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A Very Interesting Find
I had one of those. It makes me want to go searching through my hardware box to see if it survived the last 5 decades.
7 years agoHappy St. Paddy's Day! Let's see your green.
My Ludwig WMP drums are now "sort of" Gingerine Green, but it's a special day in that my 12"x8" tom turns 50 years old today. Yep - date stamped 3/17...
8 years agoVintage Ludwig deal - Need help!
From schmegeggie...
9 years agoVintage Ludwig deal - Need help!
The set needs some serious loving, but should be well worth it when done. There's a spreadsheet with serial numbers (470,xxx - 501,xxx) in the 1st lin...
9 years agoMeet a parts stripper yesterday, ugh :(
Has anyone else been creeped out by the eBay photos posted by the infamous drum stripper in Florida. They use purple satin as a background for the pa...
10 years ago1967 Ludwig SBP
Beautiful set! Please share the serial numbers. I'd be curious to see how close they are to my '67 WMP Downbeat (470107, 500495, 501248)
10 years agoThe Ludwig Book/rudiments
There's always the old 1963 paper versions. They don't break or give error messages...
10 years ago67 white marine pearl downbeat on ebay
From Hobbs...
10 years agoLudwig Superbeat Drum Sets
Zenstat: PM sent with Dropbox link to photos of cymbals.
11 years agoLudwig Superbeat Drum Sets
From zenstat...
11 years agoLudwig Superbeat Drum Sets
This configuration was not in the '67 Ludwig catalog, but my drum teacher and seller ordered it as a "Downbeat", but with specific 20-12-16 sizes. R...
11 years agoTell me what is wrong with this Ludwig kit...
The [really, really] small shop I ordered my kit from in 1967 wrote it up as a "Downbeat" but it came with a 16" FT in lieu of the correct 14"x14". I...
11 years agoWhen My 1967 Rogers Set Was Brand New
One of 4 original receipts from 1966 through 1970 for my Supraphonic, WMP Downbeat, soft cases and later a 20" Zildzian ride and Rogers swan leg stand...
11 years agoLudwig Snare Wires
...and this is the way the strings were originally tied when they left the factory in 1966.
11 years agoLudwig 1400 Flat-Base Clamp
Mine's different. I ordered it new on 4/4/67: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30559980@N07/6925516450/in/set-72157629432619022/ Right click and choose l...
11 years ago