Drum Restoration, 26" bass drum. John Bonham Green Sparkle Ludwig Drum Set Build PT. 1

This is the start of finally building my John Bonham replica green sparkle set, it's taken me years to track down the drums, parts and pieces (mainly the 26" bass drum) but also good candidates for a rewrap, all of these drums had wrap issues, i do not rewrap nice original drums as people need those to complete other sets. This set is for me and will stay in my collection, as a huge Bonham fan this is something I've wanted to do for a very long time.

This is just how i do things, not really a "how to" video. As with everything I'm still always learning, figuring things out myself and adapting my years of wood wooding experience to repairing drums. I learn something new with every repair and each has it's own challenges, from simple to extensive like this. i had thought about replacing the whole diamond shaped area in blue tape of the inner ply but i think this worked out pretty well, it's not absolutely perfect which rarely exists in the vintage drum realm anyways lol but in the end it's strong, looks decent and no one will ever see it with the coated heads on anyways. almost every replica kit i've seen has a similar repair done as these 14 x 26 3 ply bass drums do not pop up every day, actually very rarely, virgin undrilled even less or never lol and usually very expensive so there is not a lot to chose from.

i was extremely happy to come across this one, i didn't notice the hackery of the tom mount at first as it was covered by a gasket and washers but for what i paid for it and just even getting a chance to own one i'm still vary happy with the purchase.

as always, thanks for watching.

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