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Good source for rubber feet?
Cannon (Universal Percussion) has some OK stuff that is availible at indie stores all over the place.
15 years agoDrumheads that FIT right
I've had troubles with heads that don't seat well... Remo, and Evans have both had this issue for me... Ludwig and Attack have always fit better. I...
15 years agoHeads on a Ludwig Vistalite?
This is a way late reply, but Ludwig brand heads are still availible, Silver dot would be the closed original equivelant. I like the way Lud heads...
15 years agopolishing vistalites.... *&%$!!@#
Ok, so after looking about the forums a bit, I got some decent shape Vistalites that I wanted to fix up....... I got the Meguires headlight polish...
15 years agoLudwig Vistalite "Combo" set
I started refurbing mine...... and the FT had the dreaded plastic lugs... 2 were cracked. Ludwig Classic lugs fit... and that's what was on most...
15 years agoLudwig Vistalite "Combo" set
Plastic lugs? Lol. This one seems to have all metal ones on there, so we sould be OK. I'd love to see the stupid plastic lugs... that is just...
15 years agoLudwig Vistalite "Combo" set
I got one of these in today... the toms and bass anyway. I guess these shipped with an Acrolite snare... I have one of those already. I plan to r...
15 years agoHow repair damages in lacquer , walnut Camco?
Nitrocelulose Lacquer is not used as much anymore because of the toxic nature of it. There's a few companies who still use it... Gibson Guitar bein...
15 years agoBest and worst of the cheapie drums...
Since I started it, I may as well keep rolling. I've been particularly frustrated with the cheap junk on the market for Students, that I honestly th...
15 years agoThey Don't Make Them Like They Used To.... Or Do They?
I had a similar discussion with a Gibson dealer about the guitar biz... one of the things that came up there was in regards to the quality of woods......
15 years agoThey Don't Make Them Like They Used To.... Or Do They?
This has been running through my mind for a long time... It seems that the drums of the world started off as bad, got better, and are now getting...
15 years agoPenncrest.......
They are blue.....the tom/cymbal mounts are broken..... the shells and lugs are OK. There's a bass and a mouted tom.
15 years agoPenncrest.......
I have a kick drum and tom from a Penncrest rig... I'm hoping to clear them out... not sure if there would be much intrest in this MIJ critter.
15 years agoWorth it???
As far as restoration, yeah, it's doable. BUT. How's the bearing edges... if those are shot, then we're in for big dollars to make it live agai...
15 years agoQuestions About Recent Purchase..
Mighty nice find. The dates being different are simple factory production.. They Rolled X shells in this size on this date and stacked them up in...
15 years ago