I didn't realize you had captured all those differing sizes in Fibes. Very nice. About time to load another video of the performance????
Hey Dan!
Indeed ... this set of 1972 Fibes COF's popped up like a Crocus out of the snow! Funny thing was, after gigging the 67/68 Fibes Buddy Rich's for almost two years .. and loving them! .. I was saying wouldn't it be neat if I could find a set of early 70's Fibes in smaller sizes for all the trio/quartet's I work with as well as the Sinatra Show. BANG! They they were! Not on eBay or Reverb, rather a guy trading them towards something newer, and I happened to see them right after they came in. They weren't even gone through or cleaned, etc. yet. The sizes were perfect! .. and .. imagine my surprise when I opened 'em up to clean/rehead, etc ... I've never seen shells finished this way. These are Fibes/CFMartin, so you would expect black interiors and uniform fasteners .. but .. these have black interiors and white re rings! Now, the black is just paint of course, and the fiberglass is actually white, so ... these were finished "special", although I don't know why. Better yet is the bearing edges and spring steel chrome wrap .. which usually looks like they were cut and trimmed by hand with a pair of tin snips! .. are PRISTINE! Hmmmmm. Well, these tuned up instantly and with an incredibly pure tone, plus everything else you expect with a fiberglass shell. I was blown away. I have been playing/gigging these since last March when I acquired them, including the Sinatra Show. They sound great!, and absolutely perfect with trios and quartets too. My Fibes Buddy Rich's are set up in my drum studio, thus they get played just about every day! I'll attach a pic I just received from the last Sinatra Show .. and .. a pic of one of the interiors ..
... regarding video: Turns out that about four tunes were recorded! So ... once I get the mp4's, I'll be able to post something up. THANKS for the comments Dan!
Tommyp