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Grommet options
I have done some investigating and decided that we all must be looking in the wrong place for grommets. Someone is buying them from a supplier for 35...
10 years agoHow Rare A Gretsch?
I remember seeing a 50's round badge marcher on Ebay w/ rerings. It looked totally legit.
10 years agoNew gibraltar 6700 series single pedal any good ?
Most of the Tama pedals built in the last 20 years are very good. And very cheap. The Iron Cobras have the same adjustments and stabilizer plate as th...
10 years agoNew gibraltar 6700 series single pedal any good ?
A key to attach the pedal to the bass drum? I'm thinkin' no. If it were being used on a set that never got taken down, maybe. I see no features here t...
10 years agoMIJ Unique Wrap-Kit for sale on Craigslist
There was a discussion about this wrap but I can't remember the final outcome. I think the name had veil or mist in it...
10 years agoBass drum hoop restoration
I'm pretty sure Kent hoops came from the factory warped... The issue here I suppose is the original hoop is single-ply and replacements will not be. M...
10 years agoGretsch snare question
Well, I'll say that it's a student single-tension snare that may be a 12' or 13" drum. It's true that the hardware is intact, so that has value. The 9...
10 years agoGretsch snare question
It doesn't look very round in the picture. If it's not round, to me it's worth 99 cents.
10 years agoKent drum set with Zildjian cymbals advice needed
My very first drum set was a carbon copy of that-black diamond pearl wrap and all. Those are 60's drums with the blue badge. I gigged out with them fr...
10 years agoMahogany veneer job
Soooo, the ol' SHELL GAME eh, Rocky....Burger Kin
10 years agoAnyone know this lug?
It looks like something the MIT people would have cooked up after Tama changed their lug design. Make their drums look like Tama's, but with the wrong...
10 years agomij/mit snare id
Looks like Crown/Hoshino to me. The tip style throw looks similar to Pearl, but isn't. Everything adds up to Hoshino.
10 years agoLate '60s - early '70s Gretsch Aluminum Snares?
Boy our Gretsch catalog pages are severely lacking...
10 years agoPearl Kit number 2.
It would be interesting to find some 60's Pearl lugs which did look like Sound Kings and install those on the BD.
10 years agoIs it just me ??
I have over 20 on my Roc n Soc. I paid all the money but it's held up. The piano stool type adjustment system is primitive. No real innovations in th...
10 years ago