I'm thinking of buying a kick in the size I want but with the wrong wrap and with the wrong tom mount. Would it be unnecessary to plug the holes left by the tom mount before re-wrapping the drum? I've seen re-wrapped drums where un-patched holes covered by the wrap start to sink and the drum's surface becomes uneven. I don't know if that's from a crappy wrap job or if it's likely to happen with any drum whose holes aren't patched.
A virgin Ludwig 3-ply champagne sparkle 24x14 doesn't seem likely to come around anytime soon, so I think I'd like to just get the shell I want and worry about making it the drum I want sometime down the line.
What do you guys think?