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Of Interest RE: Buddy Rich - 100 Years!
From Tommyp...
7 years agoThought I was going to buy a 1970 Ludwig Jazz Festival, ended up with a Pioneer.
From thejohnlec...
7 years agoThought I was going to buy a 1970 Ludwig Jazz Festival, ended up with a Pioneer.
The only difference between a Jazz Festival and a Pioneer is the number of lugs. The shell is exactly the same (Just drilled differently). Having two...
7 years agoNeed Ludwig Guys' Help!
Yeah, That's probably the correct thing. Ludwig had that tilter in their catalog at least thru the mid 70's but they had added integrated tilters to t...
7 years agoNeed Ludwig Guys' Help!
The tllters you're talking about were sold as separate items and were not part of a complete stand such as the 1400. Early stands and L arms often lac...
7 years agoGood deal on a Gretsch snare or not?
From cnw20...
7 years agoOf Interest RE: Buddy Rich - 100 Years!
As I recall Buddy's Modular-ish set-up preceded the introduction of the actual Modular hardware line. If so that might be why Buddy's sets lacked the...
7 years agoGood deal on a Gretsch snare or not?
The six hole die casts can be tough to find, particularly the snare side, but it would probably be worth it to replace those original hoops (keep them...
7 years agoGood deal on a Gretsch snare or not?
I'd say you did alright at $138. That's a Gretsch Dixieland model. Six lugs, single flange hoops, and the Renown throw off. Same shell as any other Gr...
7 years agoOf Interest RE: Buddy Rich - 100 Years!
At least they are using Maxwell's rail rather than the one Ludwig offers. That matches the set offered in the catalog even if Buddy didn't actually ha...
7 years agoWFL jazz festival?
More like 56-mid/late 58.
7 years agoSlingerland set year?
I'm not that familiar with Slingerland details but in the case of Ludwig date stamps it seems that some drums simply didn't get stamped. Perhaps the w...
7 years agoSlingerland set year?
I think from the serial time line available elsewhere on this site you're looking at drums that are a bit later, possibly 1967ish. The gold badges def...
7 years agoRogers Kit with 14x18 Bass Drum
Was solid white a color option that early on? I don't see it listed on a swatch page prior to 1973 in the catalogs I have (which may be incomplete).
7 years agoWFL jazz festival?
If you look closely at the picture of my WMP 1957 stamped drum posted in an earlier response you'll see it has the same throw off as Zenstat draws at...
7 years ago