John,

I was thinking of trying your method but I was limited to a really small drum on my CD player.

To the original post, it would be worth experimenting with Purdie's technique. If you can find a turntable at a pawn shop or second hand store. Maybe get a piece of Sonotube and cut it down to experiment on. One coat will tell you if you can do it. You wouldn't need to sand and all that. You might find that it is not as hard as we all suspect. Of course if you had an old scrap shell you could practice on that as well. Makes me want to create a duco finish now.

I guess I was thinking he wanted a few toms painted to match his existing bass and snare. I doubt if your going to find spray paint the right color so thats where I made it "complicated" by thinking about matching colors. Sorry to get in the way.

Jeff C

> Sorry to get in the way.

How? Your way is the right way! The professional way to do the job. My way is for a do-it-yourselfer, like me, that wants to get the best results possible using easy to find materials. But -your way- is the correct/professional method to use.

John

Sorry to get in the way.

That was just a poor choice of words.

Someday Im gonna try the duco finish. Sounds like a fun experiment. I did bring home an old turntable from a remodel job last summer. It was built into a wall and folded down. It has speeds of the usual 78, 45, 33 but has a 16 speed. Thought that was weird, even I am not old enough to remember a 16 on the dial, anyone?

its all in the prep

Cool!

A quick search led me to a record player developed by Chrysler in the 50's to be played in their cars... at 16 2/3 speed. "The Highway HiFi"

Also used briefly in homes to play narrative for the blind. The first books on vinyl.

ok... back to drums!!!

When I was a kid, the turntable in my practice room had a 16 rpm speed option. Interestingly enough that is more or less half of 33 1/3 rpm so we used it to slow down tracks to decipher more complicated parts. It was actually great for that. It wasn't great for drum parts but you could really detail guitar and keyboard licks. Sorry, that just brought that memory back. What I hear is the opening guitar lick from Spirit of Radio at half speed and a few octaves down. Good times.

That's how I copped Mitch Mitchell and a bunch of other drummers licks... 33 1/3 RPM down to 16 RPM. I burned up a lot of vinyl stealing licks. That's how we used to learn back in the Stoned Age.

John

Hey great idea. I think I will cut a hole in the wall and install this baby.lol