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I Think I Bought A VERY Rare Snare Drum Tonight?
Oh My! I think one option (besides just leaving it alone) would be to seek out someone who repairs brass band instruments. They'd know all about refi...
10 years agoAnvil Fibre Cases
Fiber cases lack the waterproof nature of plastic cases but other than that they do a good job. I have a couple of fiber snare drum cases that are pro...
10 years agoYard full of Black Oysters & some snare drums!
That's quite a pile of OBP. No wonder I'll never find a "Ringo" jazzfest at a garage sale in Illinois...
10 years agoWhere are all the Duco finishes?
Duco was the cheaper alternative to wrap. These days lacquer generally costs more but back then it was the lower priced option. As such most endorsers...
10 years ago"I'm the Dumbest Guy on This Forum Reason #19"
As mentioned above those were peel and stick badges (I have an unstuck one around here somewhere that was swiped [not by me] during a Ludwig factory t...
10 years agoAnvil Fibre Cases
They were one of the original flight case companies and "anvil case" became almost a generic term for the ATA style road cases. I wasn't aware that th...
10 years agoSuper Ludwig COB quick question
From Chromeo...
10 years agoVintage ludwig black oyster 20x14 worth
Many drummers ordered up drums just the way they wanted them. A fair number seem to have chosen the disappearing spurs, often two sets of them. They w...
10 years agoSuper Ludwig COB quick question
I have a supra with the COB hoops (standard issue until approx. 1965) red BB muffler, no serial number, crimped beds, almost zero pitting, and an alum...
10 years agoLudwig Standard selling advice/value
The only problem with splitting them up is the tom mount has been altered so this tom isn't going to mount on a standard Standard drum mount. I'd say...
10 years agoVintage ludwig black oyster 20x14 worth
Those spurs were in the Ludwig catalog for years (50s-70's) so nothing unusual about them although most of the 60's drums were sold with the fold outs...
10 years agoSuper Ludwig COB quick question
I can't quite see if the bearing edge flange curves back towards the shell in those pictures. That, and a seam, are the defining factors for COB. Ever...
10 years ago1969 Ludwig keystone badge brass supra
Very cool Mike. I'd love to own one of those. So it's a spun shell like any other supra of the era? I'd guess the process is the same they'd just sta...
10 years agoringos ludwig black oyster vs the rogers r360/80 black oyster,,,
I don't think I'd go that far. The Rogers 360's were nice drums for the money and being built by Yamaha they were a step above most of the other MIJ d...
10 years agoEarly 60`s Pre-serial Acro-phonic? or Supra-Lite? or what?
As far as I've heard the NYC drums were all 6.5" depth. You may have a transitional shell from the early days of the acro. They seemed to be trying va...
10 years ago