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Pacific Drums by DW
I just posted an inquiry on the same style drums.
3 years agoEarly Pacific Drum set questions
I now own 2 early production Pacific kits with what I call the "Dr.Seuss" lugs-round with an indent on each side like someone squished it.Very standar...
3 years agoStar King Beat Wood Shell
That shell looks to be of modern manufacture to me. Rerings on old drums are usually solid not plies. But I could be mistaken...
5 years agoTinitus
My tinnitus can be traced back to a single night. Practicing in a basement the harmonica player stood in front of the speaker. INCREDIBLY LOUD feedbac...
5 years agoBeware of this seller!!!
Why couldn't he have told the other guy they were sold and he could have second dibs? too bad...A better set will come along...
5 years agoRevere drums (Kent)
The restoration/refurbishing of the Revere/Kent set is 90% complete. I'm going to invent a part to mate a clip mount to the standard ratcheting tom ar...
5 years agoKent/Revere foil badges
I am looking for 3 shield style "Revere" foil badges for my recently restored blue sparkle set. The only intact badge is the snare drum's. I'd heard t...
5 years agoRepairing a Sonor Phonic pedal?
I'm quite sure this would be a standard metric bearing that can be purchased from a machine parts and equipment supplier. In the US we have McMaster-C...
5 years agoQuestions about this Majestic Snare????
There seems to be a period in the early 70's where Star was all over the place building this that and the other thing. A snare with faux "Sound King"...
5 years ago50's sparkle wrap/Novus?
I'm knee-deep into a 50's Revere-Kent restoration.Severe ply separation,wrap separation and easily the WORST edges I've ever seen on any drum. Literal...
5 years agoIs this REALLY a Pearl Drum?
Yes it is a Pearl-built snare. Pearl "Sound King" knockoff lugs have the squared off base. Could be one of dozens of stencil brands using Pearl as the...
5 years agoLet's talk swivel nuts!
I would replace them with 12/24 if there were a lot of missing tension rods. I had to do that with an oddball Yamaha 80's set with fine threaded rods,...
5 years ago"Drum Shop" drums...
So here is the completed project.It does not have real Tama hardware. The hoops are not Pearl. This may be entirely MIT knockoff.I had to replace ever...
5 years ago"Drum Shop" drums...
I am in the process of restoring/recovering a set of MIT's marketed by Donn Carr Drum Studio in Peabody,Mass. The drums shells are typical late 70's e...
5 years agoTrouble With Tinnitus
I have light to moderate tinnitus. It is my understanding via many Y/T videos that it is the brain trying to make up for certain frequencies that are...
5 years ago