¿Come esto?



This one is for sale on eBay from a seller that is one of the most notorious drum strippers in the world. There's a lot of crazy there. I don't do business with them, but now I know what you're talking about.

dontfeartheringo wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:36 am ¿Come esto?

This one is for sale on eBay from a seller that is one of the most notorious drum strippers in the world. There's a lot of crazy there. I don't do business with them, but now I know what you're talking about.

Sí.

$125 with shipping? I have no idea if it’s tight or has the same issues as my present one, but I don’t have other options.

A while back I complained that a RB 16x16 burgundy sparkle FT was $900 and you were like “that’s what they cost!” and sure enough I’ve never seen one for sale since! So of course I should just trust you on this stuff.

"pooder", "pooder2", "leecountymusic", "drumpartscounter", "thedrumpartscounter", "Amanda's Texas Underground", etc.

They're all the same seller. Used to be Amanda's Texas Underground, but was somehow in Seaford, Long Island. (as underground as you can get in Texas?) Then moved to Florida. Reportedly has a couple of storage lockers just jammed full of drums and parts, not very climate controlled, just letting them fall apart. They use she/her pronouns on their ebay profiles, but it's apparently actually a guy who uses that as a sales tactic. His name is Jonas Aaronson.

Lots of horror stories on the drum nerd forums. He likes to buy a drum from someone to complete a set, then file a complaint with ebay to bargain down the price. Then he'll turn around and sell the completed kit for something astronomical. Just notorious for acting in bad faith.

He also strips perfectly good drums and sell all the parts individually. (you get a higher price that way, as long as you don't actually care about the drums)

https://www.drumforum.org/threads/am-i- ... et.146919/

https://www.drumforum.org/threads/the-r ... der.92800/

This is actually the most complete account of who this person is I've ever seen:

https://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showth ... 446&page=8

Well… that takes a little fun out of drum restoration!

At the risk of boring everyone except FM DFTR to death, and maybe even him as well, I removed the throwoff and it’s actually not too bad. I think I can just replace one of the 2 1/8” diameter pins the contraption cantilevers on and I’m good to go. The pin itself has a round head on one end and is flared (“peened”?) on the other and that’s how it stays in place. Not sure yet how I’d fashion this but I likely don’t need to support this abusive drum stripping scammer.

twelvepoint wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 8:47 pm At the risk of boring everyone except FM DFTR to death, and maybe even him as well, I removed the throwoff and it’s actually not too bad. I think I can just replace one of the 2 1/8” diameter pins the contraption cantilevers on and I’m good to go. The pin itself has a round head on one end and is flared (“peened”?) on the other and that’s how it stays in place. Not sure yet how I’d fashion this but I likely don’t need to support this abusive drum stripping scammer.

You mentioned that you're struggling with posting photos- have you fucked with imgur? I just upload to that and then copy-paste their link. Works every time.

Also, do you know about McMaster-Carr? I bet you could find your pin there:

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/pins/

It's too bad these only go down to 3/16"- it'd save you the trouble of having to flare the end: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/pins/ ... evis-pins/

This looks like your man: https://www.mcmaster.com/products/pins/ ... ch-pins-5/

17 bucks for a bolt, but yeah that’s it!

twelvepoint wrote: Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:35 pm 17 bucks for a bolt, but yeah that’s it!

Double-check that there isn't a cheaper one there that isn't, like, surgical steel or tungsten or something. I was getting hacked on at the dermatologist, so I was distracted.

(Or there might be 24 of them in a pouch)

Here's cheaper ones:

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/pins/ ... ve-pins-5/

Parenthetically, there are snare drums you can get cheap because they have odd strainers that require very specific snare wires.

Some examples: '70s-'80s Premier Royal Ace snares have a weird snare band with two holes that line up with studs on the bottom of the strainer. Certain '50s and '60s WFL/Ludwig drums have the P87 strainer (looks like this: https://reverb.com/item/1648807-ludwig- ... butt-plate ), Slingerland Radio Kings and some of the Leedy drums have the weird 3 point strainer that requires for the snare band to extend over the edges of the snare. The Tama King Beat (aka known as "The Poor Man's Bell Brass" has a weird proprietary strainer.

All of these can be bargained down because "Man, snares for those drums are impossible to find."

There's a guy in Serbia called Zoran Bibin who lots of people use to get snare reproductions made:
https://bibinsnarewire.com

Store here:
https://bibinsnarewire.com/our-store/

They are a little spendy, but you can factor that into your bargaining. Also, if you have a weird drum you're afraid to play because you can't get replacement wires, now you have a source.

What's new in the tension rod lock game? Surely someone solved this problem by now with a product you don't have to 'know a guy who knows a guy' to find right?

(DFTR sent me some years ago that we're great but I seem to have misplaced them. Plus I need more as I loosen bottom rods as well.. with 7A sticks FFS..)