Hey Gary!

You didn't disappoint! You did a GREAT JOB on this drum! Nice large chip "Antique WMP"... should be great with the rest of the kit. I saw this drum as we did discuss it at length... I would say you did a NICE resto on it, and have returned it to it's former glory as it will be played! I maintain, and I've said it many times:

It's YOUR drum! You saved another one... you didn't part it out for profit. Nice job!

Tommyp

Gary!

You posted as I was posting... too funny! Anway:

What I said I thought your drum was originally was the "Silver Lacquer" finish as your drum is a 1950 to 1954 Leedy and Ludwig. The only TWO finishes during this period for lacquer were the "Silver Lacquer" and "Tri-Tone Blue". I thought your drum probably had the "Silver Lacquer" and then someone overpainted in a faux type stye to create the "splotches". Regardless,

Nice job!!

Tommyp

My apologies if I came across harsh at all. That is a legitimate finish that is very rare. If it were me, I would not have paid so much to rewrap it.. but everyone is different. It does look like you did a superb job on the re-wrap. :)

And now that's it been brought up would love to know if the WMP you used to recover is "large chip" a la Camco and, if so, where did it come from? Bonzo?

D

As you know, I am not currently in possession of any WMP Camco items. It is not a perfect match with the Leedy white pearl which you can probably make out from the 58 Leedy gallery post. Tighter swirls and not the same yellow. As soon as the Camco snare arrives I'll shoot you a comparitive picture if it is close or tell you that it is not if that is the case.

Yes Bonzo did the work. The guy is meticulous and passionate about his work. He confirmed that the finish was factory with no evidence of any work having ever been done on the drum.

As far as cost of a rewrap: It never even crossed my mind. As it was when I bought it, I was never going to use it. I have a thing for nickel plated anything and the drum looks very handsome now. I would love to get a whole set with that hardware and would not hesitate recovering it if the finish warranted it.

Most of this stuff isn't an investment for me. I can't imagine ever flipping it. That's for my kids to decide on and to them it's free, so whatever they get, they get.

No prob.

Gary

Dave,

The antique pearl wrap used on this project is nothing like Camco's white marine pearl. The Camco pattern has linear streaks in it. This does not. This wrap is also ever so slightly darker than the Camco's. It would not be an acceptable match for me.

Regards,

Gary