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is it too expensive?? a slingerland snare drum in tokyo....
It did occur to me take something with me. I do the opposite when I visit the US (particularly now) - I buy a Supra or two and sell them again in Eur...
17 years agois it too expensive?? a slingerland snare drum in tokyo....
Yes it seems wildly expensive no matter what it is. But this is timely - I am in Tokyo in about three weeks time. Does anyone know any vintage drums s...
17 years agoGuess the Tom Mount?????
There's a Mapex kit in my shared rehearsal space that has one of these on it. D
17 years agoCamco snare drum
The extra vent is a drum key holder - and if you've got a Camco key (again, silly money to get) or even one of the modest DW ones, they do actually wo...
17 years agoCamco snare drum
If it's been drilled to put on the cheapo strainer then price drops off markedly, obviously. If it's still only the original two holes without the ori...
17 years agoCamco snare drum
I saw a picture of an aluminium shell Camco snare once recently on ebay - it went for over 2000USD. I've been playing and acquiring Camco since the ea...
17 years agoCamco snare drum
Good luck with it. They are brass and sound very dry. I like 'em.
17 years agoCamco snare drum
If it has the Aristocrat (round) lugs with the round Aristocrat snare strainer you're looking at 600USD plus based on recent ebay sales. With the T...
17 years agoFrom beast to beauty.......
I always lusted after copper Slingerlands when I was a kid. Godt g?et. David
17 years agoWhat kind of "guy" are you?
Camco to my back teeth (except for snares - there Ludwig gets a look-in too).
17 years ago51 years in the business and Art ain't happy!
"Im not a racist." Always sceptical when someone feels the need to state this immediately before launching into a chauvinistic diatribe such as the t...
17 years agoOld Fibes w 18, To re-Wrap or Not
Would've been even more poetic and meaningful if I'd actually remember to put the word "love" in there instead of leaving it up to everyone's imaginat...
17 years agoOld Fibes w 18, To re-Wrap or Not
Yes to both - older kits with 18" bass drums are pretty hard to come by and re-wrapping definitely brings down the value (at least in today's market)....
17 years agoBest snare you ever owned/played? Worst?
I've got a 6 1/2" keystone Supraphonic from '69 which is a real gem (mind you I can't actually remember ever having played a bad Supra). Also have a C...
17 years agotama-camco drums
Try googling the two names together and something will probably turn up (make them international searches because they did "quite" well ex-US). You se...
17 years ago