Well, let's try this again. Couldn't post from Flickr earlier today
Here it is, all shiny, new Ambassador heads, new snare straps, and of course the little three eared knob I pressed on the Zoomatic shaft. It cleaned up really nicely, and it sounds sweet! Love it, love it, love it!
that's lovely. Congratulations on your find and on your photo skills. Those look really good.
Is it a threading problem with the Zoom? You could re-thread the pieces. There's a seller on Ebay JERRISATTIC and SISTERACT (same person) she has all kinds of odd parts for drums, she might have what you need.
Just looked at the snare pix. Try using a knob from a muffler (tone control) from Slingerland, the threads should be the same, you can cut the shaft to the correct length.
There's no question about it...those drums are damn nice! They are EXCEPTIONALLY nice!
If you can complete it with some era-specific hardware (pedals, etc.) then you will have a piece of drum history fit for a museum.
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I doubt that I will be using any of the original hardware, with the exception of the snare stand, simply becuase it's just not nearly as good as my Tama stuff. I will be keeping all of it in a safe place though, along with the original heads
My Tama bass pedal is the early, all silver precurser to the Iron Cobra, chain drive with adjustable cam. I love the feel of it, and it actually looks good with vintage gear. Also, I have the matching single braced heavy duty hi-hat stand too, I love the feel of it too, especially on the lightest setting.
Speaking of heads, check my other post for news on that front.
Just got the new heads last night, only have the 12"x8" completed so far, but here it is....................
Here it is all shiny and clean with new Aquarian heads.
I just registered today - to try and find some Slingerland Black Chrome drums - do a quick search and THIS is what I find.
Congrats on the purchase - wish I was 30 days faster than you! :)
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