hear Hear! I will second that motion for some positive change in this matter. I have nothing against CL either, I frequently use it myself. But I can...
13 years agoNeed help with tuning vistalite bass drum
The next thing to do is double check the adjustment range up or down on your bass drum pedal........the sweet spot may or may not be in the exact cent...
13 years agosnare side heads (still havn't found what I'm lookin for)
Thanks for your replies. I agree, Remo A on top Evans Hazy 300 on bottom. gets the job done, and works every time, but my point is that this combinati...
13 years agosnare side heads (still havn't found what I'm lookin for)
Been playing around with some snare drums that I'm repairing, and a 14" hanging tom that I turned into a 7" snare by cutting it down and reworking the...
13 years agoluuudwig interior white
Benjamin Moore Aqua Glo White latex interior house paint the finish sheen calls for semigloss, but I prefer satin, or eggshell, doesn't look so plasti...
13 years ago