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Ringing !
Hey Brian! Good to know you're still out there playing drums. How are things in the great white North? We have moved and we now live in Northeas...
2 weeks agoVINTAGE DRUM COLLECTION 1929 RARES
Those are some beauties! I have neither the funds nor the interest in purchasing but they are great to look at! GLWS!
2 weeks agoSelling My Vintage Drums?
Seems to me there is always demand for Downbeat sets, especially ones with Jazzfests. Of course, there will always be those who will try to beat...
2 months agoNeed Help Identifying This Ludwig Kit
I'm with thin shell on every point.
6 months agoPearl Export, value range
Hello, Sorry you have had to wait so long for a reply - VDF isn't what it used to be so many of us don't visit here often. Pearl Exports are a mid- to...
8 months agoDiscolored Wrap
Yes. If you follow this guy's process you will likely get the pink out of there. No guarantees, as the color may have penetrated into a lo...
9 months ago65 Ludwig Club Date
You can find used Ludwig hardware on ebay and Reverb. The tom mount may still work as intended, but those early mounts were designed to be tight...
9 months agoRogers Identification
Sure! https://www.vintagedrumguide.com/
1 year agoHello again
I've been checking in here once in a while myself, so it's good to see a few familiar people cracking the door open, too. I play tradional grip when I...
1 year agoMany parts for sale
Hey Poppy, most of us have migrated to DFO. VDF had such huge problems over the last few years with functionality that made it a frustrating exe...
1 year agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Good on ya, Stuart!
1 year agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Yes, the Slingerland floor tom will affect the value of the set negatively. It's interesting that it has Ludwig leg mounts (or at least one of t...
1 year agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Thin Shell is extremely knowledgeable: go with what he says. The engraving, actually a stamp, is present as he says, but it is about the faintest I ha...
1 year agoLudwig mid-70's kit questions
Those are pretty nice drums, in need of a bit of spit and polish. Check the cymbals carefully. There should be some engraving a few inches from...
1 year agoLooking to identify some vintage rogers drums.
This site should help you, although the catalog scans are low-rez and are sometimes hard to see zoomed in. https://www.vintagedrumguide.com/rog...
1 year ago