JimmyM
Diamond Member
Just got home from Raleigh, and I had much fun meeting Cameron of Brownie Drums. He had 3 or 4 of his snare shells finished and ready to be drilled, and the finishes are outstanding. One had what looked almost like a 3d version of the old Rogers Mardi Gras.
So he’s going to edge all 4 toms and fix the uneven drilling in the 14 due to a poor concert tom conversion, but he said the shells were in otherwise fine shape. As far as the snare, I brought it, and what JDA said would happen happened. However, he promised not to change the character and only do what he thinks will improve it, bearing in mind how much I love it as is. After seeing his edges up close, I’m pretty confident he gets the vibe.
Now the huge news…
A while back I bought 6 of the L&L repro badges from Bum Wraps, and they look great but the holes are too small. They should be the same size on my snare as the toms, standard size for a long time. But I never returned them because I envisioned someone one day telling me they could make them fit properly and you’d never know the difference. So my snare will get its 85 year old nasty badge back, and the toms get the new looking repros!!!
It was a good day.
So he’s going to edge all 4 toms and fix the uneven drilling in the 14 due to a poor concert tom conversion, but he said the shells were in otherwise fine shape. As far as the snare, I brought it, and what JDA said would happen happened. However, he promised not to change the character and only do what he thinks will improve it, bearing in mind how much I love it as is. After seeing his edges up close, I’m pretty confident he gets the vibe.
Now the huge news…
A while back I bought 6 of the L&L repro badges from Bum Wraps, and they look great but the holes are too small. They should be the same size on my snare as the toms, standard size for a long time. But I never returned them because I envisioned someone one day telling me they could make them fit properly and you’d never know the difference. So my snare will get its 85 year old nasty badge back, and the toms get the new looking repros!!!
It was a good day.