Yeah, I agree, the reamping trick might just get you there too. I did something similar on a mix project where the drums came to me, sounding real bad..... on one track (don't ask...
). In the DAW I duped the drum track 3 more times and used GRM's Bandpass to isolate the kik, snare and hi-hat and compressed, EQ'd, mangled, whatever it took, then blended them in with the original track. I would have liked to re-do the drums but it was a small run self-release the band was doing - you know, no budget. I guess it worked OK, the band was happy with it...