Hey O-Lugs! I couldn't agree more!

I was on vacation earlier this month with my girlfriend. We went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I was expecting to at least see many snare drums, since they don't take up too much room. Guess what? Hardly anything drum related there! Yeah, some chewed up sticks, some cymbals, an occasional old bass drum and head. The only drum worth while was Charlie Watts' mid-60's Supraphonic. I want to see more drums!!!!

Great post..I started collecting snare drums and set's in 1975 when i was 15 years old..At that time i had about 15 set's and 25 snare's.Now i have over 300 snare's from 1910-1980,sets complete with matching snare's 150 about right now..Alot of these drums i rent out to studio's in L.A. sets too..I like collecting vintage drums because you can take so 4 of the same snare's and they will all have their own sound to them same goes with the set's i have..I don't try to change anything on vintage drums only heads....I guess that some of you guy's my think iam alittle Sick?Mikey

and the winner is mikey777

this has to be the record the true progression of the sickness sorry there is no cure

Mikey: Thanks for making me look normal. Now I feel okay to make that next purchase....

I like to have several different voices, but I really can't say why I have as many as I do. I have many more than I want or need.

Partly it's because I like projects to bring back old relics that otherwise would likely be thrown out. Most of the keepers are unique restored or modded drums in some way, for example my Supras that were so pitted that I removed the chrome and turned them into raw aluminum. Doing the same now removing the old nasty worn nickel on a 20"s Ludwig.

Other than that I have just bought a bunch because they were good deals or something different to try out or came with a kit.

When I think it through it comes down these as keepers (for now):

-The Supra 400 and 402 raw aluminum,

-the 7" radio king single ply,

-a 5.5" student radio king I re-veneered with curly maple due to a horrible paint job with no possibility of restoring the outer ply

-We'll see how this old 20s (nickel removed over) brass Luddy comes out, but I think it'll be a keeper

-A cleveland powertone that was stripped of wrap and refinished natural.

and two bought new:

-a 13" sensitone POP!!!

-a pork pie big black brass, just to have a 6.5" brass drum. If an old 6.5" brass snare with more mojo comes along I'll probably grab it, but it is an awesome drum.

And lastly the one I have not assembled yet. I have a set of cherry Vaughncraft shells including a snare shell that I will be building into one of my two main kits.

I think that is it. everything else is destined to find new homes.