Have Yourself a Merry LITTLE Christmas....
This is what happens when the mini-drumset you said you were putting together for your grandkids actually becomes a toy for yourself.
STAR RED MARINE PEARL "JUNIOR" KIT
10 x 16" Bass drum
3 x 10" Snare drum
5 x 9" Tom
10 x 10" Floor tom
The grandkids are getting Barbie dolls and Tonka trucks. I'm keeping this until they're old enough to appreciate it.
In the original restoration write-up, which is way-far back in my blog posts where no one would care to find it, I described the main difficulty in fixing up this kit: the 9-inch rack tom. Somehow I managed to find two 9" Remo heads (for top and bottom) and overcame this obstacle. I think they were actually banjo heads but nobody really cares so here's the video of me "toying" around on this kit after I added some small cymbals, a little cowbell, a mini set of chimes and a baby bell tree:
I sincerely hope you enjoyed that. Now go have yourself a merry LITTLE Christmas.
MAKING A GOOD RESTORATION EVEN BETTER
The original restoration attempt, which is covered a couple of posts earlier and can be viewed if one is willing to scroll downwards a little ways on this incredibly interesting weblog, was a decent attempt with barely acceptable results that I always felt could use some improvement. Well, here was my opportunity.
Since this snare wasn't generating a whole heck of a lot of interest so far in my Reverb shop, I figured I had time to completely disassemble it, attempt this new method and get it all back together again before anyone tried to purchase it.
Needless to say (but I will do so nonetheless), the results were quite impressive and thrilled me to no end. This will absolutely be a method I use from now on, and in fact I have gone back to other projects to improve on them as well.
So without any more unnecessary build-up, here are the new updated photos that I have taken and uploaded to my Reverb post.
That's all for today. Go away now.
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