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Ludwig Paper Labels from 1971/72 Time Frame - Date Codes?
Thanks. I will add it to the list. Actually I added it to the website list just now, so it is up to date.
10 years agoLudwig Paper Labels from 1971/72 Time Frame - Date Codes?
This is a (soft of) annual bump to see if anyone has any ideas about the meaning of what I have termed the "Date Code" that Ludwig used on some of its...
10 years agoWanted: Ludwig Lugs
I have plenty, so will sort out six good ones. Some of mine are later with the plastic pieces that hold the inserts, others have springs. Which woul...
10 years agoWanted: Ludwig Lugs
What are the hole to hole center line dimensions on these? I think I have plenty, all of which are chrome. Rick
10 years agoThis is Display Your old Gretsch thread
My "old" Gretsch is this one. I do not know the vintage other than to suggest that it is 1930s-ish. There is an outline/residue from a "Gretsch Amer...
10 years ago1965 Ludwig Pioneer Galaxy Sparkle
Galaxy Sparkle Wrap Nickel Hardware Resa-Cote Interior White Felt Baseball Bat Tone Control Date Stamp JUN 7 1965 Serial Number 146194 Nice color - Gr...
10 years agoHow do you display/store your drum collection?
A few years ago I made a shelf for some snares out of metal closet rods and shelf brackets from The Home Depot. This expanded to three (at my wife's...
10 years agoLudwig Snare serial number, please help!
From Drumguy1988...
10 years agoLudwig Identification Please
It looks like a late 1970s/early 1980s set. More information and pictures would help. Sizes, condition, etc...
10 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
I took a look at my list and found the following numbers of drums with both date stamps and serial numbers from 1969 (all have Keystone badges unless...
10 years agoGretsch Snare - Need help identifying
I have seen the badge before on a similar drum. I noted that there was a 1914 patent date on the throw.
10 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
My rough guess is that about one third of the drums in the Reso-Cote interior era have date stamps which are still present and readable today. Some a...
10 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
Thanks. I hope to be able to gather enough information about "bought together sets" that I can demonstrate the typical serial number range one might e...
10 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
From kellyj...
10 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
I would suggest that rather than calling this a transition badge (a term that usually applies to a particular style of badge used in the later 1950s),...
10 years ago