I play out regularly with a 1964 SS. It's got bark, bite & the ability to go from sloppy to ultra crispy quickly & easily. I've never found it 'finicky'.
Damn! I'm playing in Lac St. Jean on the 24th or I'd have definitely come out to the plains to see you guys....Have a great gig on the biggest stage in town!
You beat me to the punch! Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Anne Bredon, Jake Holmes, Bert Jasnch, Albert King, Robert Johnson, Bobby Parker, Bukka White, Spirit, Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie (among others) would agree with you!
I'm still freaked out that Intelcom lost my 15x12 Champagne drum....If by some weird twist in fate it shows up at my door I'd trade you for your Blue Oyster! I have a 1970 Blue Oyster Super Classic.
I had a DW kit with gold plated hardware back in the 90's & the plating was much more fragile than chrome or nickel plating. It wouldn't ever be my my choice again.
My 2nd drum teacher had an amazing collection of Meazzi Hollywood & Gretsch RB drums along with big piles of Turkish K's. This was back in the late 70's. His Meazzi Hollywood kits were the ones with the timpani mechanism on the FTs. I would take lessons on these kits & admire their beautiful...
I got a full refund from eBay last night. The drum seems to have been shipped to Toronto, which is about a 10 hour drive from here, but no one can confirm & Intelcom wouldn't admit their mistake. Oh well.....
I didn't say it would be a good update....So I tried a melting pot of everyones advice: be patient, don't go insane, contact the seller, leave a paper trail, open a case with eBay & learn Intelcom's calling waiting music off by heart, practice singing counter-melodies, harmonise it & talk to yet...