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MIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
I'm sure the snare is also a MIJ stencil drum. This would have been the easiest way to get into the drum business. The rest of the kit may or may not...
9 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
Sure looks like the same badge, hoops and lugs as this Arbiter Exclusive. Even has the same four holes for the original strainer which was replaced on...
9 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
Watched this last night. Looks to be an old Star or maybe Pearl kit with Premier tom mounts and an early Arbiter snare. https://www.youtube.com...
9 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
Yeah, I have noticed that. Probably how the marketing department wanted to announce them since the new catalog was coming out. Car year models used to...
11 months agoBlack Cortex match
In addition to getting the thinner formica, you have to get it where the "grain" runs 90 degrees to the normal stuff so it will actually bend easily e...
11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
It is certainly possible the Krupa got stuff before the public, but then again, he might not have. Slingerland was advertising the new lugs and hoops...
11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
If you watch the Gene Krupa drum find video, it is stated that Gene acquired that kit some time before a trip that he took to Australia in August of '...
11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
Yeah, that's the same drum. This drum has a couple of issues that make it a less than great example. The screws on the strainer and butt are mod...
11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
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11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
That is a good point. I went back and rewatched that video, and it is definitely a coarse knurling knob. As was pointed out, that entire drum set was...
11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
I went back and looked at some of my notes. I have a Leedy Reliance that a friend found with a pile of MIJ drums set out for the trash in the mid 80s....
11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
I have looked at so many different auctions that it's hard to say exactly, but I have seen several SlingerLeedy Reliance and Utility snares, which cam...
11 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
I should have stated that those pictures are not of a drum that I own. Just examples from ebay and reverb. It would have been a different knurling too...
11 months ago1936 LUDWIG 6.5x14 SILVER FLASH SUPER LUDWIG MODEL
Here are the pictures that were posted on another site.
1 year ago1936 LUDWIG 6.5x14 SILVER FLASH SUPER LUDWIG MODEL
To add to what Hoppy said, you will have to copy the pictures from your computer any way you wish, such as right click and then copy, CTRL-C or any of...
1 year ago