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Restoring a friend's pearl

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A buddy of mine asked if I would mind doing a restore on his late 60's Pearl set. Sizes are 20" bass, 12" rack, 14" floor, and 14" snare. The wrap on the shells are cracked in several places. The hardware is tarnished and dirty and needs a good cleaning.

Now.. He said he would pay me to clean everything up for him. How much would be a fair price to charge to take everything apart, clean it all and re-assemble it?

Funny (but complicated) history of the kit:

The kit started with him about 15 years ago. He sold to a friend, who later sold it to me. I used it for several years playing in a ska/reggae band. I gave the set back to him because.. well, he's a good friend, and I know he missed it.. He then started a band playing guitar, and his drummer had the set for about 4 years (only played with the band for a year) and well... didn't take good care of them. My buddy FINALLY got the drums back and they need some TLC to get back nice.

So anyhow.. they will be a player's grade kit for now, unless he decides to have them re-wrapped. I will only be cleaning, polishing, and tuning the kit up... any idea how much to charge to do this?

-Justin

"People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different."- Bob Ross

"After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music..." - Aldous Huxley
Posted on 11 years ago
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Sounds like a fun project for a couple of good friends to work on together. He can buy whatever materials you need to clean and restore them. And the beverage of choice too. Some friendships you just can't put a price on. ;)

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 11 years ago
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From FFR428

Sounds like a fun project for a couple of good friends to work on together. He can buy whatever materials you need to clean and restore them. And the beverage of choice too. Some friendships you just can't put a price on. ;)

that's a good idea too! May have to try that one. Bad thing is, he works a lot out of town...

-Justin

"People might look at you a bit funny, but it's okay. Artists are allowed to be a bit different."- Bob Ross

"After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music..." - Aldous Huxley
Posted on 11 years ago
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From FFR428

Sounds like a fun project for a couple of good friends to work on together. He can buy whatever materials you need to clean and restore them. And the beverage of choice too. Some friendships you just can't put a price on. ;)

+1 on this idea! To be honest, all of us that have cleaned even one kit, plus hardware, knows how time consuming it is. Sounds like a great idea to work on it together when time permits. Summer is almost here, so it's a good time to have some "vintage drum refurb BBQ's".

Let us know how it turns out!

Mark

Posted on 11 years ago
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Any chance of a picture of the hardware? After five drums and counting have the process pretty well sorted. Does not take much effort if you let CLR and a rock tumbler do the hard work. The final buff and polish takes some time but goes fast and still brings a smile to my face when I remember what I started with.

Have your buddy buy you a $60 vibrating tumbler and call it good.

Creighton

Nothing special here but I like them.
Posted on 11 years ago
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From Creighton

Any chance of a picture of the hardware? After five drums and counting have the process pretty well sorted. Does not take much effort if you let CLR and a rock tumbler do the hard work. The final buff and polish takes some time but goes fast and still brings a smile to my face when I remember what I started with.Have your buddy buy you a $60 vibrating tumbler and call it good.Creighton

That sounds like an excellent idea!


Thank you!
Jeff C

"Enjoy every sandwich" Warren Zevon
Posted on 11 years ago
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Either the rock tumbler or just whenever, doing it over bbq and brews...

A kid down the street saw a late 70's (+/-) CB 700 kit in the back of my pickup as I pulled up with it a couple years ago. I'd picked it up to sell. Later that night, he and his dad came by to ask about it. I sold it to him for what I'd paid for it, not much, and we all three cleaned it up and made it usable over the course of about two weeks. The kid appreciates the kit so much more since he's had it's 'innards' spread out in front of him. He's sixteen now, playing in a band with some buddy's and using that kit. He claims the kits old mojo gets him more girl friends... :D

That was fun... try it.

fishwaltz
Posted on 11 years ago
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From fishwaltz

Either the rock tumbler or just whenever, doing it over bbq and brews... A kid down the street saw a late 70's (+/-) CB 700 kit in the back of my pickup as I pulled up with it a couple years ago. I'd picked it up to sell. Later that night, he and his dad came by to ask about it. I sold it to him for what I'd paid for it, not much, and we all three cleaned it up and made it usable over the course of about two weeks. The kid appreciates the kit so much more since he's had it's 'innards' spread out in front of him. He's sixteen now, playing in a band with some buddy's and using that kit. He claims the kits old mojo gets him more girl friends... :DThat was fun... try it.

Nice Story!! The Mojo thing makes me smile!!!

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Posted on 11 years ago
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