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Bass Drum Painting Services? Last viewed: 4 minutes ago

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Hi,

I have a 1924 Ludwig and Ludwig kit that I'm going to refurbish (not restore). Age has character. Mostly remove rust. The resonant head of the bass drum has a small hole in it that will eventually tear, as I intend to play this kit. So, I need a new resonant head sized approx. 26-7/8". Remo will make me a custom head. I need someone to paint it. I want the Jazz Pirates scene that some of you may know.

Any suggestions? I used the search engine here and found a company called DrumArt that does this sort of thing, but they won't use anything but their own heads, and they don't use Remo.

Thanks.

Steve

Vintage Drum Student
Posted on 13 years ago
#1
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Local sign shop or airbrush painter.

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 13 years ago
#2
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I needed a military crest painted on the front of a 16x16 rope snare. Asked the high school art teacher for the name of her best student artist. Had the kid copy the photo perfectly in acrylic for $50. Just a suggestion.

-No Guru... still learning more every day-
Posted on 13 years ago
#3
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Steve, I earned my living as a graphic artist for 22 years. At $50.00 an hour for time, an artist is looking at 3 to 4 hours work. It's easy enough to reproduce, the artwork has an American classic tattoo look to it. But it'll cost around $150 to $200. to pay an artist to do it. That's an honest, sober estimate.

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 13 years ago
#4
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Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. John, it's funny you mentioned tattoos, as that was my solution. Took the old beat up head and a really good picture of the art to a tattoo artist down the street. They were excited about doing it, and said they could reproduce it exactly. $80. It's good that they were so cheap, 'cos the Remo custom heads are gonna cost $167 each. Yikes!

Thanks again all.

Steve

Vintage Drum Student
Posted on 13 years ago
#5
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Would love to see pictures!!

Posted on 13 years ago
#6
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'll post pictures. They were very confident that they could reproduce it exactly. I'm trying to figure out a way to put a light in there like they did back in the day to really be authentic. There is a ringed piece of hardware on the kick, so that you could attach a strap and carry the bass drum. I may remove that and see if I can run a wire into it.

Cheers.

Steve

Vintage Drum Student
Posted on 13 years ago
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i do murals of all kinds send a pic and drum size and ill give a quote most bd are between 350 and 500 depending how complicated gary

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Posted on 13 years ago
#8
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Gary - This is the art he wants reproduced:

[IMG]http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n632/PurdieShuffle/jazzpirates.jpg[/IMG]

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 13 years ago
#9
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Hey guys,

I appreciate the continued input, but as you'll note in post #5, I found an incredible tattoo artist who will do it for $80. I took a head and an excellent copy of the art along just so they'd know exactly what they were dealing with, and they were quite keen to do it. They suggested tempera as the paint for it, since it will be vibrating. Now I'm focused on getting my new custom heads from Remo and finding a way to put a light inside the BD.

Thanks so much for all the suggestions and offers.

Steve

Vintage Drum Student
Posted on 13 years ago
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