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The Black Beauty Find
Fellow drummers and drum junkies... get ready for some serious eye-candy! The drum came out better than I could have hoped. It looks spectacular, (eve...
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
From FFR428...
11 years ago"an old boy trying to reunite with his first drum kit from 1967"
A little less hair maybe, but the same glint in the eye! -Great photos-, thanks for sharing them. John
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
LOL - It's not going to look like a 'different drum,' just a 'shinier version' of what you've already seen. :p I hope I haven't set expectations too...
11 years agoRogers find today!
You don't find 'steal 'em' deals like that everyday! Great score. I love black drums and the Swivo hardware doesn't hurt either... just classy. John
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
Notes: Some 'interestings' about this drum... The bearing edges: The edges on this drum are unique! They are 'rolled under' (triangular fold of the...
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
From jaghog...
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
Tom - Thank you, brother. She's a real beauty! Keep checking back so you can see what I do with her! I'm setting it up so it can be used as God intend...
11 years agoAre these Camco drums???
Shots of the inside of the shell, reinforcement rings and bearing edges, please. John
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
OK, I'm back from the P.O.! Tom did an excellent packing job! Bubble wrap, double boxed, couldn't have done it better myself and I've packed a few dr...
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
Just got a call from the supervisor at my local P.O. On my way to pick up the drum!!!!!!!!!! Photos later! John :p
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
Ok, I've officially stopped worrying! I did a Google search on; Problems with USPS registered mail, and I came up with a bunch of threads from all kin...
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
In spite of all the anxiety over this drum, I just want to say... I'm thankful for all my friends and acquaintances at VDF. Another year in the books...
11 years agoWho has wiped the date stamp off the inside of a Ludwig shell? Own up.
Once, on a 66' floor tom. It happened so fast... Toilet John
11 years agoThe Black Beauty Find
Glenn - at this point brother, I'll take any 'entrance' at all! I don't like having such a valuable drum just floating around out there... somewhere....
11 years ago