Hello teverson-sr

I am not much of a guitar guy but by what I can gather

it is a 1965 La Boz Bison in Redburst

It is a vintage Japanese copy of a Burns Bison

The six string version is said to be very rare in the realm of Japanese imports

I would expect that the 12 string is super duper, extra special, rare

Nice clean blue I like it.

Hello Jonnistix,

Thanks for posting yes they are pretty darned clean

The bass hoops are painted grey rather black

..which looks great with the blue marine pearl inlays

Kenwood, my brother and the youngest La Boz son were quite close friends in elementary school--they still speak periodically today (they met about forty years ago). I knew the two older brothers because I went to high school with them, one was my age and one two years older.

Today, the three brothers are very successful real estate investors, they own numerous buildings in New York.

My Tele-Star drums (bought in 1972) were pretty good, but I wanted American drums at that time (because that was the difference between serious players and not serious players in my mind). My drums held up pretty well--they were still in good shape (and they sounded pretty good) when I gave them to my friend's child about ten years ago, however, they weren't in as good shape as the 1976 Slingerlands I bought to replace them, and the Slingerlands are still in near perfect shape today.

A resto LaBoz I did a few years ago. The badges were cast plastic using the original I sent you for the mold.

Hello again mackermanesq,

Thanks so much for your posts about the LaBoz family

I really like my Slingerland drums as well

I have two 70's kits one in piano black with a 24" bass

The others are long neglected cellar dwellers

That were stripped of the wraps, and then sort of rat resto'ed

by my seller back when he was just a fourteen year old kid

the old Slings

Hello FloydZKing

Great resto on those LaBoz drums

I like the wrap did you re-do them that way

WOW you can not tell the badges aren't original AWESOME JOB in making them

Kenwood--I kind of like the look of those--have you thought about just buffing out the wood on the Slingys? Done properly they'd probably look great.

Hello again mackermanesq

Yes I feel the same about the look of these Slingerlands

In a way they are pretty and in another they are ugly ..they are "pretty ugly"

But as one would expect they are rock solid and great sounding drums

No I honestly never thought about buffing out the wood

I know the bass drum seems to have been refinished a little different than were the toms