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Hall of fame!
Thanks Jim!
9 years agoLate 40's Early 50's Radio King Bass Drum Logo
Did they have them?
9 years agoNew Webpage for badge dating pre-1930
Very nice! Thanks for posting.
9 years agohelp with identifying this bass drum
The lugs are Gretsch "rocket" lugs. Also found on Rogers drums from the same era.
9 years ago60s Ludwig date stamps(ing) &shell coats.
KCDrumdad has a book out on dating 60's-90's Ludwig drums. He's the guy to date your drums, if the badges have serial numbers.
9 years agohelp with identifying this bass drum
Probably Gretsch, mid 30's, but could be Rogers? They used some of the same parts. Whatever brand the drums, they're very rare in green sparkle in tho...
9 years agoSlingerland vs. Ludwig
KO, The best made "major brand" USA drums ever? Nashville Slingerlands? Where did you hear that?
9 years ago1958 WFL New Yorker
Why do you call the set a "New Yorker"?
9 years agoLudwig & ludwig 1920's bass drum details??
That badge appears to date the drum from around the early 1930's to the start of WW2. After the war the city on the badge would be Elkhart. The white...
9 years agoLudwig Stipelgold Bass help
I have a stipelgold bass drum with a painted head. It was given to me 15 years ago by another collector. I use it for a coffee table in my drum room....
9 years agoWFL Vs Ludwig USA Legacy Mahogany
It's not a "bling thing". I own a half dozen WFL sets and a new mahogany set. The new set is built well, the drums ring forever and are easy to tune...
9 years agoLudwig Mod Orange Bass Drum Offer?
Mod Orange was first offered in 1967.
9 years agoSlingerland,black beauty...
I owned the first one known, from 1980 to around 2000. It was on the cover of the first edition of the Slingerland book. They sell for around 10-15K....
9 years agoLudwig Mod Orange Bass Drum Offer?
The paint doesn't look like "granitone", the interior should be maple. Granitone came along a bit later. 1969 bass drums with a rail are pretty scar...
9 years agoLudwig's Top Hat & Cane 90th Anniversary
From mchair303...
9 years ago