The hits just keep coming, and this one is hilarious! Here we have what I have dubbed the 'banana drum.' MIJ 14" floor tom, looks like all original parts are present and accounted for (but then again, you can never be quite sure with these.) Looks like the batter head is original (no markings, thin, well worn) but the reso is obviously not. Slingerland copy lugs. Anyway, of course you're thinking, 'but a vintage 60s MIJ never came in a yellow finish!' Nope, but some forward thinking soul decided the drum would look better if covered in, what looks to be, banana yellow contact wrap!
Now, normally since the color is so obviously not vintage, this wouldn't have even beeped on my radar at the shop, but just because it was a used 14" floor tom I gave it a look, and upon further inspection of where the air vent grommet should be, I said to myself, 'that shape looks mighty familiar...' Hmmmm
So I took this thing home and started peeling around the badge and my suspicion was confirmed; it's a Tempro. Not only that, but the original finish looks to be completely intact under the contact wrap. And the finish is... sandy/gold sparkle! Going to be an awesome addition to my restored 13/16/20 gold sparkle stencil set, except there is one small problem... I'm starting to kinda like the banana yellow wrap!