Last year I bought a sparkle blue Bollero kit for the WFL Buddy Rich Superclassic that was on it. The kick turned out to be 22" pre-international (21 5/8"). I really didn't want to spend $180 having Remo custom make one for me. Today it rained here and I needed a project, so I went off to the hardware store to find screws that would accommodate several washers between the shell and the lugs. I just finished one side of the kick and put a test head on and it works like a charm! I left the other side pre-international for now so I can use the original calf skin head for a reso head. I'll post pics soon.
Making a 22" kick out of 22" pre-international
1970 Ludwig Blue Oyster Super Classic
1977 Rogers Big R Londoner 5 ebony
1972/1978 Rogers Powertone/Big R mix ebony
60's Ludwig Supersensitive
Pearl B4514 COB snare ( the SC snare)
Pearl Firecracker
PJL WMP maple snare
Odds & Sods
Sabians, Paistes, Zildjians, Zyns, UFIPs, MIJs etc
Item may be subject to change!
Here are some pics. You can see how i have raised the lugs on the batter side of the kick, but not the reso side yet. I had to be careful centering the 22" head on there, but it sounds like a bass drum.
1970 Ludwig Blue Oyster Super Classic
1977 Rogers Big R Londoner 5 ebony
1972/1978 Rogers Powertone/Big R mix ebony
60's Ludwig Supersensitive
Pearl B4514 COB snare ( the SC snare)
Pearl Firecracker
PJL WMP maple snare
Odds & Sods
Sabians, Paistes, Zildjians, Zyns, UFIPs, MIJs etc
Item may be subject to change!
Well, I have never EVER seen a metric MIJ drum. Fascinating...
I hadn't ever seen one either and I have no idea why this one would be. I can't find any info on whether they would have been marketed for the UK...Just odd! Anyway thanks to the fine reading material on VDF I attempted this transformation and it works just great.
1970 Ludwig Blue Oyster Super Classic
1977 Rogers Big R Londoner 5 ebony
1972/1978 Rogers Powertone/Big R mix ebony
60's Ludwig Supersensitive
Pearl B4514 COB snare ( the SC snare)
Pearl Firecracker
PJL WMP maple snare
Odds & Sods
Sabians, Paistes, Zildjians, Zyns, UFIPs, MIJs etc
Item may be subject to change!
what is that snare drum in your pics?
1971 Ludwig Rock Duo set in Blue Oyster Pearl
early Mapex dual bass drum Saturn kit
1964 Leedy Ray Mosca kit in Blue Sparkle
1959 Slingerland Super Gene Krupa snare in WMP
1968 Slingerland Hollywood Ace Snare Drum
1969 and 1977 Ludwig 400 Supraphonic snares
1965 Acrolite snare
Ludwig Coliseum snare
'68 Rogers Dynasonic snare
Pearl free floating piccolo snare
13" Mapex piccolo snare
6.5" deep Mapex steel snare
Mapex 6.5" Brass snare
I know there's more snares than that.
UFIP cymbals / Avedis Zildjians
Ghost pedals or Tama King Beats
you kids get off my lawn
Yup, just a Dixon snare that I have layin' around. Nothing fancy. Sounds nice, but I just got home with a COB Powertone so it's gonna lay around again.
1970 Ludwig Blue Oyster Super Classic
1977 Rogers Big R Londoner 5 ebony
1972/1978 Rogers Powertone/Big R mix ebony
60's Ludwig Supersensitive
Pearl B4514 COB snare ( the SC snare)
Pearl Firecracker
PJL WMP maple snare
Odds & Sods
Sabians, Paistes, Zildjians, Zyns, UFIPs, MIJs etc
Item may be subject to change!
I did the same thing on my 1957 Sonor set. Works great.
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