SILVER SPARKLE STEWART SNARE

 

18 INCH ZILDJIAN CHINA BOY LOW WITH 3 RIVETS

 

20 INCH ZILDJIAN SWISH WITH SIX RIVETS

 

LUDWIG 10-INCH "SOCK HATS"

 

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

After I restored this 5 x 14" Stewart metal snare drum and put it up for sale on Reverb, I stumbled upon an interesting  method for removing rust from chrome involving soap powder, aluminum foil and a fair amount of determination and elbow grease.  I had never tried this method before (and was surprised that I was only discovering it now), so I thought I'd give it a shot and see what would happen.

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.

RANDOM RESTORATION: A BSP TEMPRO SNARE

 

Well, here we go again!  Everything's coming up Blue Sparkle these days.  Anyhoo, without too much introduction, I have put together another montage video to highlight how this project went, and what a difference my cleaning skills made.  I would like to note that NO NEW PARTS were used (except heads and wires).  Everything shown is exactly what I started with.  Hope everyone enjoys the show....

 

And just to prove that I can be as irritating as others, I even added some obnoxious copyright-free pointless music in the background.

You're welcome.  NEXT!