snaremania!...

Dummies???!!... er, drummies!!... yeah, that's it! LOL!! Having owned four Fibes SFT 690/COF snares, of which I still have two, a 1967 BR model/prototype, and a 1973 rectangular badge SFT 690/COF, I can say with all honesty that the chrome wrap at the bearing edge was always a bit ragged, but much moreso on the LATER models interestingly. The mid/late 60's models had NICER cut chrome wrap than the later models, and I think the reason may be production volume. Early on, Fibes was just two guys: Bob Grauso and John Moreana ( sp ) Each drum was hand built start to finish, and they just didn't build all that many. Pretty much built to order actually. My thought is that once the company/production "took off".. ( relatively speaking of course ) .. quality did suffer a tad as I have seen evidence of that in the later year Fibes drums I have owned/played, with again, ragged chrome at the bearing edges on the snares being common. Not too much you can do about it either as the chrome wrap is harder than the fiberglass shell, thus any "dressing" of the edge is probably going to reduce parts of the fiberglass shell in the process. Good thing is, that drum has been out there for decades now with no problems in playability/performance, so it's more of an aesthetics issue I guess.

Regarding the little block that holds the snare attachment screws: Another area that I have seen with that very issue... it can strip if cross-threaded. The easy fix WAS order another one! Course that won't work today. You can TAP the holes to the next screw size.. ( and it won't be all that much larger ) .. and pop in the correct size screws for the size tap you just used. Voila!... and it will still look correct. Hope this was of help!

Tommyp

Thanks Tommyp, and you are a great drummie! S/M LOL

Found a easy solution... longer screws, the threads are 3 times longer than the "shorty" screws!

Now THAT was an easy fix!! SUPERB!!

Tommyp