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Thoughts on playing a 13, 16, 20"
Original 20/16/13... the front and back hoop mounted BD spurs helped keep it from tipping?
7 years agoEarly 70's Gretsch BOP kit, 18,14,12,14 w/hardware
Great set! The 4 bolt tom rail on the bass drum and the L-arm and floor tom bracket on the 8x12 tom put this set in a very narrow time period. Don't h...
7 years agoRemo "Classic Fit" heads for vintage drums and "Felt Tone" heads.
Put the Classic Fit on a 14" Gretsch RB floor tom that had the "traditional" problem and it sounds like a different drum. Couldn't have asked for a be...
7 years ago1973/80 Pearl B4514 "Stewart Copeland"
Copeland has been quoted as saying they found another example of his Pearl snare to use as a backup and it didn't equal the original so was never used...
7 years agoVater gretsch
From Rik_Everglade...
7 years agoVater gretsch
From K.O....
7 years agoVater gretsch
Interesting all original (except heads) set...
7 years agoThis is the Display Your Slingerland Drums Thread
1973 copper wrapped 20/16/13/12. For sale at Trading Musician...
7 years agoBruno Conquerer Stainless Steel Kit
I have an 8x12 tom and 12x14 converted marching snare like those. The tom is un-marked and the marching snare is a Bruno, both identical. Apollo made...
7 years agoLeedy Drums
An interesting point about the beginning of the Slingerland/Leedy era that I have observed: Some of the tom shells have the traditional Leedy thirty...
7 years agoJoe Harris's Leedy Shelly Manne
From schmegeggie...
7 years ago1966 Leedy Shelly Manne Outfit #11 in Grey Agate Pearl
One of my former SlingerLeedy sets. Purchased from the nephew of the original owner. It had sat in the uncle's garage un-played for years...
7 years ago1966 Leedy Shelly Manne in Grey Agate Pearl
Maple or mahogany shells?
7 years agoRARE book about SHELLY MANNE
That's a great price, they are selling used on Amazon for $224.99!
7 years agoModern Jazz?
If you are familiar with the history of "Modern Jazz" it has always brought out disagreements on what it is and how much change is too much... The Ba...
7 years ago