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New england white wrap repair/restoration
You can try to remove the glue with Mineral Spirits (paint thinner), denatured alcohol or as a last resort try some lacquer thinner. In all cases, try...
1 day agoLudwig Concert bass drum
That is not unusual. They cut bearing edges on all of the shells and put them into their stock awaiting an order from a customer or from the manufactu...
4 days agoLudwig Concert bass drum
I looked through all of the online Ludwig catalogs last night and couldn't see any single headed bass drums in any catalog. Given the rounded corner b...
4 days agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Ok, now we are getting somewhere. That is a 16" x 18" floor tom. The size dimensions can be listed either way, but the most common way to do it...
1 week agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Ah, good point. That would be a lot of work to shorten a cocktail drum and reinstall the rering. The location of the badge seems perfectly...
1 week agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
So looking at the picture of the floor tom you posted to the gallery, it is from '55 or '56. August '54 to early '55 if the hoops have Slingerland Rad...
1 week agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Ha, totally should have caught that on the floor tom. That does ding it somewhat, but asuming it's also a three ply, they should sound good toge...
1 week agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Here is a cropped version of your picture with the logo area highlighted as well as a clearer example of what the logo looks like. There...
1 week agoS-235 Ludwig triple-tom "Hollywood kit" type mount
I base the following theory on how they numbered mounts in the 70s. Since the single rail consolette was 782-1 and the double mount was a 781-2, I wou...
2 weeks agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
That is a complete, catalog correct Ludwig Hollywood kit, from '74, other than having a different snare. The snare is a Ludwig Acrolite, which was the...
2 weeks agoLudwig LB553 Nut Box
Most modern nut boxes (lugs) don't have springs. They usually have a nylon insert that holds the swivel nut in place and also acts as a lug lock to pr...
3 weeks agooverrun with spam accounts
A new spam account Gyuokang. It joined 2 hours ago. I also reported it using the report button.
4 weeks agooverrun with spam accounts
I just reported timidnothing. Thanks for all of the efforts!
4 weeks agooverrun with spam accounts
These are the outstanding spam accounts that need to be banned. jenniekimberlyelonmaskx93sophia2005timidnothing elshexpe
4 weeks agooverrun with spam accounts
I reported a bunch of them last week, but I don't think you were getting the alerts. I just reported the user timidnothing so see if you got th...
1 month ago