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Tinitus
Sort of related: If you are a Costco member, they do hearing tests free. Did mine just before the pandemic hit. You’ll walk away with a graph...
5 years agoLeedy Project Begins
Leedy, I recently recovered a drum with Precision’s “Charcoal Pearl.” Here it is posing with my 1957 WFL New Yorker. The New Yorke...
5 years agoSonor Teardrop
I believe it’s referred to as TV wrap, because it resembles the horizontal lines of an old CRT television. Don’t think that was the offic...
5 years agoWeird stand??
Agree with Mark. Combination of: 1. Slingerland straight cymbal stand 2. Slingerland boom arm with counterweight 3. Two Pearl wingnuts 4. Somebody w...
5 years agoWet sanding to remove paint from WMP
I followed this guy’s technique to bring back a green light blue pearl tom back to light blue. It may work for paint removal too. Josh [ame]h...
5 years agoSlingerland Black Diamond Pearl
I was a purist and would not use a snare stand at any cost. I thought it looked terrible. Then I finally tried it. The position was slightly improv...
5 years agoValue question: Ludwig Hollywood
From jaghog...
5 years ago30's Slingerland Marching Snare before and After
Very inventive finish. I like it! Nice job. Josh
5 years agoMystery cymbal - please help identify
Is it maybe MAAD? Couldn’t find anything online for those letters. Josh
5 years agoThis Person May Not Be a Drummer
Oh! It was a Ludwig-Escher stand!
5 years agoThis Person May Not Be a Drummer
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-LUDWIG-SNARE-DRUM-STAND-1364-5-scripted-Atlas-BOX-OPEN/184258665638?hash=item2ae6ac1ca6:g:l6kAAOSw7Ghem02A Good laug...
5 years agoHow Many Vintage Drums Do You Own?
Three drum sets: 1 Ludwig, 1 WFL, 1 Slingerland, each set represents a decade. Josh
5 years agoWould You
Hmm. The only negatives I see are the bass drum: extra holes from a saddle mount and missing one hoop inlay strip. Positives: champagne sparkle, 14&...
5 years agoRogers Hi Hat Clutch SCREW
Is this the critter, ya think?
5 years agoRogers Hi Hat Clutch SCREW
Poetman, I have one or two that look like that. Can you try and determine what the thread size is? I’ll be happy to mail it to you if I have i...
5 years ago