Dan..

Not much help.. but I think a good place to start is looking at comparable kits on craigslist.com, craigshelper.com and ebay.

Craigslist is free to sell stuff on so it won't cost you anything to put them out there and see what kind of offers you get.

Good luck!

Pardon the bump but one last try before I start hitting up local drum shops and craigslist. I'm thinking $1000 for everything - toms, kick, snares, and cymbals.

Also still curious about the tom sizes - if the discrepancy in serials between the rack toms might indicate if the tom without tone control might have been added on to an "off the shelf kit", and what might have been the reasoning behind adding an identically sized tom. With a very few exceptions, I used the kit with only the one rack tom without the tone control.

Thanks again,

Dan

It does seem likely that the 2nd rack tom was added to the original kit.

Regarding them being the same size: there was a brief period of time in the late '60s - early '70s when the "standard" configuration was goinig from 4-piece (1 mounted tom) to 5-piece (2 mounted toms) and manufacturers were selling the 2 mounted toms in the same size in the belief that the visual "balance" was necessary. Long ago I purchased an early '70s Fibes kit with 2 13x9 toms - same reason. Seems weird now, sure, but that was the thinking then.

HI,

please forgive the belated post. I was searching through here and on Google for information about late 1970s Slingerland Super Rock kits b/c I am considering purchasing one from the local Craigslist.

danmac, based on your serial # 452274, it would seem your kit is really early 1980s. Have you consulted the 1980 catalog? I don't think it explains the tom sizes, but might get you closer to an answer.

The kit I'm looking at, btw, is just the bass, two rack toms and floor tom. No legs for the floor tom, the bass drum tom mount plate appears missing, there is no front bass hoop and I bet the lugs and claws are gone.. it's gloss black and I can't tell if it's 3-ply or 5-ply but based on the one badge # I have (367235) it would seem to date from the later 1970s and may be a Super Rock 51N. Other than the missing parts, it appears to be in reasonable shape for its age... guy is asking $150 obo. Should I pounce?

Sorry, not trying to hijack the thread...

Bumpity bump bump!

Hi again folks. While I've managed to delay selling this kit since first posting last October, I'm in a major bind again and have to reconsider. While it's been a number of years since I've played, it's a real drag to have to consider selling what I believe is a quality, well kept kit. I doubt I'll find anything similar to replace it with in the future without droppin big bucks.

I've spent a few hours on the forum here, retracing my steps, doing searches, and reviewing past threads/posts. I've noticed that the good Dr. CJW hasn't posted since April, but has contributed articles, so I hope others might be able to take notice and give some advice. I deliberately posted this thread in this forum due to its traffic, and realize that it should really be in the "what's it worth?" forum. If this thread gets moved there, that's OK by me.

Anyway, to reiterate from my original posts above, after retracing my steps, I'm still kinda stumped as to what model/series/age this kit is. I'm still of the opinion that my kit comes closest to something from the '77-78 catalog, specifically the Super Rock kit, due to the 14x24 kick with the dual spurs. But upon searching the forum, I see that my tom mount hardware conforms to a more early '70s Setomatic - the plastic ball is exposed in its clamp, where later Setomatic and Super Setomatic has the clamp cast to completely cover the ball.

Moreover, I don't see any sign of the dual spurs on kick drums in the '79 or '80 catalogs, and in response to boobus' post above, the serial number ranges lean more towards late 70's than early 80's - with the exception of the one tom that might have been added to the kit with the 512xxx serial.

And also, I see that as my kit is 5-ply, Slingerland appended a 6 to the model numbers, so rather than Super Rock 51N, it might be Super Rock 651N.

To review, with some additions:

The drums:

The basic kit as described in the first post in this thread - the kick hoops are black with a chrome inlay, and all tom hoops/lugs/hardware are original and unmolested. The floor tom wrap seam needs attention, but the wrap is still intact - but I suspect that if it were glued and clamped, there will still be a gap in the seam of maybe 1/8 to 1/4" due to warpage.

The snare drums, also described in the first post - and upon reinspection, the aluminum Ludwig is really kinda ratty, but possibly worth restoring? Also, the throwoffs on both the Slingerland snares need work, but I'm gathering that the availability of parts for these is pretty easy and the work is simple.

The cymbals:

1) Sabian HHX Studio Crash, 18"

1) Sabian Signature Saturation Crash, 18"

1) Sabian HHX Dry Ride, 21"

The above were purchased new by me in 2003 and show no signs of damage - although there are some cosmetic black marks from either black sticks or sticks with black tape, from a couple sessions where a former doofus guitarist bandmate invited some buddies over to jam in our practice space without the rest of the band's permission. The marks scrape off with a fingernail, so I think they'll clean up pretty good.

1) Zildjian Earth Ride, 20" - signed with magic marker on the underside by Alejo Poveda (though I doubt this increases its value, still kinda cool). Purchased used in the mid-90s and unsure of its age, it looks like hell as all Earth Rides do...

1) DW 7000 kick pedal, in good shape

Anybody want to take a stab at a value again? All told, with some minor cleanup, is $1000 too much to ask of all this as a package? I'm located in the Chicago burbs, and I will be having the owner of a local used instrument exchange helping me to locate leads.

Sorry to get so wordy here - unemployed with a lot of time on my hands, and I'm also the type that cringes at bad spelling/grammar/internet shorthand.

And finally - I know what most of you out there are thinking - this thread is worthless without pics. I will be borrowing a camera this weekend and taking many pics to post here.

Whew! Thanks for reading! :D

Dan

I think $1000 would be a good deal for someone, assuming you're including the cymbals and snares. If it were me, I would sell the cymbals and snares each individually and the drumset in its entirety with any original hardware. Those sets are moving well now from what I've seen (I have a similar set I'm thinking of selling) so I bet the set by itself would maybe go for $500 if it's in great shape, pretty hard to say though.

Matt