I remember seeing interiors painted colors before. Usually darker colors. I will shoot an email off to DrCJW.

David

I am no Slingerland expert, but looking at that kit and seeing how straight and in great shape it is in every other regard, I can't imagine someone taking a can of pink spray paint to it. If someone who owned it was going to give it the quick spritz with pink spray paint then I don't think they would have bothered to remove the lug screws first. It looks like a factory assembly-line pink paint job, imo.

My bat-senses tell me the pink paint is original. Sailing2

I would have to agree, that looks like a finish a spray can couldn't achieve.

Thats what I've been saying. It looks too good. Not an amateur job. Everyone and their brother is telling me they are NOT original. IN YO FACE! LOL. Just kidding. It doesn't really matter because they are still sitting in my basement and probably will be for a long time.

I am really interested to see if someone can produce a photo of something similar or get an expert to chime in.

You got a killer set there, bro.

I wouldn't come down on your price a dime.

I'll like to apologize for doubting the originality of the interiors.

I've just never seen or heard of it before, not that that's a good excuse.

I think Mikey's estimate of value is a good one, I'd go with it and see what happens. If you lowball yourself from the beginning, you can't do much about it once they sell.

Peace

Me too. Hope our doubts didn't disrupt a potential sale.

What gets me is the way the interiors are painted...like someone just took a spray can and covered half the surface, it's very strange. Odd that Slingerland wouldn't have professionally covered the entire inside. Sort of, I don't know, amateurish or something. Reminds me of all the drum interiors I've seen that were spray painted in the 70's, which is partly why I assumed that's what it was. But it's also cool in a way...kind of mod 60's, pop art.

And even though they aren't the most standard/desirable sizes, the configuration is pretty neat...it was appealing to a club gig drummer...nest all the toms, carry the bass drum in one hand and the toms in the other, two less trips to the car!

Thanks,

Bill

I believe it is noted in one of the archived articles here that when Slingerland used the "chocolate milk" paint, the results were inconsistent: sometimes heavy, sometimes very thin. These drums, while painted a different color, probably were treated to the same process. On your other point, I whole-heartedly agree. This would be a great configuration for hauling to gigs.

Here is my theory after looking at them in great detail and racking my brain. I believe they were painted a shade of pink from the factory and over time they have faded. The areas that are a lighter color are on the back sides of the mounted toms and on the top ring of the floor tom. If I take a light and set in front of them I can get the light to shine on the areas that are lighter. That explains the mounted toms.

The floor tom has no fading at the bottom because it was too low to the ground to collect any light. BUT, the original slingerland head is still on the drum and it is clear, thus, the inside top ring around the floor tom is faded.

The reason they look like that, in my theory, is 45 years of exposure to light. Although, they had them in their basement for the last 25 years. Maybe for the first 20 years they were in a bedroom or living room or something. Who knows. The people I bought them from bought them new and they never left the same house until I bought them. Pretty neat.

Makes sense to me.

[COLOR="Navy"]Apologies for the late contribution, David sent an email but I did not pick it up.

Yes, this was a common practice on the Slingerland Modern Combo kit of 1964 - 1969. Tom interiors painted, bass drum not. More story, but for another time.

A very rare kit in a rare finish...

DrCJW[/COLOR]