So, I drove up to Precision early this morning, 89 miles from Queens, and met up with George, one of the owners and the guy that does most of the work. Super nice guy, and he took me and my kit right in and began working about 30 minutes before they even open up. Cool! The shells definitely needed work as they were all wobbly on a flat surface and one of the re rings needed repair. He flattened the surface and then mitered in the edge, rounded with a 45 degree to the outside. My 3 toms and snare took about 90 minutes and he even cleaned up the snare bed, no charge.So I got them home and set them up with the heavy hoops and Calftones heads, and I have to say, the transformation is huge. They tune really nice, high or low, which was a problem before and they really ring true from the stick hit till they fade away. No more wonkiness and the sound is smooth all the way through. They sound super tight with good resonance, even sound and a wonderful warm tone. I think this final step has wrung out every bit of good sound these drums could put out. Very cool!So count me in as a proponent of re doing your bearing edges. And go to Precision, they do great work! Walking

So, I drove up to Precision early this morning, 89 miles from Queens, and met up with George, one of the owners and the guy that does most of the work. Super nice guy, and he took me and my kit right in and began working about 30 minutes before they even open up. Cool! The shells definitely needed work as they were all wobbly on a flat surface and one of the re rings needed repair. He flattened the surface and then mitered in the edge, rounded with a 45 degree to the outside. My 3 toms and snare took about 90 minutes and he even cleaned up the snare bed, no charge.So I got them home and set them up with the heavy hoops and Calftones heads, and I have to say, the transformation is huge. They tune really nice, high or low, which was a problem before and they really ring true from the stick hit till they fade away. No more wonkiness and the sound is smooth all the way through. They sound super tight with good resonance, even sound and a wonderful warm tone. I think this final step has wrung out every bit of good sound these drums could put out. Very cool!So count me in as a proponent of re doing your bearing edges. And go to Precision, they do great work! Walking

Told ya ;) Seriously though, great to hear.

Congrats on saving another kit! Making them playable is what it's all about....

Thanks, I think I've rung every bit of good out of this kit, and it's been a great ride and a lot of fun. This kit can gig now, I'm sure. While the red glitter wrap is good on this kit, I saw some beautiful tourquoise glass glitter that would look killer on it. Maybe that's next! :D

I would be cautious about sinking too much money into a 60's MIJ set, because if you ever decide to sell them, you will NEVER recoup your investment. Have you totaled up a dollar figure on a complete recover? I would estimate $500-600 if you have Precision do it, and there's no way the drums are worth that much. You've already had the edges trued up, so there's your first investment. I'd leave the drums alone, but that's just my opinion, based on experience. They look good in red anyway.

It's just idle chatter on my part...but ain't it pretty!!!? Yes Sir Heck, it even looks good on the emoji!!!> D' DrummerExperimenting with drumheads, new hoops and now the edges being redone has already put me in the red for this kit, but I'm ok with that, I have the sound I want now. It's been fun as well! And yes, if Precision was to recover these drums it would cost 5 -600 bucks. Way more than I would go for on this kit, especially considering the red glitter still looks real nice.

One of the nice things about going up to Precision is looking through their stock of wraps. I found colors and patterns they no longer advertise for sale; stuff that was left over. That's how I got my old Slingerland snare recovered in Capri Pearl. They had a small quantity left that had been ordered by a customer and he hadn't paid them completely for it. When I asked if I could use a bit of it for my drum, they agreed. Done. I used that snare on the gig last night.