Here is another snare I'm in the middle of fixing up. I'm just doing it for the hell of it, this thing's never gonna be a beauty queen. There is really nothing remarkable about this drum in and of itself - 6 Slingerland copy lugs, 5 ply luan shell, Stick Saver copy hoops, common red sparkle wrap, missing parts and extra holes - however, there is one detail I found historically interesting after taking a closer look at it...
Normally when my bleeding heart sees an old drum with stickers on it my OCD flares up and my first thought is to grab the Goo Gone and WD-40 to restore a little of the drum wrap's dignity. And at first glance, that was exactly my reaction to this thing. But when I looked a little closer at the sticker I saw that it looked pretty old as well.
Turns out, the sticker was from a Johnny Lightning toy car. After a quick internet search, I found out that Johnny Lightning toy cars were only produced from 1969-1971. Being that it's pretty difficult to date MIJ drums, I found this little clue to be a pretty significant part of the drum's history and, for that reason, decided to clean it up a little and leave it on the shell. I know that it doesn't necessarily mean this drum was from either '69 or '70, but it does make it very unlikely that this drum was made any later than 1971.
Anyway, with primary information about Japanese drums being so scarce, I thought the MIJ-Junkie crew might find this to be of some interest.
Here are a few pics:
