I found a 60s Slingerland 20-13-14 Pre-Badge kit for a song that I think can be revived to a useful and attractive players kit. I've already acquired a Pre-Badge 12 orphan so I can make this a 20-12-14. This is my first restoration project.
The 12 and 13 both have nice edges, good shells and hardware...but the 14 and 20 have some serious separation of the reinforcement rings that will surely interfere with the tone of these drums if not mended.
I don't know what to do with these separations. Do I fill them? Do I have the bearing edges recut? If so, should the separations be glued and clamped and / or separations filled first? Or should I leave the mess as is for the recutting?
I have some hardware hunting to do, lots of cleaning, and some rewrapping (the are 4 different colors among these 4 different drums - previous owner "attempted" a stain job...) but my biggest concern here is these two shells and this ring / edge issue.
I'm not too far from NY and have thought of Nodar Rode as an option for an operation, but would appreciate some words from the experienced before I dial up any place of business...
I'm new to the forum (its great!) and have done a bit of reading here, but did not find quite what I was looking for in previous posts. If this has been covered in detail, please feel free to redirect me.
Thanks in advance -
P