Now just think- it's going to be nothing like the poorly done "relic" guitars you see on fleabay!!! I am talking subtle aging, not dropped from a pickup truck, polished with 30 grit sandpaper and doused in Rit yellow dye with a muriatic acid bath for good measure-aged.

FYI OK, here's my solution. First, buy the biggest Hookah Pipe you can find at your local head-shop & 20 pounds of weed. Put both in your basement & invite Tommy Chong over for a week. Locate your newly wrapped shells (with hardware attached) in a central location of your basement, suspended from the ceiling tiles. Lastly, make sure there's a couple cases of Cheeto's, Bean Dip, Frito's & Dr. Pepper in the basement so Tommy doesn't migrate upstairs.

Let this mixture incubate 1 week, Party then kick Tommy's a$$ to the curb...and there you have it, Aged Drum Shells!...all at a total cost of $12,000!...ugh, well wait a minute...maybe I need to rethink this...I'll get back to to Bun..........LoLoLoLo

BRILLIANT but not cost effective darn

Dan-

I think we do have common DNA...

However; at that rate, why not DIY on this, you know?

Big Brother is watching bro!...in all truth, I had plans of tying Tommy up & giving him the Cheeto's & such, (he wouldn't know the difference) and doing the dirty work ourselves...tough job, but somebody's gotta do it! CryBaby

Just don't wanna gain weight from the Fritos and such!!! I'm fat enough as it is!!!!

I went into a local retail store - housewears and such - and a lot of the furniture and household fixtures were pre-aged. The furniture looked like old wood with that 'vintage' green/yellow/red/orange pastel paint - you know, the stuff of American Pickers. This stuff was scuffed up but new.......comes from China....and looks pretty solid and not cheap either.

Actually I liked what I saw. The chests of drawers, cabinets and such were made using nails (not staples) but put together fairly simple as cabinet making goes.

I don't think I want to buy "pre-aged" drums, heads, wraps and hardware though...

I'd never pre-age a head.

I am thinking instant "player grade" stuff...

I wasn't talking about pre-aged heads either! I have this 12" Coated Emperor that I have used on all my 12" toms so far... it's dirrrrty, but still sounds great and the coating holds.

Sorry - I didn't mean to include "heads" in my postDOH I got carried away with the list of Pre-Aged drum stuff. Maybe I should have been specific and just said pre-aged drum shells and sticks. I am seeing lots of pre-aged stuff around though.