If it were me, I would visit a good cabinet maker. They have the skills and the tools. A really good one will have a well stocked fridge so I can make a sandwich while the work is being done...'cause I wouldn't want to watch.

Yes, a good cabinet maker would do the work you need.

Wood filler will not affect the sound.

Hey thanks

Im going to find maybe a local furniture maker or cabinet maker.

Now what im going to do is the scrap piece that is cut off the end of my shell, im going to cut a round circle of that to fill up the tom mount hole.

Is that a good idea?

Im going to probably put filler in every hole and re drill holes for maybe different hardware i will buy for the toms.

Using the scrap to fill the tom hole is a good idea as long as the curve of the wood matches.

With plastic heads and drum wrap you could probably use Bondo and realistically I doubt whether you could hear a difference.

But the best repair I can think of would be wood dowels and hide glue - that way it's all wood and you haven't introduced any plastic harmonics.

Thanks ill try that, just i wanted to change the hardware, as you know what you expect when you buy a pearl. And it looks crap haha

Im actually not going to put a wrap back on it well i dont want to, i was thinking im not sure if this would work or not or a good effect.

Spray the wood with a primer then one solid colour, add a few stripes with another solid colour then go over that with a gloss laquer? i might have to do a few coats of each but would that work?

Im going for that classy ddrum look.

I managed to pull off the wrap of a spare tom off this kit and the wood im sure it doesnt seem healthy here are some pictures.

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Its alot darker that wood in real life nothing like the inside, it also comes off really easily i pulled of a bit as i was taking the wrap off.

Im sure its a big issue maybe some filler to even it out?

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Just ignore that wrap still on their im having trouble getting that little plug out of the air hole thing on side haha.

Where that wood pulled up when you were removing the wrap, it looks like all the wood is all there so maybe you could just use some glue and push it back in with some clamps and fix it that way.

As far as painting it there's no limit to what you can do with creativity.

Just remember that the finish has a big effect on the tone of the drums, more than you might think at first. When the big companies painted drums, like with the Duco finishes, they used lacquer, and the coats were applied very thin.

One time I (for unknown reasons) decided to paint a set of Ludwigs I had black, right over the pearl wrap, and I did it the day of a gig. By night the paint was still totally wet, and I had to assemble, transport, set them up and play them wet at the gig. Smelled pretty bad on stage. Another great life choice.

Hahaha very good job

Ohk so im going to add a base colour and a few stripes and some type gloss,

do you have any ideas on what to do, to preserve the sound as much as possible

and when you say it changes the tone, would you mean it makes it sound worse or better?

I say prepare the shells so the wood is silky smooth and shoot the whole kit with chameleon paint using different phases on different drums!! I think this would be killer, BUT, the paint job would probably cost more than three sets of those drums!! LOL

I have never seen a chameleon paint job on drums before though and if anyone has any pics of a kit with this I would love to see it. For that matter, I am not even sure I have seen wood painted chameleon style before.

Just shamelessly trying to get someone to do something that I would get castrated, by the wife, for doing. Oh well, I gotta go seal the driveway before she gets home from work today.....................DOH

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[COLOR="DarkRed"]Do I glean that you are trying to go for a DUCO finish with the paint ? Because, if so...that isn't easy to pull off. The wood for painting has to be sanded down to at least 220 grade. You need to use a good detailer/sprayer, and really a carousel table helps.

For duco, I actually take it to a motorcycle detailer here in town. It's not cheap, but....there is really a level of perfection which is needed to pull off a 2-tone painted shell, IMHO.

Best of luck with the project.[/COLOR]