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Help dating my first vintage cymbals.
I was thinking just dinner and a movie, what do you guys think?Toilet I posted a little about these in another area of the forum, but it's a rainy da...
7 years agoStar made drums with plastic hoops???
Kenwood, While I was researching my acrylic Star kit I noticed that both of the clear kits pictured on Ralf's site appear to have clear plastic bass h...
7 years agoFruitpunch Nebula Sparkle Drum Wrap
Nebulous in the best way!
7 years agoVintage Pearl Wood Fiberglass & concert toms!
Hi, Someone is selling this Pearl wood fiberglass kit near me. Let me know if it is what you are looking for and I can get more info for you. AL
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Doug, Ralph assured me that the bass drum pedal was "somewhere", and he would send it if he found it. I bought one on Reverb for $50 in the mean time....
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Here is a pic of the 69 guacamole strata. It is such a time capsule, it even has a pillow in the bass that looks like it has been there since the 70's...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Now that I know I am among like-minded nerds...I'm sure you won't mind some Freakin LASERs...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Holy crap Oddball...the frozen creek is a brilliant response, i like the way you think.
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Mitch, Nice illustration. I obviously love thinking about drums and physics, in fact I am writing curriculum for a science of sound course this summer...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
8upwithit, The extra mass of the cymbal stand in there is no doubt the culprit. Above all else we have to remind ourselves to just listen...if it soun...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Oddball, There was no acrylic snare with the kit. The snare that came with the kit was this 12in Arbiter. The original strainer and butt had been remo...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Great point Oddball. Rarely do you need to let a drum strike ring out in musical context. I see that you are from Boston. I spent my sop****re year...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Hey Mitch, Thanks for rotating the pics. Somewhere in the process of going from iphone to gmail to my PC the file gets "grumpy" and won't allow change...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Here's a weird thing...The tom mount tube is freakishly long on this kit, and heavy, made of soft steel. It extends 16' or so into the drum when it is...
8 years agoA Star is Born...again
Thanks Brian! I'm a physics teacher but married to an English teacher. I realized the other day that twenty years under the same roof has not helped m...
8 years ago