Vintage Budget Snare Drums-The Slingerland Model 140 Snare

[@OFLHLGZ28]

Your playing is amazing

[@silvertuna6270]

I picked one up not long ago too. If I recall it’s from around 1969 and is in excellent condition. It has 10 lugs! Didn’t know they even made them with 10 lugs. I only see 8 lugs in the catalogues and anytime I searched the internet for info. Sounds great! Almost prefer it to my Acrolite.

[@2007christian]

Fantastic playing!

[@martinmees878]

I just snagged a 10 lug one of these. The flat ride sounds amazing too!

[@rickdior]

Thanks. The 10 lug version is even better than what I have.

[@applehugger]

For some reason I can just never get into the sound of the Acrolite. They're totally overpriced nowadays too. I figured I just didn't like aluminum snares full stop, but the 140 actually sounds really nice. It has a lot of depth to the sound. Nice find!

[@DrMackSplackem]

I have a similar wood Slingerland student drum from my childhood that I just restored. It was pretty beat up and the badge was missing but it had the same lugs & hardware as yours, except for a really funky throw off system with knob adjustment on both sides. I had to ditch that for a single ended type and then I redid the edges/ snare bed. Sounds great now. Low snare tunings are not my favorite but with that super thin shell it does the 80s pop sound justice. I could not believe the bass from that thing with both heads tuned really low.

[@omegalamda3145]

Nice jazz chops!

[@jeffreywegener8841]

Great ( as usual) I don’t have that snare but the original of my 1970 artist kit Great condition & sounded great in studio . Parts are hard in Australia so importing a needed lug which did the embedded tension bolt broke off problem . Great playing as usual.

[@Jason-u9x]

Great playing as usual. The 140 sounds great and a great price. I picked up a 70’sSound King a couple years ago in an antique store for $40. All those are great drums even though they’re not super expensive.

[@ronroyer9479]

Hey Rick ! Thanks for the video! I have all three of the drums you demo in your video here and have noticed my 140 gets a little lower and fatter than the Accrolite just as you mentioned. Oh and the slingerland case, (love those cases too) my dad fashioned a sling that would hold that same case onto my stingray bike handle bars so I could ride it to 5th grade band practice, bout 55 years ago! Love your videos Rick, and we all know if you played a hub cap- plastic bucket and cardboard box, it would be musical!!

[@addisoncarpenter5675]

Beautiful sounding drum, really like the old stick saver sound.

[@HiddenJim7]

I am pretty sure I'd sound just as crap with any other snare mr. Dior should choose for me to play from his vault...🤔 I know enough of drum playing to be able to say that mr. Dior is one of the best working drum kit players in the world...an unsung hero behind the band, and one hell'uva musician indeed. He could probably make an half empty oil can sound good, metal or plastic. But his real talent in my opinion is being able to make his fellow musicians sound better.

[@davidhester9897]

Nice find, I'm so old I remember when Slingerland drums were displayed and sold new in music stores, haha.

[@frankspikes7858]

Hey Rick great playing as usual. I really dig your style. All 3 drums sound tasty. I'd take the inexpensive slingerrland as my main gigging snare. I had an acrolite for a few years. Bought it used with the hard plastic grey round case for 60 dollars. True work horse.

[@randallbrown3317]

If i was still playing, i would pick up that 140 snare! Great sound. The most different snare i owned years ago was a Premier Rock 9 that was a heavy Brass shell with an inlay Birch 5 ply inside! I also owned a 13" version of the same make up, Heavy Brass shell with the inner ply of Birch. That was probably my favorite snare of all time, when i was playing. Ended up trading that 13" snare for a 6.5" x 14" Dynasonic chrome over brass snare; to Duke Robillard's ex drummer for 20 years Tommy Dequatro, a fantastic Blues drummer our of New England.

[@MichaelSoucy]

My student snare, I think was a Pearl came in the same case back in "75.

[@sticksbass]

nice!

[@charliecontrino1626]

WOW! Great Drum for $20!

[@robertalbiston7822]

The 140 sounds very good by all counts, though having the Supraphonic and Sound King COB I agree they are a notch above and I prefer them for different approaches. That ancient sizzler was on the ride in our high school jazz band in the '60s, so I purchased one--it really enhances that 24" flat ride!

[@jonathanbrody4119]

I have two of these I like this snare yes very dry but has a sound for sure both silver and black badge maybe they switched to 10 lug in the 70s? The one came with the other case the weird shaped one hard plastic. It seems like 8 lug is a little more uncommon, but I’m not sure.

[@fredlittle8127]

I never owned a 140. I do own an Acrolite. However, back in the day, I did have a Sound King 5x14 but went to a 6.5x14 Dynasonic. Eventually about 7 or 8 years ago I sold the Sound King. I guess I just didn’t find myself using much mostly because of some of the quirks you mentioned. Btw, I do have an INDe strainer on the Acrolite. 😊

[@michaeldangelomusic]

The flat rides keep getting bigger and bigger!

[@rickdior]

Ha! Jealous Mikey?

[@michaeldangelomusic]

@@rickdior When you get up to a 30” flat!

[@Manassasjunction]

Over many many years I preferred vintage over overprized "modern " drums. Acoustically the principle is the same for all of them.