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OBP Jazz fest, I let this one slide by....was it the right call?
This is something I first posted over at the DFO but wanted to seek opinions here as well.... This just ended on ebay (or rather the auction was stop...
10 years agoHelp needed on vintage Gretsch two-piece
If the tom shell is a Gretsch then that is the only piece of that drum that is. Can you post a picture of the interior? None of the attached parts are...
10 years agoRogers double tom mounts--- anything modern to replace
From Mike T...
10 years agoGretsch snare throwoff lever slips... Any advice?
The new one is cool. Looks just like the original. Bolts on with the same holes. Has a little locking mechanism that locks it on but it releases easil...
10 years agoHelp needed on vintage Gretsch two-piece
50's Gretsch had the faucet handle bass drum T's up to a point. Lug footprint on mounted tom looks wrong for Gretsch. Almost more like a Slingerland...
10 years agoRogers double tom mounts--- anything modern to replace
I don't see how that Ludwig could work. Isn't the down tube for a Rogers double tom holder 5/8ths of an inch? It's certainly less than an inch. The Y...
10 years agoFair price even without a floor tom?
The Gretsch set looks nice. My only concern would be the drums all seem to have yellowed about evenly but it may be tough to find a MATCHING floor tom...
10 years agoLudwig 60's Oyster Tom: Re-Wrap?
I have seen other Ludwigs with that same type of seam. And ,of course, many 3 ply Ludwigs have the infamous "hump" adjacent to the seam so things were...
10 years agoLudwig 60's Oyster Tom: Re-Wrap?
Looks good to me. Perhaps not the best seam but Ludwig had a lot of issues like that. That was also right around the time they stopped wrapping the dr...
10 years agoGretsch Stop Sign - what to look for?
The Jasper shells lasted into the early 2000's when Jasper went out of business. Gretsch used up their supply on hand and then had the same 6 ply mapl...
10 years agoGretsch Stop Sign - what to look for?
The only real issues are the mounting hardware and there were some quality control issues right after they moved from Brooklyn to Arkansas (at around...
10 years agoUpdated Double Tom post for Hollywood
http://www.drumforum.org/index.php?/topic/101499-fs-ludwig-double-tom-mount-on-gibraltar-base/ The top of this will work although it might be cheaper...
10 years agoUpdated Double Tom post for Hollywood
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10 years agoGotta be pretty quick these days!
At least the pitting means it wasn't a brass one. I almost stopped in there last week when, I assume, the drum was still available. At the very last...
10 years agoUpdated Double Tom post for Hollywood
Anything with a 1" down tube that can carry 9.5mm "L" arms should work (unless you mean the REALLY early Hollywoods that still had diamond plates on t...
10 years ago