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Leedy badges
The drums are Black Sparkle. Here's a close-up of the bass drum and one of the 8x12 toms.
13 years agoWhat do you thing about this kit for sale?
Let him claim all he wants to claim. Real experts will, no doubt, sorrect the seller's misinformation.
13 years agoCracked Screw in Lug Casing
From EZduzzit...
13 years agoLeedy badges
That is correct. My 1963 Leedy Shelly Manne set has badges on just the snare and bass. My late 60's Slingerland set has badges on all five drums. the...
13 years agoA Really old Leedy Drum Found. Please help
Many of us would like to own a vintage drum set with our exact date of birth inside the drum shells. If there were such a drum set for me, it would h...
13 years agoRogers color name from mid seventies
Mojave Red was a modest seller for Rogers back when it was in the line. Rogers collectors who are in to that era of Rogers find the color to be not so...
13 years agoVintage Rogers wrap question
My go to pedal since 1961 has been a Rogers Swivomatic pedal. I like to have pedals for my vintage drum sets that are "stable mates" of the drum sets...
13 years agoWho uses two rides?
I'm a lefty playing a righty set open handed. I trade off riding with either hand--sometimes in mid tune if the right hand starts to fade. I actually...
13 years ago50's WFL Set
The drum set is a lefty outfit with the bass drum turned around righty style. I will guess that the tom spurs were an add-on to a bass drum that orig...
13 years agoDecidedly not vintage
Not too many years ago, Sonor made a heel and toe foot machine the size of a small SUV. Some of the earliest bass drum pedals were heel driven. They...
13 years agoSlingy Snare
From OldSchool...
13 years agoVintage Rogers wrap question
The Leedy Shelly Manne pedal is the same as the Slingerland Tempo King pedal, except the Leedy footboard is shaped differently with Shelly Manne's nam...
13 years agoBass drum questions
Question #1: a piece of rubber or cloth is not needed on the hoop, but is advisable to protect that beautiful old wooden hoop. A rubber patch above...
13 years agoWhat do you think of these wood blocks?
From pjn1375...
13 years agoWhat do I call this?
[QUOTE=MutantMozart;152833]I objected to his tone "Call it Leroy", how offensive. Your comment "customized MIJs" was much more appropriate. I came he...
13 years ago