Slingerland

[Houndog]

Dropped a kit off at Midwest Percussion in Wichita today to go on consignment.

Gave the bass drum a wallup and hit the toms , almost loaded them back up .

I’m telling ya , Slingerlands are simply the best bar none …..not one . NONE !!!

 

[Drums]

I hope my friend Matt Jansen took care of ya. Good guy!

 

[Houndog]

I hope my friend Matt Jansen took care of ya. Good guy!

He always does !!!

 

[Houndog]

I hope my friend
Matt Jansen took care of ya. Good guy!

Do you live in Wichita??

 

[Drums]

Nah, we're in Virginia. Used to be up in Lawrence. Grew up in OKC!

 

[Knucklebuster]

I recently acquired a 70's Slingerland 5ply chrome snare, 14x5 and I must say it is a cracking little unit. My first Slingerland after all this time.

 

[Mcjnic]

What kit did you part with? … sizes?

 

[BruceOrl]

I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Slingerland drums, but not their hardware in the 70's. Cymbal stands that would constantly slip, kick pedals that broke, and that little hard to position double tom mount (the one shaped like a little "T"). It was made out of pot metal or something. Sooner or later one of the mounts for the tom was going to break and shear off and then you were just out of luck. Good times.

But the drums, man, they rocked, and they were LOUD. To a young kid basher, they were a life saver.

 

[LudwigGuy]

So sorry for the loss. My condolences.

 

[Houndog]

What kit did you part with? … sizes?

22/12/13/16

I need to fund an ekit , and I just don’t need 4 acoustic kits …
I still have 2 Slingerland kits guys , don’t lose any sleep ..

 

[Houndog]

My OP was really more to see what is was like to live in Mapex Always world …
Get it ??

 

[Mesaz00]

My OP was really more to see what is was like to live in Mapex Always world …
Get it ??

Now that you realize the left foot is the key, drums are less of a necessity.

 

[Houndog]

Now that you realize the left foot is the key, drums are less of a necessity.

Need to change my forum name now !!

Hi-HatDog !!!

 

[5 Style]

Slingerland kind of strike me as the Chevy of the classic vintage American drum brands. Gretsch and Rogers seem to be more like Cadillac and Buick (Ludwig seems somehow in-between), fetching higher prices and being generally considered more desirable, but like Chevy it has a it's own fan club. I didn't really know the gear, but took a chance on a 1970 kit that was selling for cheap on ebay some years ago and looked fantastic, with its blue agate wrap. I liked it so much that a few years later, I got a '66 bop kit in red satin swirl. I really like the look of these kits as well as the sound, but I honestly haven't really had a chance to A/B them with other vintage gear....

 

[LudwigGuy]

I have really grown to like Slingerland drums. Right after Ringo, Ludwig struggled for a while trying to keep up with orders, and within this time, quality control suffered. I love my old 65/68 Ludwigs, please don't get me wrong! They are fantastic! With that said, my 74' Slingerlands and absolutely flawless. Those edges on that kit are just stellar. The WMP wrap, although yellowed over time (which I love), is nice and tight. The sound of both kits are fantastic.

 

[KevinD]

I think one would be in good shape if they went with any of the "big four" of the US makers from that era.
Of course, they all have some variances in shell layup but they all generally produce some very nice and round tones.

Any Slingerland set I ever played sounded very good (one of the best sounding drum sets I ever played was Nashville era Studio King -which I know is a different animal from the Illinois era drums).
But with the Ill-era sets I do see deficits in the hardware though. from what I understand, they were really trying to keep costs down.

My first drum teacher had a 1959-61 (he wasn't sure) 4 piece in black sparkle with the purple flecks, it was really sharp looking (apparently there are 2 different versions of that black-purple wrap-his wrap was the one with the more vivid purple).
I used to see him play at the hotels in my area and they just sounded so good. The snare drum alone, (wooden, 8 lug) had an amazing crack, great for big band stuff. (I also thought it was so cool that all of his heads were stamped with either Manny's logo or Ippolito's Percussion Center's logo).

I had always wanted to see if he would part with that set but we lost touch, and I later learned that he retired and moved out to L.A. to be near his son.
When fb came out, we reconnected. He told me that he kept that set until he retired, but by then all the wrap had just disintegrated and had pretty much fallen off.
He had a local guy just stain and refinish the bare shells. When he left for the west coast he left them behind in NY and didn't know what happened to them.
Too bad.