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Ludwig Hammered bronze with WRONG Snarebed
From mschrant...
11 years agoAnyone know what kind of lug this is?
Those attachment bolts with the anodized finish and the dual slotted/Phillips heads look modern to me. They might not be original to the lugs but if t...
11 years agoIdeas/Solutions?
Maybe have a trophy shop make you up an engraved silver or brass plate with your name or the Premier logo or something like that on it. Anything that...
11 years ago65 Slingerland Krupa Deluxe 1N question
I think that repainted bass hoops aren't a problem for most collectors as long as the job is done right. Unless you're dealing with some holy grail se...
11 years agothe drumming style and setup of one of the most underrated non-living legends
The use of just one or two relatively large cymbals as both a crash and a ride was pretty common at that time. Look at most of the jazz guys from back...
11 years ago65 Slingerland Krupa Deluxe 1N question
I'm not so sure what would be so bad about a "mixed" set. All drum sets are mixtures, just that some were mixed at the factory, some were mixed at mus...
11 years ago65 Slingerland Krupa Deluxe 1N question
At the time, if you were ordering a drum set from the catalog, the catalog sets could be considered as a starting point and you could specify whatever...
11 years agoLudwig Hammered bronze with WRONG Snarebed
From MichaelWray...
11 years agoHelp ID Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl
5" deep Oyster Black Pioneers have sold from anywhere from $500 to $1200. They are sort of the poor man's Ringo snare (being poor I have one myself th...
11 years agoLudwig ages
Possibly bought one piece at a time, which often happened with young drummers. The usual order of purchase (snare drum, bass drum, small tom, floor to...
11 years agoLudwig b/o metal piccolo
Not something you see every day, that's for sure. Were it mine it would be a "keeper" Now you just need the rest of the "quartet"...
11 years agoWhy does this Ludwig F. Tom look wrong to me?
The tone control knob placed over the badge dates back to the keystone era on marching drums.
11 years ago60's Ludwig ID Help
It's from an early 70's parts catalog. I've never seen it in any of the main catalogs so any sets with triple mounted toms must have been special orde...
11 years ago60's Ludwig ID Help
That's a rare part there. Triple tom holder that, as far as I know, never made it into the main catalog. So not a Hollywood set if it had another tom...
11 years agoLudwig Large classic lugs on vintage 8x12? Help!!!
Just to be clear, the names Downbeat and Superclassic just refer to kit configurations. The drums were all the same (well different sizes of course) l...
11 years ago