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Nickel hoop-collar hooks
Beautiful! Thanks to both of you, exactly what I need. The price isn't terrible enough to keep me from replacing the whole kit's worth, especially s...
8 years agoNickel hoop-collar hooks
Looking for a handful (6-8) of hoop-collar hooks for an old Leedy kit. Preferably nickel, but I'd consider chrome just to make a kit playable. I'd a...
8 years agoSherwood + Leedy + Mystery
I managed to get a couple more pictures of stamps: the one in the mounted tom now looks like "1C40" - is that a finish code, or cryptic date stamp? W...
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
From slingerfan...
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
From Rich K....
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
From slingerfan...
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
That's an idea, leedybdp! I guess I wouldn't need to go through the trouble and expense of sourcing a truly matching floor tom, since the wrap won't...
8 years agoSherwood + Leedy + Mystery
Sweet, thanks for the feedback on that floor tom. Maybe I'll see if I can source some new lugs... any idea what type of snare the current ones came f...
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
That's two more votes from Creighton and Rich for a very gentle cleaning, got it. Rich, what do you think about removing a lug at a time in order t...
8 years agoSherwood + Leedy + Mystery
All in delightfully aged WMP! In addition to the fairly straightforward Slingerlands my great-grandmother picked up, she also stumbled upon a kit tha...
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
Oh, good eye, 10 Lug! I see you have a similar kit, looks like the torpedo style rods on the bass? Beautiful! Makes me excited to get mine all shin...
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
That was my thinking for the hardware, Vater, thanks for the confirmation. And I guess a little Novus/wax won't hurt while the hardware's off! Good...
8 years agoLate 50s Slingerland 3-piece: restore/upgrade?
First of all, hi everyone! I've been doing a lot of research and stumbled upon your community, so I figured I'd settle in and stay a while. Now, to...
8 years ago