"A rose by any other name ..."

dang. I was wrong. I always thought "a rose" was those things the Indians shot at the cowboys.

Actually, the quote is; "A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet." But I didn't want, Jim to think I was inviting him to take long showers with me, so I took some artistic liberties with Shakespeare and rewrote it in a way that allows me to keep my reputation as a 'macho-man' intact. Kleening

John lol

Yep. That's what I did with it.... I wanted to go polished brass and single flanged but couldn't bring myself to spend the extra $175 to go that route.... At least not at the time. I had found a set of NOS Gretsch die cast 8 lug hoops on CL and bought them before the shell arrived. I was pretty jazzed to find the shell arrived completely coated in grease or cosmolene or whatever it's called and was almost green....! AND it was a 10 lug!! The only one I saw of that bunch that was, so it was different which is a good thing in my camp. So, as luck would have it the same seller on CL was selling this Noble and Cooley pair of diecast that were like new and I snapped them up too. Here's the bare shell in the box:

[IMG]http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii289/thebeebe5/Slingerwig/IMG_3770.jpg[/IMG]

I -love- the patina on the shell you got, grease or no! Ten lugs? Yours must sound a bit drier than all the other 8-luggers. Regardless, it's one beautiful drum. You did a great job on it.

PM me, we might be able to work out a 'swap' for the N & C 8-hole die-cast hoops you bought for it. I can use em on mine!

John

Actually Purdie the N & C's are on this one. The 8 luggers are Gretsch. And it doesn't sound as dry as you might think, although I grew up listening to orchestral and Revolutionary War era drums so my idea of dry might be a bit askew.... It does still have a nice ring to it! Debating adding a badge/vent hole. Picked up a Chicago era cloud badge for it this week but it's not here yet....

> Picked up a Chicago era cloud badge for it this week but it's not here yet....

That's what I wanted for mine! I opted for a screw-in brass grommet. Looks good.

I only mentioned 'dry' because of the ten-lug set-up on the drum. I'm sure the use of tube lugs helps to open up the sound of the drum. I'm hooked on mine. Outrageously good sounding snare drums. Deep-dish heaven.

Brass 6.5" w/crimped snare beds... sonic perfection.

John

Well, it doesn't look like much, and it's not even here yet. Gonna take some elbow grease to fix it up and some stones to drill the drum because it sounds good already!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/270845767412?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2648

Welcome friend.....PartyWalking

Jim - Use, Grafitti Stripper on the badge! It'll skim off the blue paint and it won't eat through the badge printing if you remove it in reasonable time. Spray it on, let it sit for 1 minute, wipe off. Should be easy and do good job.

John

The marcher is here Purdie. Arrived end of last week but i've been busier than a one-armed paper hanger with jock itch.... Might get to it this weekend and I'll try that suggestion.

Thanks!