Hello there, I would redo them IMO only because its a rewrap anyway.

And by the way,I saw one of your rebuild videos on youtube and they came out great. Plus you get a great sound out of your drums!!

Cheers,BigE

i am not an expert..............but if the drum sounds good I would leave it alone especially if you plan to sell the drum at some point (people get funny with retouched edges). But If it doesn't sound good then its not worth much as a drum and would therfore be worth more sounding good and I would retouch the edges and get it sounding good.

For what its worth .............. thats my $.02

Thanks for those kind comments. I think vintage drums always sound great!

Good point about the rewrap.

See, both of you have hit the mark. It's having a fresh start, vs the resale - because I agree that some buyers would not like this. I think what I'll do is put it together one more time without the warp and have a play.

Thanks for the replies - much appreciated.

It's a rough situation if you want to resell at some point, but the rewrap sure gets you to that point on its own regardless of edge work. I have some Rogers Dayton toms that had quite bad edges from the factory, the biggest deal is they were not level with numerous dips. Those toms would not tune. So whaddya do? Put them on a shelf and never play them because they don't tune and sound like crap, or make them worth playing? With these I chose the latter, and have enjoyed playing them for years.

If it was my drum, the bottom line in decision making since it is already altered: will it play better and will I enjoy it more by reworking the edges, or do I want to resell it while retaining some kind of vintage value?