I had a 1961 Rogers kit is silver sparkle (glass glitter). I had a 10" tom wrapped in what I believe was called vintage Silver Glass Glitter and it was a perfect match to the kit. And my kit looked the same as yours as far as color goes.
thank you DolFan! I'll make a little list of everything I should get samples of to see what's best.
17 with a kit like that! Good on you sir, and if I may say, hold on to em for dear life, never ever sell unless you absolutely have to...[/old man advice.]
Oh no kidding, that's not even the best part... the kit has a second 12" tom I've currently got taken apart for cleaning and a matching 5x14 wood Dynasonic snare, all an original kit that came from Cleveland in 1965 : ) You can bet your bottom dollar I'm never getting rid of this kit, it's my baby!
I emailed Precision yesterday and sent them the pictures I posted above, the guy Gary recommended silver glass glitter, so I asked for samples of that, pewter glitter, and ginger glitter. I'll see how those compare, but I'll keep an eye out for Vintage Nickel Sparkle too, I'll give Jammin Sam a call too to see what they may have.
The 12x15 marching snare came in the mail yesterday and, to my surprise, it's the same sparkle as my kit! The pictures made it look like a faded black sparkle, but it's actually just a REALLY dark ginger sparkle. I'll post some pictures later but I think I'm gonna keep the original wrap on it, it's still very tight on the shell with no bubbles or anything (besides a chip in the wrap along the snare side bearing edge. Pictures later!
