Hello I have been trying to restore two kits at once! This one was the most complete so I decided to get this done and sold to get money to help with the other late 50's Ive been posting about. This was saved from a garage almost 3 hrs away from where I live. I have these all cleaned up and they are sounding phenomenal!!! The wrap on this is not that great when you start looking close. Its tight still but the bass drum has spots where it looks like it was hit by some chemicals that started burning the wrap. Those were white and I colored them black to make it blend better. Other than that there are scratches here and there on the toms. The lugs look really good. I redid the hoops. The cymbal mount is flaking. There are only 2 straight legs for the FT so I am using some old Ludwigs right now. The worst part of this kit is there was some slight water damage in the bass drum. It isn't terrible but obviously I want whoever to buy this to know. It also looks like the badges were tampered with but I am not seeing signs of a rewrap. The two toms have ludwig rims on the bottoms. I also had to put 4 ludwig claws on here for now until I can get back to Blairs. I put gently used emperors on top and ambassadors on the bottoms. Front of bass drum has a Remo Powerstroke 3 coated and a
evans emad on the beater. The snare has a different strainer on it than it should. Other than that the snare sounds really good also. I didn't do anything to the snare yet. I think I have covered it all. Please let me know your honest thoughts and opinions. I am continuing to learn and by far am no expert!
Thanks - More pics below.
Curtis