well done manny! looks nice too..

mike

Mike,

Thanks! I pickup my new Clubbies tomorrow. I have to decide if I am going to keep them or not. Anyway I was thinking of doing something crazy and having this guy chrome plated. I will see how well it cleans up first. I was just about to pull the trigger on another snare when this guy showed up.

Manny

Nickle plate it, that would be different!

Nice drum! I love the Acrolites - just great drums....very good bang for your buck. I have a 67 Acrolite and it's among my very favourite drums.

Gary

I stripped all the HW and sanded the shell down with 400 grit so far. Thinking of just painting with a silver paint that matches factory color. Anyone ever do that? Seems any automotive silver or aluminum paint will be a 90% match.

You can never have enough Acro's...

I think you might be correct. Anyway I took at look at my 1967 Acro and it is a museum piece compared to this one. The problem with the aluminum is that even with a lot of sanding there are some deep gouges that just won't go away. Therefore I think painting will make it look worlds better.

For the DIY on a budget you could get away very cheaply with some self etching primer and silver paint. I am going to drop it off at my friend's place. He paints cars and previously did a ground up paint job on my car. I believe that better results will be achieved with his tools and methods vs. anything I can muster.

I am happy to report that the hardware has cleaned up significantly better than I had hoped. I keep telling myself I am going to one day have a true players kit and not have something nice. I guess all the years in the Army make it hard for me to gig something that does not look nice :)

Manny

I've often wished I would have taken a picture of one that I 'fixed'. It had literally fallen off the roof of a car and got dragged, or rolled maybe. I bought it for two bucks at a flea market years ago. It truly looked like poo. I got to thinking about it one day, and dug it out of my clean dry storage shed. I can't remember what year it was, but I do remember it had a Keystone badge. I stripped off the hardware, and painted it fire engine red with appliance enamel spray paint. Luckily, the 'bowtie' lugs are available from Ludwig so I replaced the couple that were broken, put the badge back on, and the darn thing looked great. It sounded even better. I gigged that snare for years, then sold it with some kit or other.

You just can't kill an Acro. I must have like 20 of 'em or more in various types and ages. I like the black ones, but I can't remember what they're called... kind of black with specks of something. It's newer, maybe 90's. The gray painted ones are neat as well.

Here is my Dec 31 1968 acro set up for a gig yesterday. I much enjoy playing this drum.

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