Ok kids......... put on your lolerskates.......
I have to play a gig tommorow!!! AAAH
My NC SK is over at the drum shop awaiting repair... I have here... My studio set which I don't want to cherry pick from... A Sonor Champion (mediocre shape) and 2 70's SK's that were sold to me in "operable" condition. So I grabbed an SK and tried it... she be stiff. It's evening on Saturday, and I have not the supplies here to get after it... I need it at 6 AM tommorow to be working... and it's NOT!
Hooray for Discount Drug Mart... If you have one of these in your neighborhood you know what I'm talking about... It's a modern General Store.
Silver Paint...Wheel Bearing grease (Valvoline Brand)... and solvents to disolve the old junk.. and some painters tape... LET's GO!!
End caps came off ok using the "Whack the goal post with a hammer method...." and there was the adhesive!! er... old grease... Is there a difference? I threw the parts in the solvent for a soak... and went to a job.. and ate dinner. Washed all the parts up.. dried them with a heat gun.. you need one of these if you don't have one.. sprayed the goal posts silver again.. and the bottom plate silver again.. and accelerated the drying with the heat gun again.. This Dulled the silver "chrome" paint and made it look more like the original (Lucky!) I repacked all the bearings.. just like my daddy did when we worked on the car.. and put it together with mass ammounts on clean grease.. The "Snap" is back.. and it should be ready to kick some drum tommorow.. LOL.. All done in less than a half day.
BTW... the cams in the Chicago are different than those in the Monroe! Bet you didn't know that! The Monroe cams are more "Peg" like than 3/4 moon like in the Chicago. Make any sense?
FYI
So now I can play my gig tommorow.
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I hope this thing roxzorz!!!11