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Continental Drums????

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Does anyone know anyting about Contnental drums? I just picked up an old Ludwig kit and the seller through in the Continental kit free. Pretty cool looking japanese kit with matching snare.

Thanks!!!

1962 Slingerland Studio King Blue Glass Glitter
1967 Ludwig Super Classic Psych Red FOR SALE
1972 Ludwig Hollywood 3 ply WMP
1970 Rogers Holiday 22"/12"/13"/16"/18"
Posted on 13 years ago
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From JoeT

Does anyone know anyting about Contnental drums? I just picked up an old Ludwig kit and the seller through in the Continental kit free. Pretty cool looking japanese kit with matching snare. Thanks!!!

Pix please! I can tell you when I see the lugs and the strainer on the snare. Also the tom mount will tell some as well.

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Posted on 13 years ago
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From jonnistix

Pix please! I can tell you when I see the lugs and the strainer on the snare. Also the tom mount will tell some as well.

I will take some pics when i am off work and post them later tonight.

1962 Slingerland Studio King Blue Glass Glitter
1967 Ludwig Super Classic Psych Red FOR SALE
1972 Ludwig Hollywood 3 ply WMP
1970 Rogers Holiday 22"/12"/13"/16"/18"
Posted on 13 years ago
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The Continentals I know are Pearl stencil MIJ/MIT w/hex rod mounts.Six lug bass/snare -bare bones jobs.

Posted on 13 years ago
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I picked these up last night the drums are not so great. Pretty poor but they were free. oh well.

1962 Slingerland Studio King Blue Glass Glitter
1967 Ludwig Super Classic Psych Red FOR SALE
1972 Ludwig Hollywood 3 ply WMP
1970 Rogers Holiday 22"/12"/13"/16"/18"
Posted on 13 years ago
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I would still like to see what they are. Are they damaged? Or are they just old MIJ? The reason I ask is there may be a solution so you don't have to store them, unless you want to tear them down and do a little work to get them up to gigging specs. If they ave a cool wrap, they are really worth the effort, if for nothing more than stage presence.

"Ignorance may be overcome through education. Stupidity, however, is a lifelong endeavor." So, educate me, I don't likes bein' ignant...
"I enjoy restoring 60s Japanese "stencil" drums...I can actually afford them..."I rescue the worst of the old valueless drums for disadvantaged Children and gladly accept donations of parts, pieces and orphans, No cockroaches, please...
http://www.youtube.com/user/karstenboy
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coffee...16613138379603
Posted on 13 years ago
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From JoeT

I picked these up last night the drums are not so great. Pretty poor but they were free. oh well.

Who cares! They're round, and you can hit 'em with a stick. Even better... they're FREE!

Yeah post those pix. Free drums always have a 'halo' that shows up around them when photographed. Please be sure to adjust your lighting... Cool1

fishwaltz
Posted on 13 years ago
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Wow, I just found this after looking through old posts here. my first kit was a Continental, sold to me in the summer 1988 as a "Pearl Continental" by some (at the time) teenager. I sold them the same way a few years later so I could buy a Royal Pewter Imperialstar that sat in the store since the 80s. I have a goofy pic of me playing them back in the 80s when I was maybe 11. The finish looked like they had been spray painted but man, did that bass drum sound nice. I still think of it when I tune my current bass drum up.

Posted on 12 years ago
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