Yes! Before and After pics are always a good thing.

matthew wrote:Old Tama kit from the late 80's. I removed the covering and coated the bare wood in polyurethane. Pearl snarenot pictured- a shallow wooden Tama snare. I actually play with two snares a la Damon Che....yeah.24 Zildjian A ride......if they made a 34 I'd have it but they don't. I like GIANT ride cymbals.16 Sabian Crash.Cheap secondary crash/ride. I'm gonna replace that with another Sabian....sometime.Cheap but good hi-hats. Chick, Chick, Chick.Gibraltar double bass pedalTama and DW cymbal/hi-hat/drum standsHow hard was it to remove the coating?

matthew wrote:Frank Decent wrote:matthew wrote:Old Tama kit from the late 80's. I removed the covering and coated the bare wood in polyurethane. Pearl snarenot pictured- a shallow wooden Tama snare. I actually play with two snares a la Damon Che....yeah.24 Zildjian A ride......if they made a 34 I'd have it but they don't. I like GIANT ride cymbals.16 Sabian Crash.Cheap secondary crash/ride. I'm gonna replace that with another Sabian....sometime.Cheap but good hi-hats. Chick, Chick, Chick.Gibraltar double bass pedalTama and DW cymbal/hi-hat/drum standsHow hard was it to remove the coating?Not hard at all, actually. Just started at the seam and peeled, then gave then shells a nice sanding with fine grit sandpaper before staining them.Right on. I'm thinking of doing that with my shitty Pearl kit.

Old Tama kit from the late 80's. I removed the covering and coated the bare wood in polyurethane. Pearl snarenot pictured- a shallow wooden Tama snare. I actually play with two snares a la Damon Che....yeah.24 Zildjian A ride......if they made a 34 I'd have it but they don't. I like GIANT ride cymbals.16 Sabian Crash.Cheap secondary crash/ride. I'm gonna replace that with another Sabian....sometime.Cheap but good hi-hats. Chick, Chick, Chick.Gibraltar double bass pedalTama and DW cymbal/hi-hat/drum stands

Frank Decent wrote:matthew wrote:Old Tama kit from the late 80's. I removed the covering and coated the bare wood in polyurethane. Pearl snarenot pictured- a shallow wooden Tama snare. I actually play with two snares a la Damon Che....yeah.24 Zildjian A ride......if they made a 34 I'd have it but they don't. I like GIANT ride cymbals.16 Sabian Crash.Cheap secondary crash/ride. I'm gonna replace that with another Sabian....sometime.Cheap but good hi-hats. Chick, Chick, Chick.Gibraltar double bass pedalTama and DW cymbal/hi-hat/drum standsHow hard was it to remove the coating?Not hard at all, actually. Just started at the seam and peeled, then gave then shells a nice sanding with fine grit sandpaper before staining them.

Not mine, belongs to a friend. This is the kit he is using for a sounds-a-whole-lot-like-Tool thing I am playing bass in.The silver sparkle rack tom and the floor tom are from a '62 Ludwig kit. The blue tom is from a '64 Slingerland. Kick is a 28" Leedy from the late 20's or early 30's. Snare is a recent Gretsch.Sounds monstrous. Really, really good. Deepest, loudest kick I've ever heard.

projectMalamute wrote:Not mine, belongs to a friend. This is the kit he is using for a sounds-a-whole-lot-like-Tool thing I am playing bass in.The silver sparkle rack tom and the floor tom are from a '62 Ludwig kit. The blue tom is from a '64 Slingerland. Kick is a 28 Leedy from the late 20's or early 30's. Snare is a recent Gretsch.Sounds monstrous. Really, really good. Deepest, loudest kick I've ever heard.Is that one of those 28 Singerland bass drums that aren't too many inches in depth? A good friend of mine has one of those. Pain in the ass to tune properly, but sounds great if you can get it right.

projectMalamute wrote: What doesn't really come across is how loud the low end is in person. Deep and loud.That's awesome. Best kind of drum sound!

projectMalamute wrote:Not mine, belongs to a friend. This is the kit he is using for a sounds-a-whole-lot-like-Tool thing I am playing bass in.The silver sparkle rack tom and the floor tom are from a '62 Ludwig kit. The blue tom is from a '64 Slingerland. Kick is a 28" Leedy from the late 20's or early 30's. Snare is a recent Gretsch.Sounds monstrous. Really, really good. Deepest, loudest kick I've ever heard.Fuck yeah.