BTW PD, your lug is complete, polished, and a pic next afternoon/evening! -- Drum Builders Unite

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Date Posted: 01:20:26 05/09/00 Tue
Author: ~Dave~
Author Host/IP: tch2-144.dynacom.net / 206.107.213.144
Subject: BTW PD, your lug is complete, polished, and a pic next afternoon/evening!
In reply to: ~Dave~ 's message, "The toils of rare sizes (horror story inside).." on 01:18:52 05/09/00 Tue

> Less than a couple weeks ago I won a bid on eBay for
> Ludwig 15" 10-hole die-cast hoops (big find, as they
> are just what I had been looking for for my
> dual-strainer snare). Anyway, I open the package
> (find them both very well packaged), unwrap the batter
> -- good, unwrap the snare-side -- good...that is until
> I set it on the kitchen counter. WOW! This thing is
> so warped, I can push down on one side and the other
> lifts about 7/16". -- This is correctable in my book,
> but what I found next is really bad: each of the four
> holes nearest the snare cage have stress cracks. --
> Not correctable. Now you may be asking . . ., well,
> yes I did email beforehand and specifically asked
> about chrome, condition, and straightness.
>
> But it gets even worse. There were two things on eBay
> I needed, those hoops, and a rare 20" tom hoop.
> Needless to say, I jumped at the wrong choice.
>
> I guess it's back to the beginning.

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Re: Great man, looking forward to it big time! (more) -- PhattieD, 22:14:11 05/09/00 Tue