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A sticky Slingerland!

slingerland snare drum sound king
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Hi guys!

Sound Kings are not a common find over here in the UK, but I picked this one up recently on E-bay. There wasn't any major work needed (or so I thought!)

For some reason, someone had attached blue tape around the centre where the indented detail is. This was the kind of foil, sticky tape that's REALLY hard to remove. It took lots of careful peeling!

Then I was left with a sticky residue around the drum where the blue sticker was. I removed this by rubbing WD-40 oil on each section, waiting 5 minutes, then rubbing it off with a cloth. I'm really please with how it came out! The only other thing I did was replace the old rusty strainer.

First pic shows the blue strip and strainer, the other pics are how it looked after.

Tama Superstar, 22, 22, 16, 14, 13 Desert Burst
Premier Genista, 22, 16, 13, 12 Black Lacquer
Premier Genista, 20, 14, 10 and snare Black Lacquer
Premier Resonator 22, 16, 14, 13 poly creme/black
Zickos 22, 16, 14, 13, clear acrylic and snare
Posted on 5 years ago
#1
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Congratulations on your new Soundking, They're awesome sounding drums.

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 5 years ago
#2
Posts: 772 Threads: 93

Did a good job bringing that fab drum back to life.

Posted on 5 years ago
#3
Posts: 513 Threads: 102

Cheers guys! Yes, I'm glad to get it gleaming and look forward to playing it!

Tama Superstar, 22, 22, 16, 14, 13 Desert Burst
Premier Genista, 22, 16, 13, 12 Black Lacquer
Premier Genista, 20, 14, 10 and snare Black Lacquer
Premier Resonator 22, 16, 14, 13 poly creme/black
Zickos 22, 16, 14, 13, clear acrylic and snare
Posted on 5 years ago
#4
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Nice mid 70's Sound King. Enjoy!

Posted on 5 years ago
#5
Posts: 268 Threads: 44

Congrats on scoring this, and great job on the clean up. I have this exact snare and you're going to love it - cheers!

thejohnlec
Ohio Valley
Posted on 5 years ago
#6
Posts: 513 Threads: 102

Thanks again chaps, I've still not had chance to play it at full volume - looking forward to it!

Tama Superstar, 22, 22, 16, 14, 13 Desert Burst
Premier Genista, 22, 16, 13, 12 Black Lacquer
Premier Genista, 20, 14, 10 and snare Black Lacquer
Premier Resonator 22, 16, 14, 13 poly creme/black
Zickos 22, 16, 14, 13, clear acrylic and snare
Posted on 5 years ago
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