Hi, I'm new here and have lots of questions because I want to do this as correct as possible.
First off, I've owned this set since about 1975 but have been stored in a storage building for years. I now have room for more than one drum set set up and wanted to restore what I have back to as original as makes sense without spending way more that feasible.
what I have identified so far is the bass drum is dated Nov 1960 and is a 14" x 20"... the snare is the standard 5.5" x 14" maple snare with no date but matches the bass and floor tom finish and has the same type of Niles no serial number badge. the floor tom is a 16" x 16" with push button adjusters on the legs, no badge and a date of Aug 1961.
the ride tom was set up like a concert tom and had 6 Slingerland lugs but did not have a "stick saver" rim with no date or markings of any type. I suspect this is not Slingerland at all the way it was modified but it does have the "spade" type mount on it..
what I want to do is locate a 8" x 12" original Slingerland tom from at least the 60's to recover to match the new recover I'm going to do the the rest. I'm not sure if the original would have a significantly better feel or sound than the one I have, but I could modify it to work I suppose but it's probably not great quality.
I've ordered a Steve Maxwell "consolette" mount to replace whatever they modified and put on here before I got it.
I also have no idea how the "throw off" is supposed to work because mine doesn't.. it came with a Rodgers pedal for the bass and a Slingerlang Hi-Hat and some very lightweight cymbal stands.
any tips, suggestions would be greatly appreciated and I'll follow with pictures if that will help identify what I need to do. help is greatly appreciated, this set up needs a lot of TLC. anyone know of a decent 8"x 12" ?
thanks in advance.. TM
