[QUOTE=Purdie Shuffle;196901]Doing the interiors will help with -projection- and -volume-, but if you want a FAT sound out of the drums, re-do the bearing edges. A vintage 30 degree round-over profile will give you the sound you're looking for. It's all in the edge profile, my friend.
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Purdie is spot on as usual. Good bearing edges with lots of wood to head contact (hence the round over comment) and possibly some two ply coated batter heads will do wonders for your kit. This video is pretty informative:
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Look at profile #4, the Vintage Round over. I tend to think the graphic may represent a little sharper point at the apex of the round over and the 30ยบ interior than what many truly vintage drums had, but it gives you the idea. I am no where near as well versed as many of the guys on this forum, but I am fairly certain that the truly great vintage round over edges were very smooth in their transition hence the increased head to shell contact.
One word of caution, before you spend a bunch of money and/or time restoring these, make sure your shells are still in round. If not, you will be hard pressed to really make them do what you want.