I don’t see too many 6 lug snares. Nice to see it’s still holding up!
................I found a 1964 Slingerland catalog and looked up one of my old snare drums.
The catalog reflected three student model (6 lugs) snare drums from that year -- my drum was the so-called DELUXE student model.
The price ? .............. $64.
I got this snare in 1978 or so................from a pile of trash left in the front yard of a house next door when the residents moved away.
It is a 3-ply maple (with re-rings) Slingy dated June, 1964..............it had a white lacquer finish.............the throw, hardware and chrome were all still great.
The heads and the snare wires were broken.
I replaced the heads and wires and hand-sanded the lacquer down to the natural maple finish.
A few years later, I painted the shell flat black.................I played a lot of gigs with this old drum..............nothing special, just a trusty snare.
Around 2012, I refinished it with a traditional silver sparkle wrap....................looks and sounds just fine.
Today, it is used as an emergency back-up snare at all my gigs.
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Gretsch USA & Zildjian(What Else Would I Ever Need ?)
Gretsch USA & Zildjian(What Else Would I Ever Need ?)
I bought my 1st Black Beauty Super Sensitive in '67 before I hit the flip. If memory serves, I paid $120.00 for it brand new. Now you could by a fairly decent drum set for what a BB SS would cost today.
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WILL ROGERS
that's awesome you've kept it alive all these years
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