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Powder Coating on 1980s Acrolites
In my experience, products that work well on automobile finishes also work well on instrument finishes, unless of course the instrument is a fine old...
8 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
Why is it the floor tom that goes missing with these old rescue kits?🤣 A few months ago, a neighbor of mine dropped on my porch a red sparkle '60's P...
8 months agoYard sale score!!
Oh excellent!
8 months agoAnother Leedy Returns
Seller's remorse! Now you know to not let it go again. I'm a Slingerland player myself, but I have to say if I could wave a wand and have my kit's l...
5 years agoWhat's with Acrolite (and Blackrolite) prices?
Do these seem more like it: https://www.ebay.com/itm/LUDWIG-Acrolite-Snare-Drum-1970s-USA-made-Blue-Olive-Badge-W-CASE-stand/173966007996 https://...
5 years agoWhat's with Acrolite (and Blackrolite) prices?
From Bustedhead...
5 years agoTwo estate sale finds
From K.O....
5 years agofuture of drumheads
From kdg...
5 years agofuture of drumheads
I'm not giving up my mylar heads unless something comes along that performs better than they do. Mylar heads killed calfskin because they work better....
5 years agoThe 5 snares every drummer should own-The "Iconic" Snares
For me, after a couple we may all agree on, it's not about specific ones so much as flavors. First, one must have an Acrolite (any finish). I have t...
5 years agoPainted Luddy restoration finally done :-)
The eternal VDF question: what were they THINKING? Beautiful restoration. One really must ask the eternal question when the wrap and hardware that w...
5 years agoPerformance Disaster
From deansdrums59...
5 years agoPerformance Disaster
From jmcohen...
5 years agoClean up / mini restoration of dream kit.
Mm, nice lookin' tubs. Are you going to go with the matching hi-hat and bass pedal? Stands? My favorite hat stand is my solid board "Big R" Rogers...
6 years agoRack tom choke issue
The rack toms on my Slingerland kit are mounted on that notoriously awful contraption, the Set-O-Matic, and there were two "gadgets" that helped me to...
7 years ago