bongosnotbombs wrote:The fiberglass coat is absolutely stock, there are certain series of GB's that have it,
bongosnotbombs wrote:Since fiberglass is non-porous I think any coat you put on it will just lie on the surface and easily come off.... I think it might be good for you to put a new resin coat on there.
bongosnotbombs wrote:You might want to think twice about using the mule on that old drum, the tension mule skin needs puts a lot of stress on the mahogany shells, everyone I know only uses them on oak, Matt Smith the drum maker told a friend of mine as much as well one time. But maybe the fiberglass makes the drum strong enough for that.
Joseph wrote:Gentlemen...thanks for inputbongosnotbombs wrote:The fiberglass coat is absolutely stock, there are certain series of GB's that have it,
Must be the marine grade "Enduro" series.
Interesting that they would have both GRP and naked natural shells.
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bongosnotbombs wrote:You also have the "Voodoo" riveted hardware which is the better GB hardware, stronger than
the welded stuff. The GB lugs are not especially strong.
bongosnotbombs wrote:I guess if the skin is thin enough it should be okay, if a thinner mule
is going to give you the sound you want, I don't know.
Joseph wrote:bongosnotbombs wrote:
Seriously though, those lugs are steel! It's hard to believe they would lose the pulling battle with a piece of skin!
I can see holes wallowing out first, or skin ripping.
~Joseph
bongosnotbombs wrote:you can see the lugs on my
GB with the same hardware as yours were bent all ways, still usable though.
With all due respect Bongo, those lugs look like a Frankenstein collection.
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