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Wiggle Room
[COLOR="DarkRed"]You can get pretty close based on stamp and ink stamp, actually...I mean usuallly w/i a 4 or 5-year period. i.e. "early '60's". "lat...
16 years agoPeeling Paint on Vintage, Ludwig Snare
[COLOR="DarkRed"]OK, see how it cleans up then...sometimes with Duco finish, there are still miniscule bits of color left in the grain of the wood. ....
16 years agoWhy This Site Rocks!
[COLOR="DarkRed"]GD did you ever get the rack tom you were looking for ?[/COLOR]
16 years agoDrum head options in 1971 ~Supraphonic 402~
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Dunno...but I can certainly assume from the number of vintage drums I have peeled old heads off of...that Ludwig Coateds were definit...
16 years agoBeltone Snare Drum?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Start with disassembling and washing in warm soap/water (providing there are no paper tags on it). Just dish detergent, mild stuff li...
16 years agoPremier drums
[COLOR="DarkRed"]and... http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/premier.html[/COLOR]
16 years agoHi-Lo Snare drum (japan) recently acquired
[COLOR="DarkRed"]It's the same japanese stencil as the others. George Lawrence over at Vintage Drum Museum is the guru of old Japanese drums... http...
16 years agoSlingerland 40's Radio King
[COLOR="DarkRed"]$400-500 range....although maybe with the meltdown of the global economy, prices have come down a tad (?)[/COLOR]
16 years agowtb: Rogers black strata
[COLOR="DarkRed"]I figure you wan an orig, but I can do a rewrap for you on a 12" tom if you are interested (I have the tom). Just FYI...[/COLOR]
16 years agoRogers Paper Labels & Brillo Pads?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]I understand...that's a very old Cleveland tag....Yorktown...yeah...[/COLOR]
16 years agoDrum Restoration Tools
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Well, brother...I hope she doesn't find out...because it's not necessarily the fact that it's a guitar...but rather, a Peavey...which...
16 years agoRust on chrome
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Once it really gets in there it's a problem. Naval Jelly also works, but it creates the same situation as ND described above...it'll...
16 years agoRemoving Old Drum Wrap
[COLOR="DarkRed"]I guess it just varies...one WFL bass drum I did, well...I was using the heat gun, and I left it in one spot too long... Wrap ignite...
16 years agoReproduction ludwig Lugs
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Yup. It seems to be the devil we know....[/COLOR]
16 years agoRogers And/or Slingerland Bass Drum Claws?
[COLOR="Purple"]Could you post a pic of the Champion ?...just out of curiosity, I'd like to see it...[/COLOR]
16 years ago