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5 years agoRogers Bread and Butter metal Dynasonic lug issues
The brass lugs did not have the threaded bosses in them as the bolts just threaded into the flat tabs. Therefore if the holes were bigger than the bol...
5 years agoNew old school hardware from A & F
Some neat ideas there. I kind of like the cymbal stand. The base is reminiscent of the early Slingerland "Buddy Rich" cymbal stands but with more adju...
5 years agoHelp needed on identifying Ludwig drum
The blue paint is wrong for any era. Now the question is whether the badge is the right one for the drum or one somebody stuck on there. A WFL tom pro...
5 years agoStan Leveys Ludwig drums
Looks like a 12x22 to me as well. 10 lugs almost certainly means a 22" (or larger). Catalog New Yorker set was a 12x22 bass and an 8x12 mounted tom,...
5 years agoWould You
So it's a Downbeat set with a 13" add on tom and the bass drum redrilled for a double mount. The 14" floor is worth a pretty good chunk of change by i...
5 years agoLudwig Bass T-Rods and Claws
I'm not aware of any repro Ludwig rods or claws. My inclination would be that the Rocker ones came from a different supplier whose tooling was slightl...
5 years agoGretsch/Ludwig Ratchet Key
I use an actual ratchet wrench...which actually ratchets, for this. 7/16ths. Much better than using one of those old style wrenches. https://www.dru...
5 years agoOriginal WMP bought new at plant
A friend of mine out in California might be interested in the concert toms and/or the bigger floor toms if you decided to split things up. Let me know...
5 years agoBop/Jazz Kits
On vintage sets, as stated above, it's all about supply (low) and demand (high). On new drums I think you probably can buy a "bop" sized set for quite...
5 years agoLudwig snare 15x6,5 serial number: 7463 - Identification
Everything looks right as far as I can see. Low serial number matches with stated date. Not really any reason for someone to "fake" something like thi...
5 years agoLudwig set with mixed shells
I don't think it's any stretch that in 1977 or 78 when they were switching over to 6 ply shells that they shipped out some mixed sets. At the time no...
5 years agoRarest of the pearls
Black oyster isn't rare at all. It was the best selling wrap for a few years thanks to Ringo. Despite that there is only so much of it for sale at any...
5 years agoDown beats
Do you mean the Downbeat snare drum or the drum outfit? I just think that configuration didn't sell as well as the bigger drums. Bigger drums like th...
5 years agoDifferences in Ludwig Atlas Stand Models?
The stand on the right is an Atlas model. I'm not sure if the one on the left was ever in a catalog. It's the lower part of a snare stand coupled with...
5 years ago