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Cheap Sparkle Drum Wrap
This wrap is thick and pliable so it's easy to get a good seal around the drum with it. You can either glue them down or use the one strip double side...
11 years agoHey check out my latest resto
Just finished restoring these old MICs. I think the wrap is kinda cool. By the way, I have bunch of extra wrap in other colors if anybody needs some....
11 years agoTrimming drum wrap
I place a head on the drum and mark a line along the bottom of the collar all the way around the drum. Do that to both top and bottom, measure the dis...
11 years agoWhat kind of kit is this, like a CB?
Being a 4 lugger, I don't think that is either a Pearl or CB. They were usually 6. I think you've got an even cheaper MIT or MIC. Early Pearls and CBs...
11 years agoHoshino or STAR?
Those are very old drums, with some very new hardware and some old hardware. I'd go with Pearl on the shells based on construction style and bass drum...
11 years agoDeeply rusted hoops - any ideas?
Really, there's nothing there worth restoring. The chrome is already eaten up, even if you could grind off all the rust, underlying rust particles wil...
11 years agoMy Latest Restoration
This is '70's era MIT, Luan wood shells. I recut the bearing edges to a double 45 on all drums, re-wrapped with a ruby red micro-sparkle wrap, and con...
11 years agoStar 3 ply w/rings vs 6 ply shell sound.
What is all this nonsense about dropping shells and cracking? If you drop a plate it will crack too. In over 40 years of drumming I've only ever dropp...
11 years agoThe BOOMING Resonance of the 3ply MIJ Luan
From Retrosonic...
11 years agoMIJ stencil v.1 "Custum" red sparkle set
From Drummerjohn333...
11 years agoMIJ stencil v.1 "Custum" red sparkle set
Nice start so far, looks to me like you have a bit of work to do on the bass drum at least, but I have a couple of tips that might ease your work. The...
11 years agoThe BOOMING Resonance of the 3ply MIJ Luan
Notice Guys, how deep he has them tuned. Luan wood likes to tune down low, people compain that it's hard to get these toms to sound good, but it's usu...
11 years agoNeed to identify and find part for old Japan kit
It doesn't really matter which manufacturer that was, the tom holders are pretty interchangeable among that style of mounting system. I have that tom...
11 years agosparkledrumwrap Ebay?
It's THE SAME stuff!! So if the ebay stuff will, then of course the other will. The guy is just buying it from places like the link I posted, doublin...
11 years agosparkledrumwrap Ebay?
From ConvertedLudwigPLayer...
11 years ago