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This has gotta be one of those bare shells from recently, right?

link.....

Kevin
Posted on 13 years ago
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'Looks' legit, Kev. Maybe the chrome was stripped off intentionally by the owner at some point. (?)

Nice looking drum though.

John

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Posted on 13 years ago
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That's an uncataloged drum then.... seller claims it is all original.... the badge looks tampered and the Zoomy badly ****-eyed to me.

Kevin
Posted on 13 years ago
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Plus IMHO, why are the 3 lines chrome colored and the body is "brass".

The base metal should be what it is......right?

That's a new one on me...............just thinking out loud.

BGT

1972 Slingerland WMP 80N
1959 Slingerland Hollywood Ace
1965 Slingerland Artist Snare
1968 Slingerland Artist Snare
1972 Slingerland Sound King COB
1963 Slingerland WMP Student Radio King
Posted on 13 years ago
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Couple of items:

This is a 10 lug drum - I thought that the pre-drilled shells

last year were all 8 lug.

The inside of the shell appears to be plated so I'm guessing that Purdy

is correct that the chrome was stripped from what started life as a

10 lug Krupa shell.

The badge grommet looks wrong - I think that the Slingerland grommets

were aluminum and had a wider outside lip. The badge itself appears to

be pre-1970

The '60s Krupa that I have has a center-threaded tone control knob and

flat reinforcement plates inside behind the lugs. This has a Ludwig-looking

tone control knob and cup washers behind the lugs.

The strainer looks to be a later Zoomatic; I'm not sure why it's several

degrees off center. The snare butt is the correct version for the metal

strap snare wires.

This seems pretty pricey for what it is.

As usual, I may be partially or totally wrong.

MW

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Posted on 13 years ago
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From MichaelWray

Couple of items:This is a 10 lug drum - I thought that the pre-drilled shellslast year were all 8 lug. The inside of the shell appears to be plated so I'm guessing that Purdyis correct that the chrome was stripped from what started life as a 10 lug Krupa shell.The badge grommet looks wrong - I think that the Slingerland grommetswere aluminum and had a wider outside lip. The badge itself appears tobe pre-1970The '60s Krupa that I have has a center-threaded tone control knob and flat reinforcement plates inside behind the lugs. This has a Ludwig-lookingtone control knob and cup washers behind the lugs.The strainer looks to be a later Zoomatic; I'm not sure why it's several degrees off center. The snare butt is the correct version for the metalstrap snare wires.This seems pretty pricey for what it is.As usual, I may be partially or totally wrong.MW

Plus One in Fungusville! Also the snare wires have made in Japan on them(you have to look really close). It has been buffed out, you can see how blotchy it is when they were working around the badge. I think the strainer is slanted because the shell is a little mashed in there like most all of these drums. Think this is one of those "Parts is Parts" drums & it sure isn't worth $600!

edit: They've also listed it as 5.5" deep, the SK's were 5".

Just my 2 cents.

Dan

"Play the drum...don't let it play you" - Max Roach

1968, 1974 & 1984 Rogers Dyna•Sonic COB
1971, 1976 Slingerland GK Sound King
1973 Slingerland Festival
1920's-40's Slingerland (US Military) Field Snares (6)
19?- Ludwig Field Snare (US Marines)
1960's Premier Gold Glitter Student Snare kit
1960's-? MIJ Snares (way-way too many)
Posted on 13 years ago
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Grommet is wrong,and if you look close,it looks like there is chrome inside the lines.

Steve B

Posted on 13 years ago
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I'm a Slingerland drum lover for over 50 yers. I have one word to describe my opinion of this drum: BLECH!

No matter how far you push the envelope, it is still stationery.
Posted on 13 years ago
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