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Yamaha RC drums; poor condition (i.e.cheap)
Hello everyone. I am the proud owner of some beautiful (looking and sounding) cobalt blue Yamaha RC drums. They look so nice and are rare enough now...
12 years agoRolling Yer Own Hi Hat Pairs
I have two sets of 'hats that I use. 1) 15" A field cymbals (center grommets and everything) I got for next to nothing at a yard sale. (I had to dril...
12 years agoCymbal Crack/Repair questions
Cracks in general can be stopped (or slowed at least) by drilling a hole at the end of the crack. This stops propagation, provided the metal grain bou...
12 years agoZyn cymbals with eyelets.....
I have an old pair of 15" Avedis field cymbals I got cheap years ago that I use as hats occasionally. These have grommets on the center holes. Wheneve...
12 years agoHomemade cymbal bag for cheap!
My Dad had a car repair shop (Foreign cars) for many years so what I did was steal a pile of the (new) clean shop rags and pop a hole in the center of...
12 years agoBroke snare cord at gig
I Didn't think about the cord grooving the bearing edge but I suposse it is possible. The snare tension would need to be fairly high no? Anyway, I do...
12 years agoSlingerland 12 lugger.
Very cool work! I have actually been thinking along the same lines, but specifically buying an old, beat Yamaha or Pearl marching snare with the inte...
12 years agoBroke snare cord at gig
I have always used straps for the snares (butcher broken drum heads if you have to in a pinch) but I wanted to comment that on my Montineri snare, Joe...
12 years agoYamaha Triple Tom Holder
I can't open the attachments for some reason (probably my connection on this end) but if that says "made in Japan" I'm very interested with or without...
12 years agoPearl Fiberglass
From tnsquint...
12 years agoFor the trashman #2
I played a cheap steel snare drum for years until I got my first COB Rogers Powertone snare. Anyway, to tame the beast, remember that thick or twin p...
12 years agoPearl Fiberglass
I don't know how much help it will be to you, but I had 6" and 8" concert toms in fiberglass that were Pearl branded, but white. My memory is spotty b...
12 years agoHello Everyone!
Thanks guys! I will attempt to post a "pre-cleaning" pic of the drums. They have been in constant use (well, some of them anyway) as my bass player's...
12 years agoYamaha Triple Tom Holder
Details please? Japan made or other? Label color? I'm looking for red label 900 series Japan made hardware (boom stands) and a triple holder (just...
12 years agoHelp... Trying to date and identify Pearl drums
I remember the era well... Before the big 'square' drums of a few years later, as mentioned above. I was taking private lessons at the local music sto...
12 years ago