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Gretsch RB WMP snare
Here is a link to a paper about the different round badges and approximate eras when they were used. http://www.gretschdrumdatingguide.com/other-gret...
12 years agoWhat is this Ludwig snare?
From the picture it looks like a 5x14 Supraphonic or possibly a Super Sensitive. The snare mechanism is not shown.
12 years agoGretsch Satin Flame Value Please ?
Is this a 12/12/16/20 configuration? It looks like the second tom is possibly a left hand tom that has been flipped over, with the tone control knobs...
12 years ago"rare" Acro coating?
From drewdrum1...
12 years agoLudwig serial # help
The lowest serial number I have seen thus far on a Monroe Large Keystone badge is 3142879.
12 years agoLudwig serial # help
Large Monroe, NC Badge? If so, that puts it into the 1980s at earliest.
12 years agoIdentify white marine pearl Gretch year please
Nice looking set. Based upon the serial numbers, these are from the 1976-77 time frame. The snare received one of the first style Orange/White labels...
12 years agothis turned up in the post today - Supra
The P83 from the Standard snare may have a different Ludwig logo on it than would have been on a 1968 Supra. The Standard normally had a block logo w...
12 years agoTrying to identify Gretsch drum model/year
Joel, Based upon the theory that serial numbers were used in roughly sequential order, the serial number from the floor tom would place the drum from...
12 years agoLudwig Gold Trapezoid Badge
The vent hole and grommet look a bit large compared to what I would expect to see on a B/O badge drum from that serial number range. It is also place...
12 years agoLudwig Jazz Festival question
John, The badge switch from Keystone to Pointy Blue/Olive occurred at about serial number 749000, so yours would be shortly after that. It was in th...
12 years agoW M P Gretsch Marching Snare....
From what you describe, it seems to be a 1962 +/- marching snare. The "second throw off" was a butt which permitted fine tensioning. I am guesing th...
12 years agoDoesn't this look like a fake?
This is not my drum and I am not a potential buyer, so I do not have a dog in this fight. While I agree there are some things wrong with this drum, I...
12 years agoThese worth 600.00
GreggG, Many of the early Standards had Resocoat interiors, so this set having one does not indicate anything improper. Granitone seems to start sho...
12 years agoHello!
Welcome. Lots of good information here.
12 years ago