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Ajax snare
That looks like a 1950s Ajax Piper drum - a very nice model, indeed. There should be a 5-digit stamp somewhere inside. Birch shell with re-rings, a pa...
11 years agoAjax snare
That depends - on a lot of things, actually: age, condition, model... even locality, i.e. European drums are often more expensive in the US than over...
11 years agoSnare ID?
That's definitely a Sonor snare from the second half of the 1960s (1965 or later), probably the D471. And yes, they used satin flame back then. You ca...
11 years agoSonor Swinger BD problem
More pics. The shell is still flexible and in-round.
11 years agoSonor Swinger BD problem
Found this kit on e-bay a couple of weeks ago, all-original matched set dated June 1970. There were no photos of the inside of the shells, only the ou...
11 years agoMy new, to me, vintageish snare.
A 9-ply Phonic?? It sure is... :) That's a fantastic instrument man - pretty expensive too. Enjoy it :) Alex
11 years agoWalberg and Auge is back!
Great news - it's always good to see people with enough passion to undertake something like this: not easy, to say the least... All the very best Jer...
11 years agoRogers in the studio
You gotta love those Rogers - great sound... and very well played, too :) Alex
11 years agoYamaha SD550MA Snare- Info Requested!
It' supposed to be an entry-level drum, but that doesn't really mean it's worthless. For $15, it's very good - perhaps it won't fetch $150, but when y...
11 years agoStarclassic question
I happen to own a Starclassic EFX birch-bubinga set in white silk, made in Japan in the late 2000s, and I can tell you it's a kick-a$$ kit. Great soun...
11 years agoHelp needed to date my Ajax snare :)
Well, I'm into Ajax a bit (I have a couple) and I can tell you that trying to date a vintage drum by serial number can be a major problem. It's not ju...
11 years agoTama Imperialstar King Beat
I agree on the die-cast part, the sound is so much better with it. An easy fix, hoops like that can be found. Beyond that... if it sounds good and you...
11 years agoOne for the Luddy fans/experts
I know this is probably the wrong kind of question, but your opinions are much valued, so here it comes: What are the best Luddies ever made?? I'm n...
11 years agoTacton (probably) snare
This is probably another blatant display of my ignorance :) but I always thought that parallel mechanisms were a feature of the 1950s and the 1960s. I...
11 years agoTacton (probably) snare
That's a Tacton alright - I have two of those, though they're both metal. The rods were a bit of a problem for me too, but luckily I found an older no...
11 years ago