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shell design
Thanx guys, more of this design to come. Next I'll make a similar shell, but use one 5 inch wide board of mahogony and segmented mahogony rings. I'm t...
8 years agoshell design
Update: I've tested it. Sounds great! Haven't tested the tuning range yet. Now it's tuned mid-range. It sounds better with the reso head not too high....
8 years agoPremier Olympic?
"real" olympics are cheap but can be made sound great. Had a set once.
8 years agoWhen It's time to leave a band -
Off course you should quit! The problem is as clear as it could be. You're clear about what you want (which is not too much asked IMO) and you're not...
8 years agoPremier Olympic?
if I'm not mistaken asian production
8 years agoLudwig Vintage set - what do I have?
@Kingcoin: I don't know, I'm not in to Ludwig, but a lot of other folks here are an can tell you. My response is because of this: Of course it is he...
8 years agoshell design
I'm also building an oak stave shell in the same size and I'm planning on mounting the exact same hardware and make comparible edges en snare beds. Th...
8 years agoshell design
What kind of worries me is that the shell has little sound and volume when tapped with a knuckle. But I let the worries go and simply finish the drum...
8 years agoshell design
Hi Folks, I want to share the following with you: Lately I've been fooling around with an idea I had for a long time. This is the first try-out. I've...
8 years agonew vintage style drum made
@green glass drum: Thanx, man. No, I'm a psychologist. But I have a back ground in fine arts (painting, sculpting) and have allways been working with...
8 years agoLevelling out a shell...
Use the sand paper trick untill it's level. Make some kind of pecil-jig to draw a line where you want the highest point of your bearing edge to be (th...
8 years agonew vintage style drum made
@Green Glass Drum: No, sorry, I don't do commissions. The reason is that working on drums is my hobby. Cuurently I have about 6 hour a week to spend o...
8 years agonew vintage style drum made
Thank you all for your compliments. The material is cork. I bought it on a holiday in Portugal . Every holiday i try to bring something home to use in...
8 years agowar time drum inspired
While I ordered wrap for another drum (see other trhread) I couldn't help myself buying wrap for this drum.I reconed it would look better with an aged...
8 years agonew vintage style drum made
Hi Folks, I want to share my latest project/product. It's a 14 x 7 snare drum. This time I made it look like classic drums I've seen before. The wrap...
8 years ago