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Does Any U.S. Kit Define These Decades?
From verminator...
9 years agovintage slingerland snare red gold duco.
Ludwig would let you order any lacquer colors you wanted. I don't know about their crosstown rivals but my guess would be that Slingerland would do th...
9 years agoLudwig-1969 Hollywood(?) Not a "Standard"
Catalog sets were just suggestions and you could specify other hardware or sizes when ordering up a set. Dealers (and the unimaginative) may have orde...
9 years agoRecord Covers with (vintage) Drums on!
From PeterK...
9 years agoAs if we needed any further proof that Guitar Center is run by idiots...........
if you choose to have it shipped to the store for pick-up, it's the same exact shipping price. Who's going to have it shipp...
9 years agoSlingeralnd
I wouldn't do that as a trade. The Avocado set has more potential to appreciate in value in the future.
9 years agoLudwig Standard Avacodo Strata
For years I thought these were some sort of imports with Ludwig badges slapped on. In the 80's and early 90's I passed up so many opportunities to sna...
9 years agoLudwig Standard Avacodo Strata
Yes that's Lemony goodness. Avacado and Bronze seem to be the hardest Stratas to find while Blue and Ruby were, apparently, the best sellers. Gold see...
9 years agoLudwig Standard Avacodo Strata
From johnnyringo...
9 years agoLudwig Standard Avacodo Strata
If you wanted to mount the tom off the bass drum here's what I use for gigging and it works very well. The ball arm deal is a standard off the shelf p...
9 years agoLudwig Standard Avacodo Strata
Nice! Very cool.
9 years agoDW is Vintage?
40 years ago was 1976. Didn't Drum Workshop start around then as a small store and/or teaching studio? I suppose the earliest pedals could have been a...
9 years agoLudwig Standard Drums
How close are the serial numbers on the badges? That might tell how they ended up together (born together or met later in life).
9 years agoLudwig Standard Drums
There were two catalog 4 piece sets that came with the cymbal mount on the bass drum. They still used the center post holder . 12/14/20 or 13/16/22. O...
9 years agoLudwig Standard Drums
Yeah, that's Avocado. very cool. Looking again at the first picture I think I'm seeing 8 lugs on the bass drum which would make it a 20" and make a l...
9 years ago