Pretty much finished the bass drum. This drum is so clean you could eat off of it! Not a speck of rust left. Was able to clean the original front head with this cool graphic. I think it was made to put your initials in each circle. Hoops had the inlay removed, sanded, primed, painted and inlays put back. All screws washers etc. cleaned. All chrome cleaned and polished. Had a 20" clear Remo head in pretty good shape. Used that so you can see the immaculate grey painted interior and sparkling hardware. The tom, FT and snare are almost done. The tom and FT had virgin Remo Sounmasters on the bottoms so I flipped them to the tops and going to GC to pick up some clears for the bottoms. I can't describe how good this MIJ set sounds. I may not want to part with it but I need $$ to put into my Kent "coffin lug" restore. Rich.
Got the Bass done (Majestic)
That looks absolutely fantastic! Great job on the makeover. I'm growing fonder of MIJ kits every time I come on here.
"I've met cats and dogs smarter than Cory and Trevor."
Kent "coffin" lug drums-don't be stingy with the pix,please...Burger Kin
Nice! Keep me in mind when/if you sell
My post should be entered here as well:
Somewhere here in the VDF someone has posted an old Apollo or ... ? US-catalogue where is 'OXO' logo can be seen. But by accident, now I found the logo here again:http://www.coopersvintagedrums.com/article_japanese_imports.htmThere it stands on a Majestic bass drum, too!RalfNB: richm, that project of your's brings out a fantastic drumset!
That bass drum looks pristine now. Great job! What a shine. I think it's kind of neat that the BD logo has a spot for your initials. I like that idea. Very retro-cool. Can't wait to see the rest. Good luck with the Kents too. Cool1
Great detail with your work on the BD, that chrome came up beautifully.
Good job congrats.. looking forward to seeing the kit completed..
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WOW! Nice job on that! Can't wit to see the rest!
A little more progress. Have to pick up a bottom head for the tom and then tackle the grungy old FT. The snare sounds like what I've been trying to get my Gretsch to sound like for the last year. No wonder guys use these MIJ's in the studio!
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