DrumWhipper
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So I made a post the other day about a new snare drum a guy built me. There is a little more to the story that I’d like to share about that.
I mentioned that he bid on a warehouse, won the bid, and found out the warehouse was loaded with drum parts. That warehouse was a former warehouse for Slingerland in Nashville. It is full of shells, hoops, and other parts needed to build drums.
He also bid on the Slingerland name at a later time, but was outbid on that by DW.
Now he has a warehouse full of parts and is building drums.
Obviously he can’t use the Slingerland name, and there are some specific parts he can’t use, but he can build drums with the shells and other certain parts in the factory.
This is all new/old stock stuff.
I said all of that to say this; He is in the process of building me a new kit. We selected the wrap and drum sizes this evening. Additional parts have been ordered as well.
I can in no way call this a Slingerland kit, but that is basically what it will be. All of the shells were constructed by Slingerland before they had their issues and the name was eventually sold to DW.
As far as sizes I’m going with a 22x18 kick drum, 13x9, 15x15, and 18x16 toms, and a 14x6.5 snare.
The drums should be completed before Christmas, so I’m anxious to see how they turn out.
Thanks for taking the time to read. I’ll update the thread with photos as much as I can!
I mentioned that he bid on a warehouse, won the bid, and found out the warehouse was loaded with drum parts. That warehouse was a former warehouse for Slingerland in Nashville. It is full of shells, hoops, and other parts needed to build drums.
He also bid on the Slingerland name at a later time, but was outbid on that by DW.
Now he has a warehouse full of parts and is building drums.
Obviously he can’t use the Slingerland name, and there are some specific parts he can’t use, but he can build drums with the shells and other certain parts in the factory.
This is all new/old stock stuff.
I said all of that to say this; He is in the process of building me a new kit. We selected the wrap and drum sizes this evening. Additional parts have been ordered as well.
I can in no way call this a Slingerland kit, but that is basically what it will be. All of the shells were constructed by Slingerland before they had their issues and the name was eventually sold to DW.
As far as sizes I’m going with a 22x18 kick drum, 13x9, 15x15, and 18x16 toms, and a 14x6.5 snare.
The drums should be completed before Christmas, so I’m anxious to see how they turn out.
Thanks for taking the time to read. I’ll update the thread with photos as much as I can!