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Slingerland WMP Project

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I recently finshed a early 70's Slingerland kit and wanted to share pictures of the completed kit. I found the kit locally in decent shape but it needed a complete replacement Setomatic tom system, Zoomatic strainer knob, and a muffler. I found the parts on Ebay, polished the shells with Novus plastic polish, cleaned the chrome, repainted the bass drumm hoops, and installed new heads. The kit is 100% complete with period correct parts, no extra holes. Plenty of work, but worth the effort. The first picture is the kit before I brought it home.

Jeff

Posted on 15 years ago
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Beautiful work... man those are gleeming WMP!! Feels good to sit back and admire for awhile before giving them a good test run!

Make sure to get a shot up in the gallery.

Not a Guru... just interested..
Posted on 15 years ago
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That is one kick a$$ drum kit. I don't know if its the lighting in your room but did that finish fade to a cream color? I dig it. Just when I thought I was through wanting another kit!!!!!

Posted on 15 years ago
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From lucky

That is one kick a$$ drum kit. I don't know if its the lighting in your room but did that finish fade to a cream color? I dig it. Just when I thought I was through wanting another kit!!!!!

Lucky,

Yes the drums have faded to a cream color. Here are pictures of the shells without hardware to compare.

Jeff

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Posted on 15 years ago
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[COLOR="DarkOliveGreen"]You can't get much more classic Slingy than that ! Nice kit, looks pristine ![/COLOR]

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Posted on 15 years ago
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That is a Buddy Rich kit!! I didn't notice the double spurs in the original pics. Awesome.

Posted on 15 years ago
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From lucky

That is a Buddy Rich kit!! I didn't notice the double spurs in the original pics. Awesome.

Yes, it is a Buddy Rich kit 80N in the catalog. The kit has the 2 factory

cymbal arm mounts, but only one floor tom came with my kit.

Jeff

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Posted on 15 years ago
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Thats cool, I thought Buddy used the second floor tom as a towel holder!

Posted on 15 years ago
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Wow! I hope mine turn out that nice. Thanks for sharing!

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 15 years ago
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That is a very sweet kit. I recently purchased an 80N kit, also. Mine is Mahogany. My hardware did not turn out as nice as yours. Good job! Now, how does it sound? I have not finished mine, so I still don't know. It's driving me up the wall. I've got two kits I'm working on and I really want to hear them. Patience is a virtue...unless you're a drummer! Then it's just a pain.

Posted on 15 years ago
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