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can someone tell me, based on the photos, whether this is a one-ply drum or not? thanks in advance if you can.

http://cgi.ebay.com/VNTG-SLINGERLAND-RADIO-KING-SNARE-DRUM-14-1-4-X-9-1-4-/230529606391?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion&hash=item35aca2a2f7

Posted on 14 years ago
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From Publius

can someone tell me, based on the photos, whether this is a one-ply drum or not? thanks in advance if you can. http://cgi.ebay.com/VNTG-SLINGERLAND-RADIO-KING-SNARE-DRUM-14-1-4-X-9-1-4-/230529606391?pt=Vintgae_Drums_Percussion&hash=item35aca2a2f7

With just that one pic of the bottom, It's a crap shoot, I would have the seller take photos of both the top and bottom bearing edges, to answer that question for you!

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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If it's original, I am fairly confident that it would be 1 ply.

Posted on 14 years ago
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here's the pics he sent me of the bearing edge, as best he could.

Posted on 14 years ago
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Yeah it looks to be one ply! awfully expensive for such a deep drum, have you played an 8x14" before?

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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i've never played an 8 x 14 one ply radio king. do the deeper drums usually sell for less than a 5" or 6 1/2" deep?

Posted on 14 years ago
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Yucko.........clamshell strainer..............pass

"Always make sure your front bottom BD lugs clear the ground!"
Posted on 14 years ago
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That's a 1951-1953 Super Gene Krupa Radio King, as seen HERE in the 1951 catalog.

Really cool old drum. I'd be inclined to try it as a concert snare, myself.

Posted on 14 years ago
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From Publius

i've never played an 8 x 14 one ply radio king. do the deeper drums usually sell for less than a 5" or 6 1/2" deep?

Yes, less demand for them, and generally they are not as loud as a smaller size is, the 7" model is about as deep as you want to go! also look at it this way, how low or high do you sit on your kit, if you sit low, do or will you have a snare drum stand that will go that low with an 8" deep snare drum, and the price that this Rk is at could buy you almost any snare drum on the planet, a cob ludwig?

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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