Tommyp,Thank you for the added info... and I'm probably going to go with the earlier, no tone control version. Although the FG shell may warrant it... but of course it can be added later.What about the depth? What are yours? And are yours' the painted interiors, or the natural? (I guess that may not matter, as mine will be painted anyway!)As for the strainer, in reality the Zoomatic strainer is actually what I meant when I said standard... but to be honest, I was having an honest-to-goodness brain f*rt when I started this thread, and couldn't think for the life of me what that was called!Thanks again,Bill
Bill!
Allow me to add: The interiors on BOTH mine are painted. They all were up until around the mid 70's. Shell interiors went back to clear and the re-rings disappeared too. Just out of curiosity.. ( and for the record, I LOVE the idea of this drum in fiberglass... as would have Buddy! ) .. does the fiberglass shell have re-rings? I have seen fiberglass drums with.. and without. Curious on the Pearl's!
Tommyp