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22" Ludwig blue/olive bass drum in BDP
Hello I have three toms 13"14"16" so I need to find a suitable bass
5 years agoNice bollero snare drum !
Hello Rob, by that pic, It is a little hard to see what the actual color looks like Is it a combination of black and silver sparkle? Or black and gol...
5 years agoThis is the Display Your MIJ Drums Thread
Hello Jimmy yes the bass/tom partials on the top shelf do display pretty well minus of the floor toms once a floor tom is finally located for one o...
5 years agoHelp with wrap color
Hello Mark I did see the blue grain pearl when bringing up the color charts to me the differences were a little too distinct to be a batch variation...
5 years agoHelp with wrap color
yyc067 Yes they are close I have Hoshino K made kits in my collection all with similar uniform strata pattern in red, green, and tiger eye your blu...
5 years agoHelp with wrap color
I put the two together and It seems that in the sample pic the bands of darker shaded strata are wider than the more uniform bands on your drums
5 years agoHelp with wrap color
Hello yyc067 I think your drums are most likely Pearl made The earliest Pearl chart I could pull up so far was from 1968 and does not include that...
5 years agoThis is the Display Your MIJ Drums Thread
Hello Jimmy and Thanks What happens most times is someone will come along who just needs the floor tom or the snare but most often it is the floor t...
5 years agoThis is the Display Your MIJ Drums Thread
This little center lug Tele-star kit was being sold off in four separate eBay auctions I took a shot and offered 250.00 for all four drums and explain...
5 years agoSo Who Built My Kit?
Mark Yes I learned only after buying my snare of the lug problem I am thinking of going with tube style lugs though it kills me to do it not to menti...
5 years ago1960s MIJ Purple / Black Diamond Pearl
Retro yes I think they call the wrap Gold Ingot I already knew of this wrap as I had found this little six lug snare in the same finish (also badg...
5 years agoSo Who Built My Kit?
Hello Mark It never occurred to me how much the snare lugs do indeed look like two beavertails molded together They sort of reminded me of my cherry...
5 years ago1960s MIJ Purple / Black Diamond Pearl
Hello Retrosonic of course I could not say for absolute sure but my best guess would be that Sakae did not build very many of their kits in that con...
5 years agoTama Superstar
Heck Yes ...Those are beautiful vintage drums I would get serious with the seller and offer him seven bills But I would not pass them up if he was to...
5 years agoSo Who Built My Kit?
Mike Yes as I recall aside from the timing (pre-show) the hardware was one of the obstacles in my negotiations as well as much as I love these old Ja...
5 years ago