It is truly great news; so long as the parent company stick to the traditions that made Slingerland one of the greatest brands in the industry.

This is great news for the Slingerland name. Presently on my second set. Purchased new in 1978 a nine piece set. Can't wait to see what DW will do with Slingerland.

I hope you get to supply the hardware, Steve. All your repro hardware is top-notch.

@gregmyers3389

4 жыл бұрын

Steve's stuff is great! Fancy seeing you here T.K.!!

Slingerland is my favorite!!!! Let’s go DW hit it.

Keep waiting with bated breath. Hoping to see what a relaunch will look like.

Great news! I own a Slingerland maple set that i custom ordered from the factory back in 1976. They are my pride and joy. Can't wait to see the product they put out.

Oh my God this is wonderful ,wonderful news.First the reincarnation of rogers,now slingerland. I'm sure DW will keep true to the original recipe, can't wait to see the final product,this is a Christmas present in the making for a lot of us drummers. WOW.!!! FINALLY!!! A REALITY.!!! There bringing them back.

Awesome news ✌ can't wait to see and hear the new slingerland output ✌

It will be interesting to see which Slingerland era is the basis for the new sets. Maybe Radio Kings as well. You would think the price range should be in the USA made Gretsch and Ludwig vicinity, to be competitive. Slingerlands were the best sounding drums, but could improve on their fittings and hardware ,with today’s modern technology. Best drumming news for years, if done properly.

Awesome news, my first professional kit was a Slingerland kit.

Hey Steve, put me down for acouple radio kings! Note: 1 MUST be in the elusive finish, "BLAKROME!"

My first purchase will be a radio king to go with my vintage 60’s Slingerland 3 PC kit

Bernie Stone already makes Slingerland drums, 3 ply and 5 ply shells, with the original molds at his place in Indiana. Just not called Slingerland.

@gleasondrums

4 жыл бұрын

Bernie is the man!

Happy to see Slingy in what should be good hands. Please, DW, don't do a cheap Mexi reboot!

Any updates on this?? Haven’t heard anything about it in a while

Put it on the board. YES!

@raycorona2229

4 жыл бұрын

Miss ol Hawkarooo!

@bobfane4365

4 жыл бұрын

Me too Ray. At least Slingerland is comin back!

@matthewpaluch777

4 жыл бұрын

Wimpy sayz " YES!" too

Any updates?

Not sure how I feel about this. I had Slinger/Leedy's 1968-72 and preferred Ludwigs then (the Leedy's were cheaper) and play Ludwigs now (though I have three Slingerland snares). Slingerland had no great reputation for quality control even back then, particularly their Set-O-Matic hardware (my tom mounts were made of "pot metal"...stripped out the first time that I really tightened them). Really wasn't happy about DW taking over Gretsch distribution (what's their relationship now?) and now they have the rights to Slingerland. Is DW out for total domination of USA-built drums?

@jamesnikki5

3 жыл бұрын

DW also owns Gibraltar Hardware, kind of exited to see Slingerlands with DW quality but also been thinking about this too, DW owning every drum maker on this side of the world.

Good job !!! 👏 😯 🍻

Glad to hear the brand was saved from drum company limbo. The guys from Chicago Drum Co. filled the gap with Slingerland inspired drums and I hope they continue to do well. However, it's nice to see a business like DW that has the ability to manufacturer, promote, and service the wider drum community take the reigns.

@roybeckerman9253

4 жыл бұрын

Peter Stoltman STONE CUSTOM have the old Slingerland moulds and make fabulous drums, but didn’t own the Slingerland name..

@gregmyers3389

4 жыл бұрын

@@roybeckerman9253 that is a fact, Bernie lives about 40 mins away from me.

@BillRayDrums

4 жыл бұрын

@@roybeckerman9253 Stonerlands. :D

Cool!

Any updates when DW will start reproducing the great slingerland drums?? Hopefully soon.!!! I've been waiting for Rogers to release the drum kits for what seems a very long time.Has anybody heard anything?? Please respond,thank you.

+stevemaxwelldrums *I wonder what lug technology Drum Workshop will install on the revived Slingerland?* I ran across one-piece long lugs on the ø14"x12" parade snares in my high school days, but extreme-duty tube lugs would work better in terms of shell performance. The drumkit snares deserve better technology than the breakage-prone Zoomatic strainers of the 1950's - ideally, something consistent with the ultra-strong Dunnett R-class three-position release but with the twelve-holes-in-a-row attach for gut, mirrored with a twelve-holes-in-a-row gut guide on the butt clamp.

@robpelick7460

4 жыл бұрын

Never was a fan of the Zoomatic. But don't forget that Slingerland also had the TDR model that extended the snares all the way across the snare bed ala Radio King. It even came available with gut snares that could be individually tensioned. Excellent strainer.

That is great news that the Slingerland Drum Company is coming back with all the great people at DW who know how to do things right! I have used Slingerland drums because of Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich.As one of the rare Big Band drummer leaders today, I use my Slingerland BR drums that I bought in 1970 to swing and drive my Big band with that great Slingerland sound.Here is a video I just posted of me playing those Slingerland drums with my Big Band kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYVoks2qZN3eacY.html So wonderful to hear this great American drum company is coming back!

I wish they would have been the ones to resurrect Rogers Drums instead of the Taiwanese company that now owns them.

@rglickdrums

4 жыл бұрын

i think its big bang who owns them

@dancalabrese3523

4 жыл бұрын

@@rglickdrums I think they are just the distribution point but you may be right. I can never get a straight answer from them. It was a complete turn off to me that the shells are being made in Taiwan.

@ctrader6

4 жыл бұрын

For the 10 years I played drums professionally (70s), I used Roger Samson/Swivomatic hardware. I purchased a few of the "new" Rogers components, and the materials, processing and workmanship is not even close to the originals.

@dancalabrese3523

4 жыл бұрын

@@ctrader6 I purchased the new foot pedal a little over a year ago and it's pretty good but there are foot pedals being made today that are superior. If you are going to bring back a company from the past like Rogers or Slingerland a line is going to have to be walked with giving a nod to the past but making the company worthy of what's happening today.

@davidsuprenant893

4 жыл бұрын

@@dancalabrese3523 I totally agree sir.

Nothing happened

Do we really need another resurrection of Slingerland??

@BOGATA9

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!!

@ramonkey2939

3 жыл бұрын

DW will get it done! I can see the passion

It's not a American drum company coming back to life, it's an existing company slapping the Slingerland name on their drums, I don't understand the excitement over this.

@gregmyers3389

4 жыл бұрын

my thoughts exactly, besides Bernie Stone actually owns the original machines.

@BillRayDrums

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregmyers3389 Here's one of those machines in action. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pHl8z6mvkdDOdMY.html

@robpelick7460

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if they have the streamline lugs and sticksaver hoops, not to mention shell construction, they'll be recreating an icon.

@josephchambers3394

4 жыл бұрын

DW has been pretty good letting the Gretsch factory do their thing in SC. Hopefully they'll have similar respect for what made Slingerland great.

@gregmyers3389

4 жыл бұрын

@@BillRayDrums NICE! I am 35-40 mins away from the shop in Ft. Wayne. I've talked to Bernie a couple times (through fb) one of these days I'll get over there!