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OBP Jazz Festival
From cnw20...
10 years agoOBP Jazz Festival
After literally decades of hunting for one I could afford I finally scored an original Oyster Black Jazz festival to go with my Ringo sets. It wasn't...
10 years agoHelp with 80's Gretsch Grand Prix information
Those might be Gretsch spurs but they aren't correct for that time period. This set was likely a special order and they may well have ordered it witho...
10 years agoAnother 'oddball' Ludwig Standard
Spurs were a special order perhaps? 20/12/16 is a bit of a weird combo as far as how it came to be. They sold 13/16/22 & 12/13/16/22 & 12/14/20 but no...
10 years agoHelp with 80's Gretsch Grand Prix information
There is no such thing as Gretsch "Grand Prix" drums. Grand Prix was simply the name of a set configuration consisting of the regular Gretsch drums of...
10 years agoSupra Hoops
2.3 mm refers to the thickness of the metal used to make the hoops. Back in the day Ludwig used thinner 1.6mm hoops but in the last couple of decades...
10 years agoIf you could.......
Ringo's 1964 "Ed Sullivan" kit (the actual one). Also used for A Hard Day's Night before he switched to the larger sized set(s). If you're gonna dr...
10 years agoIt seems the price of avocados has gone up!
From fishwaltz...
10 years agoIt seems the price of avocados has gone up!
All I'll say is that if someone pays that much then Lemon should be worth twice that ;) .
10 years agoWhat year did Ludwig first offer baseball bat mufflers?
My 1962 stamped Club date 13" tom has a knob muffler...although maybe they were using up the old knob mufflers on the club date drums.
10 years ago(Another) WFL Floor Tom Question
There's a center lugged 12x14 in the 1940 Ludwig catalog. I don't have WFL catalogs going back that far but it was a standard size at the time for Sli...
10 years agoJazz Fest rims
From hawghunter...
10 years ago'65 Pioneer lug screws w/ copper washers .?.
From David Hunter...
10 years agoWhat year did Ludwig first offer baseball bat mufflers?
The red BB mufflers pre-date the serial numbered badges which started in late 1963 as there are pre-serial drums with the BB mufflers.
10 years agoSlingerland Radio King Experts Please Look!
Almost too good to be true. I'd be amazed if it's not already sold. Heck, I'm two hours west of Chicago and if I thought there was a snowball's chance...
10 years ago