Posts
28" Ludwig Kick used as a woofer
I've not used a big bass drum for a woofer, just as a bass drum.
10 years ago28" Ludwig Kick used as a woofer
Something thin enough to resonate. BTW, I've recorded albums with a 28" bass drum, studio and live albums. They didn't have great low end.
10 years ago19"?
Weird? I have a couple 70's 19" Medium Thin rides.
10 years agoBlack Diamond Ludwig Jazz Fest snare drum
I'm looking for a nice black diamond Ludwig Jazz Festival snare drum for my collection. 1960-69 preferred. Must be 3 ply shell. Nickel or Chrome har...
10 years agoLudwig 80's Badges
Not dumpster........dumpsters! I was told of one dumpster full of the square downbeat lugs. Ouch!
10 years agoLudwig 80's Badges
I don't think Ludwig trucked down too many drum shells to NC in late 1984, considering what they threw away before the move (dumpsters full of NOS p...
10 years agoSlingerland Rose Marine Pearl Bass Drum
What a beauty!. It's probably the rarest Slingy finish of the late 20's or early 30's.
10 years agoMystery Leedy Snare?
It's kind of amazing what someone would do to keep a drum functioning when some of the parts broke, or whatever happened, to this poor drum! The engr...
10 years agoWFL Royal Maple Outfit
The wood hoops never survived the rock music age. It's a rare event to find a drum with intact wooden hoops. And hoops found are often out of round.
10 years agoCircus
That's some "full dress" treatment on the snare drum Mark!
10 years agoWhat year Ludwig Universal?
IMO, After 1928, that's a Leedy or Conn type shell, not a L+L 20's shell I think.
10 years agowfl lyre badge snare
1937-8? Mr. Ludwig had to change the company name to WFL because of this badge. Conn, who owned the rights to the name "Ludwig" went after him because...
10 years agoLudwig 22x12 new yorker bass drum
I had a 1959 New Yorker bass drum. It sounded great!
10 years agoLudwig & Ludwig - A bit of info please?
Looks like a Universal model. The stamped logo, ( with Elkhart as their home ) indicates it was made after WW2 and before 1955.
10 years agoLudwig Nightmare
From crankyfrankie...
10 years ago