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1959 Slingerland's w/extras Last viewed: 1 hour ago

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Well, I finally got around to posting some pix of my Slingerland kit. I play open-handed which is why it is set up this way. I have it sort of set up to have the accessories grouped in the middle of a standard four piece.

Drums:

13/16/22 w/ 5.5x14" Radio King snare

10" Pearl Firecracker Steel snare

Cymbals:

13" Mastersound hihats

Skiba modified 22" Ride

Skiba modified 20" Crash/Ride

Skiba modified 12" Splash/Crash

Evans Heads: Batter/Reso

Bass- EMAD clear/Retro Screen

Toms- J1 etched/J1 etched

RK Snare- J1 etched/300 orchestral

Pearl Snare- EC2 snare/300 hazy

Accessories:

Rhythm Tech Hat Trick

Slingerland cowbell and wood block

Hardware is mostly Pearl except the Gibraltar Flat based stand with extension arm. I am looking to upgrade the pedals and hardware next. I've done alot of tweaking to it to get the sound and functionality where I want it. I tune the 13" fairly high and the 16" low for some nice variation in sound. I also have the snares tuned very differently for the sound variance.

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....lovin' that vintage sound
Posted on 14 years ago
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very nice kit Indeed sir! Yes SirCool1D' Drummer now get some real slingy hardware just to top it off!!

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 14 years ago
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Very Nice!! I love the color! Never heard of Skiba,how do they sound?

Cheers,Ed

Posted on 14 years ago
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Thanks VM2K! I think I'm going to get two Gibraltar double braced cymbal/tom stands and have the ride&tom on one and the splash&crash on the other. Then, I want a DW 9000 single pedal and maybe the 9000 hihat stand.....or the 6000 flat based hihat stand....idk yet, haha. I'm saving as we speak ;)

From BigE

Very Nice!! I love the color! Never heard of Skiba,how do they sound? Cheers,Ed

Thanks Ed! Mike Skiba modified some Zildjian cymbals for me to sound just as I wanted them to. I went for an old K sound sound that projected well. Basically, I told Mike that I wanted the most versatility with a nice dark complexity....I love them all. The ride is probably my favorite...it crashes, rides, and has TONS of character to it.

....lovin' that vintage sound
Posted on 14 years ago
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Lookin' good.....................

Kevin
Posted on 14 years ago
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interesting set up.

party foul on the trick snare throw though DOH

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Posted on 14 years ago
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beautiful drums. lovein that big chip sbp

so the bass drum would be a 22"?

im about to rewrap my 65's in wmp(20,14,12, im thinkin 13 snare)

btw im new here!

From LudwigLover

party foul on the trick snare throw though DOH

agree on the party foul.

to each his own. tho :)

old drums are pretty neat!

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=37624
Posted on 14 years ago
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From LudwigLover

interesting set up.party foul on the trick snare throw though DOH

Party foul? haha. It's a long story....here's the short one though.

I bought the set and then realized that the snare's factory beds were improperly cut at about the 1 o'clock and 7'o clock position. I sent it to a restorer with a request to have it working as it should from the factory. I got it back and the beds were to wide and deep to properly utilize the stock strainer. I had the Trick strainer laying around so I fabricated brackets to fit the STOCK mounting holes. I can use different types of wires now AND I can swap the factory strainer back if I wanted:D

Every "mod" I did, except the re-cut snare beds, are reversible....plus I keep all of the parts I have taken off. I also added 70's Slingerland floor tom leg mounts, the RIMS mount on the rack tom, and I removed all of the internal mufflers.

I wanted to preserve these drums while still allowing them to function to their full potential.

Hope this clears things up! :)

....lovin' that vintage sound
Posted on 14 years ago
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