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Slingerland snare drum ID
This snare has been assembled from various project drums. I bought the shell separately ... well, you guys know how this goes. Any ID help? Badge # i...
6 years agoGretsch Pratt bass muffler - installation??
To wrap this up, I installed a new Pratt muffler on the 18 Yamaha. It took some creativity in order to keep the bottom attachment of the felt strip f...
6 years ago1961/62 Slingerland Modern Jazz in Capri Pearl
FLASHBACK! My first kit. I must have been 13 or so. What I recall most was the PITA tom mount. I just couldn't get it. When I was 18, I traded it...
6 years agoUpper hi hat tube
Brilliant! PM sent. Ah, what the heck -- have two cokes!
6 years agoUpper hi hat tube
Hi Mark -- If I could find the Rogers - and afford it -- I'd go for it. But I plan to sell this when it's done, and it looks they aren't fetching much...
6 years agoUpper hi hat tube
I'm restoring a Rogers swan leg hi hat. I have everything except for the upper tube. I have the clutch, pull rod, and cymbal seat. The only ones I ha...
6 years agoGretsch Pratt bass muffler - installation??
I checked out the DFO thread -- yes it's very helpful! All kinds of measurements. But after I posted asking if anyone might still have the diagram, a...
6 years agoRecognise this Ludwig SNARE, please..?
:2Cents: I'm a too-impulsive buyer, and it +1. There are many, many Acros available. And, if you're not worried about cosmetics, they can be found a...
6 years agoLUDWIG P85 strainer wanted
Did you find this? I have one, and could use the Slingerland strainer.
6 years agoClean bass drum beaters?
Of all the wacky things, I tossed them into the washing matching. That was more successful than anything else I've tried.
6 years agoEvans Calftone heads
Alan & Mark -- I opted for the UV1 heads. It really did tune easily, and seemed to have a wide range of resonance. On an 80's Slingerland COW shell...
6 years agoGretsch Pratt bass muffler - installation??
Well, my continued, not necessarily realistic, resistance to drilling weighs in favor of something like this. It looks to me like he insisted on main...
6 years agoGretsch Pratt bass muffler - installation??
Anyone have experience with the Gary Chaffee designed external muffler?
6 years agoEvans Calftone heads
Thanks -- the brush response is my real interest. The bas head seems pretty smooth.
6 years agoEvans Calftone heads
Any experience with these? How are they for brushes on snare batter heads? Or other similar choices?
6 years ago