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and transparent acrylic materials in the construction of drum shells. Fibes offered chrome plating on their fiberglass shells as well as a variety of other surface finishes. Chrome plated Fibes snare drums have an appearance that closely matches that of conventional chrome plated metal snare drums
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also played a double bass kit using the only known set of melodic tom toms 6” 8” 10” 12” 13” 14” 15” 16” and a one of a kind 6” tricolor snare using all three metallic finishes. The original Fibes Drums
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