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Recommendations for a Vintage-savvy drum shop in Nashville
Can anyone make a recommendation for a drum shop in Nashville that is well versed in vintage drums? I posted pictures a while back of an awesome Gr...
9 years agoThis is Display Your old Gretsch thread
Here is a set that belonged to a friends father who passed recently. They were in storage in a garage for about the last 30 years. I have been clean...
9 years agochrome vs nickel
I believe the floor tom leg mount spacing changed in 1958, 59 or so, when they went to the push button type, which later became a screw to tighten....
11 years agoCentury Project - Evolution of the Drumset
I've just finished viewing the "Century Project" DVD by Daniel Glass. It's medicine for those of you who, like me, are sick of hearing about the impo...
12 years agoNeed Slingerland Floor toms late 50s early 60s
I'm looking for Slingerland 14" and/or 16" mahagony-poplar-mahagony shells or complete drums. Orphans preferred, nothing you are too proud of as I...
13 years agoEarly DW
My best recollection is that is was around 1981, which is consistent with what Slingalud says. As I recall the numbers were in the range of what Slin...
13 years agoEarly DW
Unfortunately I no longer have these drums, and no record of the numbers. When I sold them I was a little tortured over whether they would someday b...
13 years agoEarly DW
In case anyone is interested. Here is a very early set of DW drums, exactly as I bought them (except for the cut out head). They were purchased from...
13 years agoThe Century Project - Daniel Glass
I was fortunate to be present at the taping of the narrative portion of a new DVD called the Century Project. The premise is that it follows the evol...
13 years agoSlingerland push button floor tom leg rattles
I could be wrong but I think the later screw-type leg holders are interchangeable with the push button ones. Keep the push buttons for originality...
13 years agoOkay, What am I not seeing here?
Did I miss some gold nuggets in there? Usually bidding goes into hibernation during the middle part of an auction. Anyone with any experience knows...
13 years agoSlingerland Help
I remeber seeing somewhere where it was noted on the drum interior as ".020", which might correspond with an undersized shell that was to be used f...
13 years agoRemoving Powdercoating?!?
My first guess on seeing the pictures was that it was sandblasted and reading a few pages in confirmed it. What you are seeing is not a coating but t...
13 years agoCan anybody explain? Radio King Delimma
Strange things happen on eBay.
13 years agoThis is great!
If I could find a Chicago era single ply Radio King in BDP and in that condition for $275 I would consider myself very lucky. Anybody have one? On...
13 years ago