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Big Fat Snare Drum Heads?
From rastus...
5 years agoRepair Question
Just buy some "Split Rivets" and use a metal washer on the inside to reinforce the hole. I'm sure you can buy them in brass, & you'll need only a scre...
5 years agoHelp Identify my 2 Slingerland Snares
From thin shell...
5 years agoHelp Identify my 2 Slingerland Snares
I'd say that it's not.... they were 3ply shells then , but if you unscrew a lug (or even better), the tone control you should get a look in .. Cheer...
5 years agoSlingerland 1970 Festival Snare Drum
Nice one... Steel rims, Mark? Cheers John
5 years agoHelp Identify my 2 Slingerland Snares
Looks correct to me... Serial number on the Hollywood Ace should pin down a year. Nice combo.. Cheers John
5 years agoSlingerland Cutaway Project
Hope you leave those Crappy metal decals off... spoils the whole look of the shells.. Cheers John
5 years agodo you believe it?
Somebody should jump on that quickly... Cheers John
5 years agoVibra-Fibing shell interiors
Usually anything that thickens a shell ... will reduce the resonance.... AKA Pearl wood/fibreglass shells.... dead as a doornail... Cheers John
5 years ago1970's Ludwig 3/ply in Red and Champagne Sparkle
Great looking kit... Nice pics too.... I like the two colour sparkles.. same vintage as my Slingerlands.. Cheers John
5 years agoSlingerland "festival" questions....
The early COB shells had a 180 degree fold for a bearing edge... The later steel shells had a conventional "Sound King" type bearing edge. There are r...
5 years agoJust about as thin as a 22" ever gets
Sure is very light for a 22" .. Cheers John
5 years agoWhat do I do to prepare a bearing edge for staining?
Do some test samples on a piece of birch first... Then & if the edge is already shaped & sanded, I would simply mask of the finished edge as close as...
5 years agoSlingerland eBay find
You have a couple of odd tension screws as you can see, but they should be the COB stick saver rims, a good buy. Cheers John
5 years agoLudwg External Snare Drum Mufflers?
Oops.. was not thinking wood hoops... Cheers John
5 years ago