rogue_drummer
Gold Member
Hello,
I recently ran across a vintage 1970's 9 piece Slingerland kit at a music shop by my house. The kit contains 7 toms, 1 snare, and 1 bass. These were all stacked, so I couldn't accurately guage the sizes, but by the sales sign, they were all maple shells. This particular kit caught my eye because it was by Slingerland and the wrap was all black with gold rims, lugs, and tension rods. The snare stand and the two tom stands and the bass drum tom mount were all gold as well. The snare's gold plating was showing a lot of wear - scratches, etc. - and the lugs and rims on all drums and the stands were showing some pitting as well. However, the snare sounded great in the store.
By my limited inspection, the maple shells seemed intact with no extra holes in the shells or cracks. This kit obviously had a lot of miles on it, but the black finishes on the drums seemed like they only needed a good cleaning. The gold rims and lugs probably needed something more. The salesman said all the parts were original.
The kit was listed at $899.00.
I was interested because I wanted a Slingerland or Ludwig kit - maple - vintage - for a collector's item but also to do some limited gigging. On a scale of 1 tp 10, I'd rate this kit as probably a 6 ot 7 just by the pitting on the gold plating.
Does anyone have any knowledge about vintage Slingerlands? Is this kit worth collecting, or is it a piece of junk? Granted I wanted maple shells and some drum history but also don't want to waste my money. I'm willing to do a thorough cleaning job and use elbow grease to clean it up, but again, don't want to waste my time on junk.
Any info is GREATLY appreciated!! Thanks.
I recently ran across a vintage 1970's 9 piece Slingerland kit at a music shop by my house. The kit contains 7 toms, 1 snare, and 1 bass. These were all stacked, so I couldn't accurately guage the sizes, but by the sales sign, they were all maple shells. This particular kit caught my eye because it was by Slingerland and the wrap was all black with gold rims, lugs, and tension rods. The snare stand and the two tom stands and the bass drum tom mount were all gold as well. The snare's gold plating was showing a lot of wear - scratches, etc. - and the lugs and rims on all drums and the stands were showing some pitting as well. However, the snare sounded great in the store.
By my limited inspection, the maple shells seemed intact with no extra holes in the shells or cracks. This kit obviously had a lot of miles on it, but the black finishes on the drums seemed like they only needed a good cleaning. The gold rims and lugs probably needed something more. The salesman said all the parts were original.
The kit was listed at $899.00.
I was interested because I wanted a Slingerland or Ludwig kit - maple - vintage - for a collector's item but also to do some limited gigging. On a scale of 1 tp 10, I'd rate this kit as probably a 6 ot 7 just by the pitting on the gold plating.
Does anyone have any knowledge about vintage Slingerlands? Is this kit worth collecting, or is it a piece of junk? Granted I wanted maple shells and some drum history but also don't want to waste my money. I'm willing to do a thorough cleaning job and use elbow grease to clean it up, but again, don't want to waste my time on junk.
Any info is GREATLY appreciated!! Thanks.
