Finally finished a deluxe overhaul of my brother in laws Slingerlands. These had been re-wrapped twice before, and after seeing some of my other work, my brother in law decided to have me give them one final face lift. It started as a 10 12 13 16 20 and a 14 snare. The 10 and snare were from the later thick no re-ring era, and the rest were all older re-ring shells. I stripped, cleaned the interiors, re-wrapped, and cleaned up the bearing edges. After getting permission from my brother, I used the 6.5 x 10 tom to make him a popcorn snare, and built him a better matching 7 x 10 tom with re-rings from new keller stock. I also built him (as an added surprise) a 14 x14 floor tom using a new keller shell, and parting out an old 14 rack tom. I even reused the solid maple re-rings. It's like a new old floor tom. I added a veneer to the inside of the bass drum to hide some old damage, and the wood plugs I installed. It all came out great, and like I said, I am just showing off a bit. I did come up with one more surprise for him, but as I don't know if he ever checks in here at the VDF, I am going to have to show you all those pictures after he has them in hand.....
Thanks, Ryan
