I always liked the sound of Tromsa concord shells, i just did not like the plastic hardware on the shells! I got a blue Concord kit from 1977 as far as i figured out, that kit was absolutley gone! Lugs broken lots of part missing! So i made the plan to build myself a custom Vintage kit!
Here are the first pics of the base of the set:-)
Then i started to strip the shells.... did all the drilling for the new STDRUMS Hardware....painted the inside of the shells like in a Rogers kit....and started to put the sparkle lime wrap on it:-)
Also the bearing edges were made new in a 30* angle like on Gretsch sets:-)
And another pics:-)
And after hours of screwing, painting and wraping...my Tromsa Custom kit in sparkle lime was born:-)
Sounds amazing and it´s so leight in weight:-)
I hope you like the pics:-)
regards
Christian
Nice!!! Heavy color, I like that. Natural wood hoops work well.
You know the kind o wood it's made of? Looks like the wood in a orphan marching drums project I'm on. Not birch, not maple. Pretty hard, not so soft.
Hy Bartw
The shells are beech with re-rings, they sound very cool! Very warm and very deep:-)
regards
Christian
You really did a nice job with those old Tromsa shells! The drums look 100% better than even the factory original. Great color and good choice of hardware. Nice job all around. :D
Enjoy them.
John
Great thread, I wish there were more of these where we see some before, during and after photos. You did a fantastic job on them, they look really nice! Thank you for sharing your joy with us.
European drums are da bomb...Thumbs up!!
Cheers
Nice job! The lime green wrap was a great choice! I like!
