The Slingerland TDR, total dynamic response, was their answer to the Fibes SFT and the Dynasonic, both of which used an extended snare system. It has extended snare wires and uses three air vents to give the drum a dryer, more articulate sound.
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Jim,
Thanks for supplying the info...
Bill
I hope I didn't jump you there Bill... I didn't know the answer and the question made me curious so I went looking.
I take it that information is correct??
I did it to a badly pitted supra. See photo. You can't tell the difference between the [polished] aluminum and chrome plating. The drum came out looking brand new. I thought it was more than worth it.[IMG]http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n632/PurdieShuffle/suprastrip.jpg[/IMG]John
Hey Purdie, Aren't the supras made of Ludalloy,
and the Acros aluminum?
How much aluminum is in Ludalloy?
What is the real difference between a Supra and an Acro shell?
p.s. finished the 22 BD. thanks for lugs
SA
The supra's and the acros have always been made from the same raw shells - one got chromed and drilled for 10 lugs (for the supra's,) and the other (the acro's) was drilled for 8 lugs and just overcoated. But it's the same shell on both drums. I call it aluminum because that's what it is. Ludwig had a proprietary recipe for their aluminum but it was basically aluminum with some other additives that were supposed to prevent pitting of the chrome overcoat. As we all know, "Ludalloy" doesn't work! Any raw aluminum shell can be polished to a very high gloss/reflective shine. The supra's need to be stripped of the chrome first.
Hey congrats on completing the drum! PM me a photo so I can check it out.
John
Thanks Jim. Very good to know~! Yes Sir
Glenn.
I hope I didn't jump you there Bill... I didn't know the answer and the question made me curious so I went looking.I take it that information is correct??
Don't ever worry about 'jumping' me to answer someone's questions... hey, sharing info is what this is all about, right?
You're correct as far as I know. I didn't know about their concern for competition with the Fibes drum (although that makes good sense for the times), but definately they came with it to compete with the Dynasonic and Supersensitive. Premier had one (2000 Flo-beam, or something like that), and even CB700 had one ('cause I've got one that's needing parts!).
Rob Cook's "The Slingerland Book" has a couple of really good diagrams of all the parts for the two types of TDR assemblies. One had individual adjusting snares (like the Ludwig Supersensitive), the other did not. The one that didn't, according to Rob Cook, stayed in production until the mid-1990s.
Bill
