5 x 14 Maple - Blue Pearl

This wrap was another "out of print" wrap that I'd purchased from Precision Drum - a great blue pearl. The shell is a 5 x 14 8 ply maple from Twin Cities Percussion (impressed with the quality of their shells). New Beavertail style lugs from Drum Factory Direct, ditto for the strainer. For now I've put a set of black nickel hoops on to see how they look, but will likely switch them out for chrome hoops. Generic wires. Still need to put the badge on it but I wanted to get some pictures up ... (PS the badge is on now ...)

Also have some recent acquisitions I need to get pictures taken of and put up - a 5 x 14 Slingerland Gene Krupa COB; 8 x 14 Pearl maple with "supersensitive" type throw (80's); and a very cool RoyalStar 5 x 14 steel snare with "supersensitive" type strainer system, looks to be a predecessor to the Tama King Beats.

6.5 x 14 Maple - Blue Sparkle

Just finished two snares up today (well, badges still have to go on, but I wanted to get these posted). This is a 6.5 x 14 built up on an 8 ply maple shell from Twin Cities Percussion (I also have a couple of 6 1/2 x 13 walnut-poplar-walnut shells from them I'll be turning into snares in the next couple of weeks). I installed rerings  (also 8 ply on this), and bearing edges are "vintagey" roundovers with a  45 inner cut. Lugs are vintage Gretsch, hoops are new Sticksaver hoops from Drum Factory Direct. Also purchased the strainer from them. New Pearl wires. The wrap is a nice blue sparkle.

SOLD

Tama Power Metal Series Snare (90's)

 I picked this 6.5 x 14 Tama snare a couple of years back, but one lug was damaged in shipping. It took me two years to find a replacement "Sure Tune" lug; I eventually found some through another member of DrumForum who had a set taken from a steel snare of the same vintage. I'd originally thought it might be a PB series snare from the 90's, but it appears to be a PM 326 from the early 1990's.
UPDATE: Sold June 2012

Walnut-Maple-Walnut 7 x 14

 Just finished this snare up yesterday. It's built on a 7 x 14 shell, 5 plies of walnut and maple, from Stone Custom Drum (purchased it from another builder). Simple tung oil finish inside and out. All new hardware from Drum Factory Direct.
UPDATE - sold September 9, 2012

Kent Snare - Work in Progress - Now Completed

A few months ago I lucked into this 5.5 x 14 Kent snare on eBay. Kent was a drum company in Upper New York State that built reasonably good quality, reasonably priced drums. This snare has a very good maple shell, with well cut bearing edges and snare beds, and a really nice red sparkle wrap that is still bright and tight on the shell.It had a broken snare strainer (not uncommon, apparently), eyelet lugs, and what appear to be COB single flange hoops. I've decided to install Champagne lugs and an Ayotte strainer (this strainer has a variable spacing for the screws) and am not drilling any new (or larger holes). I'm also leaving the bearing edges and snare beds, as they are just fine. I'll be hanging on to the original hardware. I'm waiting on some clips from DrumFactoryDirect, and will be completing the snare as soon as I get them. Stay tuned ...
Updated - finished it up last weekend (March 4) and I was happy with how it turned out. And no sooner had I finished it than I sold it (and passed along the old hardware with it).