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Slingerland Schooling Needed
From slingerfan...
6 years agoNew Guy With New MIJ Kit
Hey JimmySticks! You need to keep in mind that all these dozens of names were usually from US distributors. Hard to say how they came up with these n...
6 years agoVintage Premier 2000 Snare Drum 68/69 Great Cond
I really like vintage Premier snare drums! Especially those with the Flo-beam strainer system. I was considering getting this Premier snare drum shell...
6 years ago1959 Ludwig Buddy Rich 980P Super Classic
Mark! As is the case with every vintage kit you acquire, this is another beauty! -Mark
6 years agoSlingerland Schooling Needed
That eBay kit appears to be from the early 90's HSS era and would be the Artist Classic series. Five-ply shells, consisting of inner/outer plies of Ca...
6 years agoNew Drum Maintenance
From krismiller...
6 years agoVintage Pearl Free Floating Brass Snare Drum..Help.
From neorich05...
6 years agoVintage Pearl Free Floating Brass Snare Drum..Help.
Here's the third generation that uses the SR1000 Glide Lock strainer/butt. This drum goes with my custom painted Pearl kit, and uses the matching Kell...
6 years agoVintage Pearl Free Floating Brass Snare Drum..Help.
Cosmetic changes included going from a hexagon post to a smooth round post. Mechanical changes consisted of redesigning the strainer/butt and a non-ad...
6 years agoWhat's your go-to snare cord?
For many of my vintage drums, where the throw-off can only use string, I use Ludwig snare cord. I still have enough of the orange cord for lots of sna...
6 years agoVintage Pearl Free Floating Brass Snare Drum..Help.
From seantdrums...
6 years agoWhat's with Acrolite (and Blackrolite) prices?
Yes, prices have really gone up for Acrolites. I think that vm2k is correct about this due to the introduction of the new series. Still, it makes no s...
6 years agoVintage Pearl Free Floating Brass Snare Drum..Help.
Yes... it's a first generation FF snare drum from around 1985. Great drum! I can see that there is an adjustment screw and spring missing from the thr...
6 years ago1971 Ludwig Super Classic
That's incredible! Must have been a lot of work to remove the paint? How about from around the badges? And, yes, the finish certainly was well preserv...
6 years agoLudwig floor tom correct legs
From vibes...
6 years ago