Pearl Maple shell Made In USA restoration

[Eirik75]

A few months ago, I purchased a 14x8 Maple shell Made In USA Pearl snare (probably '83-'84 model). The drum sounded phenomenal, so I really wanted to prolong its life. The wrap was cracked, so I completely stripped the drum and re-wrapped with a whitewood wrap. I polished the hardware using Autosol. This drum is now my #1 live snare with my band, and it sounds SO good. Cross-sticking on this one is a blast, with a cut like you won't believe. And with the Powerstroke head I now have a rock snare with a lot of body and still a nice crack. It's hard to capture the "wood grain" in this wrap on film, but it looks fantastic. I couldn't be more happy

[Eirik75]

More pics....

[TWH]

Nice job man. Gotta love the deep snares!

[3pearlkits]

Bad Astronaut has a very firm handle on when the USA badges appeared on Pearl shells, hopefully he will chime in soon.

For me, it looks to be a 1984 or 85 MX714ED, based on the superhoops and the throw off.

It isn't from 83. There were totally different snare protectors on the reso hoop that year..

[BadAstronaut]

Already replied in vintage section with info ... re-wrap looks good .. and I know she sounds killer .. I have two 14x8's of same shells but made in japan and lacquered

[Eirik75]

Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, Bad Astronaut replied not long after me posting this one. Just gotta love the knowledge some of the members on this forum has. Rep for you, mate! Do you have pics of the laquered snares?

[BadAstronaut]

Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, Bad Astronaut replied not long after me posting this one. Just gotta love the knowledge some of the members on this forum has. Rep for you, mate! Do you have pics of the laquered snares?

Yeah .. here's my 14x8 in Natural Maple Lacquer that I have at my house .. the 14x8 Rosewood lacquer snare is at practice space

[Snakes&Arrows]

Nice refurb !!

[Eirik75]

That's a gorgeous snare right there, BadAstronaut!

[BadAstronaut]

That's a gorgeous snare right there, BadAstronaut!

thanks Eirik .. even though it's a crappy pic with bad lighting .. here's 2 more in better lighting I just took

[Eirik75]

Looks really good. What year of production? I would guess 80-82 by the label, but I may be way off And in these pictures it's easier to see the holes for the damping mechanism. Did you remove it, or was it already removed when you purchased the drum?

[BadAstronaut]

Looks really good. What year of production? I would guess 80-82 by the label, but I may be way off And in these pictures it's easier to see the holes for the damping mechanism. Did you remove it, or was it already removed when you purchased the drum?

yeah it's an 80-82 .. the dampener was removed when I bought it