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Thanks for the nice comments. The badges were new old stock Conway. I wanted to do the cloud badges obviously and those were my best option they look identical to the originals. I also opted for the bullnose aluminum grommet over the thin brass one. I just like the look of the combination...

I Guess the product of too much time on my hands. Also too impatient to wait for DW to come out with something that I may not be interested in anyway. So I decided to try and build something as close as I could that would quench my desire for true radio king drum sets being made again. Bernie...

My various Slingerland kits are mostly centered. If anything they’re usually a little more off left to right then up and down. But yes anything larger than a 16 inch floor Tom the badge always seems to be up quite a bit higher not sure the reasoning for this one. In regards to the tom in...

As I’ve said before here this is the last snare drum I would ever get rid of.

Not one ply-they are traditional 3 ply mahogany/poplar with “baseball bat” round over edges.

I don’t usually like 22 inch bass drums but ... Played mostly 24s, started out with a 22, have a couple of 26’s But I have to say the bass drum that came with my 58 Slingerland Krupa 1N is special. It’s easy to play for quick patterns but has great punch and boom. Maybe most people can’t...

OK here’s a few more.

Sorry- too attached to it now. Play it everyday!

Precision has it.

The butter scotch looks like the real deal!

Straight black sparkle would be my choice.

I Love my bronze Ludwig . Probably the last snare I would ever get rid of.

My first high-quality drum set was an early 70s Slingerland. After that I was a Ludwig guy for 30 years. Over the last eight years I’ve drifted back to Slingerland. I know some of the Radio King stuff is pricey but Slingerland drum sets from late 50s through the late 70s are nice instruments...

Recently restored two sets of Slingerlands. Satin black seems to look best definitely don’t use gloss.

Thanks for the info. Interesting