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How many famous Premier Rock players can you name?
Paul Whaley - Blue Cheer [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKT0Kz5VGhw#t=134"]Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues (American Bandstand,1968) - YouTube[/...
10 years agoCleaning & Repairing calfskin heads
When I was first introduced to calfskin heads, a prominent drummer asked me "Do you oil your skins? He told me many players from years gone by would...
10 years agoGreat new arrival - 6 1/2 x 14 Premier 2000
dukekamaya: "Aluminium shell?" I requested it be aluminum (vs steel), but as fate would have it the shell is brass! Don't ask me to account for this...
10 years agoWhat are these parts?
Left to Right: -long single tension BD rod with batter claw & threaded reso side claw -MARVEL brand snare drum stand basket -bass drum pedal & floor b...
10 years agoGreat new arrival - 6 1/2 x 14 Premier 2000
member neorich05 : " ...it's a 2003 model actually." Thanks! I stand corrected, and defer to your expertise! Please be kind enough to compare and c...
10 years agoGreat new arrival - 6 1/2 x 14 Premier 2000
Wanted one for so long! Worth the wait!
10 years agoHelp identifying multi-key
Thanks Ralf, for the link to Arno's website, on which the key in question is listed as Master V key manufactured in the U.S.A. . :)
10 years agoHelp identifying multi-key
Can anyone identify this drum key? It feels as if constructed of cast iron and has a standard square head, a UK slot driver head, and a wingscrew wre...
10 years agoDW Drums buys Gretsch, Gibraltar, LP and More
Actually, it is an example of the free market working properly! All too many players today never knew that DW began by purchasing the LA Camco compan...
10 years agohelp id-ing cymbal stand please
The standard issue wingnut on top has been replaced with a milled aluminum knurled nut tightener (2 sections which fit together) for the vintage Camco...
10 years agoTest of the Ears
Re: "Then all I have to do is figure out how he got that sound out of that drum." Maybe that sound came from the drummer and not the drum!...
10 years agoCleaning inside old Slingerland snare shell
The interior of those shells is finished with a flat grey tarnish retardant paint. This is what is coming off on your cloths as you clean it. As to...
10 years agoAsama Percusion
Years ago Asama sent me one of their catalogs from Japan. At one time their kits were, other than the logo, indistinguishable in every way from Tama...
10 years agoHelp replacing rare throwoff/strainer on old Sonor snare
I know these strainers quite well. The mechanism can be reassembled with little difficulty, providing you have rudimentary skills with basic tools an...
10 years agoneed help reusing a calf head
Forum member Magnus_N answers correctly. Never use detergent - it will age and crack the skin. Presuming that the two drums in question are of identi...
10 years ago