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Cool Father's Day Score!
Yup, no rails on Standards (although maybe if you had asked Ludwig real nice) just a single and double post style mounts. Great score for sure!
8 years ago'69 Luddy Standards...finished!
Very nice!
8 years agoLanded a Black Beauty I'd been thinking about for 40 years
Used it tonight at band rehearsal, Sounded great. Snare throw off is a bit "wonky" as P-85's can get but otherwise I'm very happy to have this. I rem...
8 years agoLudwig 20" Rocker?
Lower lines from that era usually used a four ply shell.
8 years agoLanded a Black Beauty I'd been thinking about for 40 years
A couple of months ago a friend of mine mentioned that he wanted to sell his Black Beauty snare drum and asked if I'd be interested. I knew he had a B...
8 years agoLudwig 20" Rocker?
To me that looks like a regular Ludwig 6 ply bass drum that someone ordered the disappearing spurs instead of the curved ones. Except those appear to...
8 years agoRogers Big R 20" Bass Drum?
Here's a catalog set with a 20". Not sure on the XP-8's but even then that was still a standard size and it would have been weird not to offer it...al...
8 years agoRogers clones
Technically these wouldn't be clones since someone does own the Rogers trademark and they are the ones making the drums (I think it's Dixon) for Steve...
8 years agoGretsch 1953 Drum Kit
Here's the catalog listing for what would be the closest "catalog" kit (buyers could special order things the way they wanted them to be).
8 years agoGretsch 1953 Drum Kit
There isn't really a "model" all Gretsch drums were the same more or less. There were different setups (which were simply different size combinations...
8 years agoLudwig wrap/shells.
Delmar is the current manufacturer of almost all the drum wraps you see available from various sources but I don't believe they will sell direct to th...
8 years agoWeird Kick Drum. MIJ or what?
Kent did some six lug "made in USA" bass drums. Their shells were two ply maple (actually one ply doubled over on itself). My gut feeling is that this...
8 years agoNo numbers ones this ludwig
I thought maybe COB too but am not sure. The bearing flange on the bottom looks like it rolls back towards the shell like a COB but the one on the top...
8 years agoWhat do Rogers 12/14/18 Jazz kits sell for?
I searched "rogers jazz" and lots of stuff turned up but nothing in the musical instruments percussion category or looking like a bop kit.
8 years agoLudwig wrap/shells.
In the 60's there were multiple suppliers of wrap and drum manufacturers would switch suppliers from time to time as they could get different pricing...
8 years ago