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Rogers "Butterfly" Wing screw sizes?
Almost certainly 1/4-20 thread. I know some of my Rogers stands use a bigger thread which I believe is 5/16-24 (might be 5/16ths-18). The next size up...
5 years agoPlaying (preying) on the nostalgia factor........
I think what happened in this case was Ludwig saw that Gary Astridge was able to sell his Ringo snare copies for $15,000 apiece. Other than the throw...
5 years agoHelp Identifying this Ludwig
Just a theory of course but the switching back and forth between clear and granitone interiors may have been based on the grade of wood Ludwig had ava...
5 years agoHelp Identifying this Ludwig
During the 3 ply era Ludwig only made one type of drum shell that was used for everything. It doesn't matter if you call them "classics" or "Super Cla...
5 years agoWow these Ludwig toms 1960s
Each badge is worth more than you paid for everything, Hard to go wrong.
5 years agoIs Steve Maxwell still making reproduction parts?
I bought a Slingerland leg bracket in person at the Illinois store right before this Covid mess descended upon us. I asked about the rail mounts and w...
5 years agoLudwig Classic Lugs-Different Sizes on Toms?
There's the big and small classic lugs that both originated in the WFL years and then the mini lugs version that (I think) first popped up in the 1990...
5 years agoLudwig Classic Lugs-Different Sizes on Toms?
I guess I'm too used to the way most vintage sets look because those large lugs look odd to me on a 12". Too big for the drum. Maybe on a power tom th...
5 years agoLudwig Classic Lugs-Different Sizes on Toms?
From idrum4fun...
5 years agoLudwig Classic Lugs-Different Sizes on Toms?
Ludwig toms, 12" and under, used the smaller lugs for at least 30 years (early 1950s to early 1980s) so that is definitely the "normal" setup on a vin...
5 years agoLudwig Pioneer vs. Ludwig Jazz Fest
From CTMichaelV...
5 years agoLudwig Pioneer vs. Ludwig Jazz Fest
A drum shell off the stack in the factory had equal potential to become either a Pioneer or a Jazz Festival right up to the moment the worker put it o...
5 years agoDating Ludwig 401
From BEC...
5 years agoDating Ludwig 401
Well, unless my eyes and computer monitor are deceiving me, that appears to be a lacquered brass shell from sometime around 1961-early 1963 (pre seria...
5 years agoSlingerland Black Diamond Pearl
You might consider getting a Ludwig style upright for your rail (or better yet an unbranded repro version). In around 1967 Ludwig dropped the "telepho...
5 years ago