Hope all is well with you. All good here.

Yes, on those 6.5x13 Timeless, Johnny was reluctant to do these because the 600 year old wood was so dense from being submerged for about 100 years that he was afraid he’d be unable to bend a 13. He agreed to try it for me since I had two customers who wanted one. (One for a client of mine overseas and one for our friend Mike Gilbert). After awhile Johnny called and said he had both drums, but that he wouldn’t make any more since he broke 19 boards trying to get those two shells. Totally understandable here, because those boards could have been used to make 14s with no trouble, but were totally wasted by trying to do the 13s. At the time, Johnny’s Timeless Timber drums were about $2000-$2500 (Those were the good old days! Long gone!). So, by breaking 19 boards he could have created 19 of the 14” snares that would have sold for a total of $38,000-$47,500. So, you could argue that those two 6.5x13s should have sold for $19k-$24k each to make up for the lost revenue!! So, those two drums were the true “deal of the century”.

Steve”