Visit the home page of this forum. The link is at the bottom

Vintage Drum Guide

Then look for the blue section from DrCJW.

I point you to the home page so you can see the variety of resources the main web site has to offer.

I hope it helps others also.

David

Webmaster

I probably came to the wrong site as these drums I bought in the early 90's which is not a vintage set, but I have not been able to find any info anywhere.

Thanks,

If you follow the link and read the info you will see a special forum section for Slingerland under the contact section of the Dr's web site

Go to that forum section and ask the question there.

The Dr will answer your question in time, since he is the authority on Slingerland from all era's.

Your answers will be found, it just takes a little time and due diligence on your end to find the correct spot.

Also, ask the exact questions you want an answer to and be specific.

Provide him pictures as well.

Thanks

David

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Right, Slingerland drums with serial numbers over 900,000 date to either 1990 - 1994 during the HSS period of Gretsch ownership, or to 1995 - present in the Gibson ownership period. We can pin down the exact year, model, history etc with, as David suggests, some good pictures.

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Will take some pictures tonight...and post them.

Thanks,

I have attached some pics of the 90's set.

Badges Numbers include:

901566

901377

941376

940057

940752

Thanks,,

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O.K., so you have a Spirit kit from about 1994. It was made in Taiwan during the HSS Slingerland period, while under Gretsch ownership. If by chance any of the heads are original and they are Evans then the kit is from the Spirit Plus series, with the only real difference being that the Spirit had imported heads.

Earlier on in the HSS period the shell construction of both Spirit series was 5-ply mahogany (Asian ?white mahogany?). During the latter part of 1993 and through 1994 the shell construction went to 7-ply mahogany, with the inner ply being Canadian maple. You could very well have a mix of the two shell types, with some of your drums possibly made earlier, but your kit was likely boxed and shipped in the 1994 time frame.

The Spirits were the economy import line marketed by HSS, companion to its middle line Artists and upper line domestic Lites. Most of the hardware fixtures of the Spirit line were the same as used on the Artists. Notable differences between the two lines included the shell composition, and the metal bass drum hoops on the Spirits.

Gibson continued to sell off Spirit stock that it acquired in the purchase of HSS in 1994, so it is also possible your kit was an early Gibson Slingerland sell.

Here is a picture of your kit from the Slingerland HSS archives.

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Thanks for the info, but I must say I can get these drums sounding good...

Oh the orginal heads were of the evans clear type.

hi, i have an awesome looking STAR kit probably 70s vintage, but the shells and wrap were badly damaged/worn and non repairable. I kept all the harware and hoped to one day put them on another donor kit's shells... i now have my eye on a 900,000 serial Slingerland 90's SPIRIT kit (i think). Please confirm serial number 901890 is this vintage and whether it's worth the effort - or do i spend more and get some new shells?? I am going to look at this kit today and would love some tips on what to look for to confirm the wood used?? or is there a definitive wood used for this serial number kit??

Is there a serial lookup link anyone can send to get any info on any drums??

Regards,

Wes.