Fibes Bop Kit
- Thread starter Houndog1964
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vyacheslav
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Great score! What a cool wrap! I'm not too familiar with Fibes.....is that snap in spur storage thingie factory or was it added on (at least I assume it is meant to hold the spur for transport)?
If so, why does it have to come out at all? Can't it just retract into the shell?
If so, why does it have to come out at all? Can't it just retract into the shell?
Houndog1964
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The spurs do not go into the shell at all , those sour clamps are stock .
There is no hole for spur to go through .
Houndog1964
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Polished up , new heads . 
jda
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Great catalog showing early Fibes spur and other hardware innovations... Bob Grauso 60s Zildjian tester founded company bitd . 1970 catalog here---Page 30 must see Lav
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roncadillac
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I cannot get enough of that finish. I love it. It looks like it was hand inlayed.
Houndog1964
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Set up …..
roncadillac
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Taking the tom mount off was definitely the way to go. What did you use to plug the holes?
jda
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that's the first thing I noticed- on a DW- drum set back when the first one I saw in a Drum Shop. I lifted the bass drum ... and that Sliding plate -staring at me- was the first deal buster then I noticed all DW hardware was made for
Roadies in 10K seat auditoriums on up. Sope nope..
Roadies in 10K seat auditoriums on up. Sope nope..
roncadillac
Platinum Member
I am coming around to DW drums themselves as far as sound and build quality (especially those new shells with the aluminum inner ply, but that's a different thread) but I just can't get onboard with their hardware. Even their lower end lines are massively over engineered and WAY too heavy. Then switch over to the 6000 ultralight flat based hardware and that stuff is garbage. I'm not a heavy player, I take care of my gear, always use cases, and don't have a very rigorous gigging schedule and still I barely got a few months out of them before problems krept up. I had two sets and both had the same points of failure. So yeah, DW drums are cool. DW hardware is not.that's the first thing I noticed- on a DW- drum set back when the first one I saw in a Drum Shop. I lifted the bass drum ... and that Sliding plate -staring at me- was the first deal buster then I noticed all DW hardware was made for
Roadies in 10K seat auditoriums on up. Sope nope..
Don't even get me started on them charging almost $300 for a single chain strap drive "old school styled" pedal with rods instead of a baseplate
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jda
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yea leave em for tommy leeee.. we's blue -collar
Get the right 60s American (may 2 euro P and S) and you're done..
i thnk- lightweight and all the sound anyone's ever had )
from Hal to Ringo to Elvin ....
Houndog1964
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I bought 1/4” black carriage bolts from Amazon .
Houndog1964
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Houndog1964
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5.5 x 14 matching snare build in progress 
Houndog1964
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Fibes Decal 
Houndog1964
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Precision had a piece in box from a rewrap , it’s been on a shelf for years apparently.
I sent the wrap to my buddy Bob Rodriguez at
On The Edge Drums in LA .
It’s a vintage maple Keller shell , he wrapped it edged it and put snare beds on it , I m going with tube lugs 8 of them and a DW mag strainer with the 3 way butt plate …
Regular old 2.3 triple flanged chrome hoops .
I sent the wrap to my buddy Bob Rodriguez at
On The Edge Drums in LA .
It’s a vintage maple Keller shell , he wrapped it edged it and put snare beds on it , I m going with tube lugs 8 of them and a DW mag strainer with the 3 way butt plate …
Regular old 2.3 triple flanged chrome hoops .
