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Vintage Fibes

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I purchased a set of clear Fibes in 1972 and played until 1985 and put them in cases. I just looked at them last night and they still look very good. I am moving and would like to sell them since I no longer play (switched to piano).

There is a 24" bass drum with no spurs and no original head. Two mounted toms (12" and 14") and a 14" snare. There is also floor tom but has a crack but has been repaired and still sounds great

Should I put them on ebay to get the best price. Anyone help with value?

Posted on 15 years ago
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With the snare i,d say get the first 600 that comes along!

Hit like you mean it!!
Posted on 15 years ago
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Thanks Wayne, There is someone trying to sell a 20" bass and 2 mounted toms for 1100 on ebay. Sounded way off

Posted on 15 years ago
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I wouldn't count the floor tom out just because it's cracked. You should have seen the kind of shape my Fibes kit was in. The bass drum was crack city with some rather heavy handed patch jobs. You know what? The drums still sounded great! They just looked weird. (But I got them cheap, so I didn't complain.) Even now, my 16" Vistalite floor tom has a couple of nasty cracks from the muffler hole, but they are easy to prevent from getting worse and don't effect sound and, again, didn't stop me from buying the kit. It will certainly effect value, but it's better than not having a floor tom. At the very least, someone can choose to either live with it or strip the hardware and buy a new shell.

Speaking as a former Fibes owner (and I really love their stuff,) I'd say the missing bass spurs are a bigger turnoff than the cracked floor tom, depending on how bad the crack is. Those spurs can be a challenge to find.

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