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Pearl from around 1968-70 or later Pearl stencil. Almost all the Pearl stencils had this tom mount, whether it was CB 700, Royce, Maxwin, etc. It's re...
10 years agoTribal drums
I think I remember seeing an ad in MD for these just before I let my subscription lapse. I looked on Google and Yahoo and saw nothing. Any possibility...
10 years agoBest Drum Mounting System Developed.
Try holding the toms by the 7/8 pipe in the opti-mount but off the stand/ BD mount and see if it still chokes. I don't mount toms on the BD any more....
10 years agoSlingerland Chrome Over Wood?
I will concur on the COW recovery-forget it. I bought one for $50 to strip and recover w/BDP. Tore big pieces of the mahogany veneer out, and I'd left...
10 years agoSlingerland Chrome Over Wood?
I don't think, in all my years of drumming, I have EVER seen a 26" Slingerland kick drum. Unless some of the big names played them- Nigel Olsen, Bev B...
10 years agoWhat can you 'sensibly' do for poor bearing edges
I think, and other members should chime in if I'm wrong, that calf heads with flesh hoops were much more forgiving to the inconsistencies of a slightl...
10 years agoStrictly personal
I do all my ranting on Facebook...The VDF is my "happy place" where I'm free to discuss the pro's and con's of 0000 steel wool and Remo vs Evans vs Aq...
10 years agoSreaming Lord Sutch - Wailing Sound featuring John Bonham
Sounds like someone sitting in with Led Zeppelin to me.
10 years agoWhat can you 'sensibly' do for poor bearing edges
Bent drums...a painful subject. My original circa 1970 Gretsch concert tom set had a 12 that part of the edge was actually "rolled over" towards the i...
10 years agoZildjian "Seconds" from back in the day
Well here it is- no ink, no Zildjian stamp, just half an "S". It's mate is not a second, but a small stamp A.
10 years agofloor tom mounted cymbal arm ?
I think that wrap is called abalone. Other versions have more or less colors in them, but basically a BDP split into lines with various iridescent col...
10 years agoClubdate duco finish
Why wouldn't you paint the 6 ply to match the other drums? They look pretty good, by the way.
10 years agoWhat modern kit would you choose ?
Anchor Drums are very nice looking and the Y/T sound clips are good. Or my friends @ Outlaw Drums in Georgia. Guaranteed U.S.A wood in those...
10 years agoI've never seen another one of these. . .
I was going to say Duplex also due to the hexagonal rod nuts. But those are just "parts". Maybe a Wurlitzer drum? Regardless what brand it is...think...
10 years agoZildjian "Seconds" from back in the day
My friend Ed and I bought an early Pearl Export set from a guy in the Plymouth, MA area with a complete set of S stamped Zildjians, reported by the ow...
10 years ago