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My Rescue Project - (Stewart content)

musketeer stewart
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My first post here, found this very helpful site while researching info on my latest rescue project. Just acquired them, and looking forward to spending way too much time making them sparkle, much to my wife's chagrin!

Stewart 20" kick, 12" tom

Musketeer 14" snare and 16" floor tom (not shown) with the same aged WMP finish...they are all about the same age, and the yellowing is consistent to make them all look like a matched set save for the logos. All toms have 3 ply shells with re-rings, so I've read that might make them pre-1966. Nice to know there will be something else in my house as old as I am. I'm going to clean them up, recut the edges, and put some new heads on. Im not really expecting all that much from them, but they look really cool, and have lots of vintage-y-ish-ness. Keep on Pl

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65-73 Ludwig orphans 22/16/15/13/12 (silver sparkle rewrap)
1967 Ludwig Supraphonic 5 x 14
1976 Ludwig Acrolite 5 x 14
1966 Ludwig Pioneer 5 x 14
66-'67-ish Slingerland orphan project 20/13 (original champagne sparkling pearl)
Mid-60's Slingerland Gene Krupa COB Sound King 5 x 14
Mid-50's Slingerland tenor-to-floor tom resto/conversion project
Early 50's Slingerland Marcher resto project
Pork Pie 6.5 x 14 Big Black
Zildjians
Posted on 10 years ago
#1
Posts: 1461 Threads: 75

Beautifully matched yellowing over the entire set and you may be pleasantly surprised with how they`ll sound with fresh heads and proper tweaking.60`s Stewarts sound wonderful so enjoy your project and your new vintage drums and btw-welcome to the VDF jfl317!

Wayne

1967 Rogers Cleveland Champagne Sparkle
20,16,13,13.
1967/68 Rogers Dayton Champagne Sparkle
20,16,13,13.
1966 Rogers cob 7 Line Dynasonic Snare.
1967 Rogers "Humberto Morales" Timbales.
1980 Ludwig B/O badge 14x 6.5 Black Beauty Snare.
1980 Ludwig B/O badge Red Cortex
22,22,18,16,15,14,13.
1988 Sonor "Horst Link" HLD 590 14x8 Bronze Snare
Posted on 10 years ago
#2
Posts: 246 Threads: 30

Welcome man, and enjoy your drums. There are Japanese experts here that can help you make those babies sing :)

Alex

Posted on 10 years ago
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