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Collector versus Player
.....scratching my head to figure out exactly the meaning of what I just read. I think I understood essence of it. Anything can be collectible to the...
14 years agoPricing Rant/Rave
From O-Lugs...
14 years agoPricing Rant/Rave
My observation is casual at best because I don't obsess over my hobby of vintage drums. I have observed, and formed an opinion from reading through...
14 years agoPricing Rant/Rave
I won't rant about vintage drum and cymbal prices because I live on the fringes of collecting. I hope that the over-valuing by sellers of certain bran...
14 years agoHow Old is a vintage drummer?
I am one of the oldest on this forum--maybe the oldest one. I am 67 years of age, but not yet old.. I played gigs from age 15 to age 35. I began a ca...
14 years agoHow about a Ludwig white badge canister throne!
The canister throne in the picture that Jim Petty has on his web site is the one that he made for me a few years ago. I asked Jim to make it about th...
14 years agoHow about a Ludwig white badge canister throne!
That's good creative thinking to make the set function for you. An anal retentive will nit pick you about that. But, that will be HIS problem--not y...
14 years agoUnusual Rogers Swivomatic Tom Mount
This tom holder also works very well as a cymbal rod mount on bass drums. Thanks for the picture from the 1964 Rogers catalog.
14 years agoUnusual Rogers Swivomatic Tom Mount
A while back, I was in need of a hoop style tom mount for a Walberg & Auge drum set with a virgin bass drum and a 9x13 tom with the diamond plate rece...
14 years agoName On Set You Always Wanted But Never Acquired
From jrfrond...
14 years agoLeedy BDP 1963 Shelly Manne Set
From Tommykay...
14 years agoName On Set You Always Wanted But Never Acquired
My main reason for getting in to drum collecting is for precisely the reason behind this thread. In my active gigging years, I owned the drum sets tha...
14 years agoLeedy BDP 1963 Shelly Manne Set
When I joined this great forum, I posted pictures of my vintage drum sets with one exception. I was dismayed to find out that the pictures of my name...
14 years agoHello Everybody
From DrumBob...
14 years agoHello Everybody
Hey, Bob: Good to see you here, and not on Fantasy Island if ya know what I mean. Sorry, folks.....it's an inside joke that a few of us on this foru...
14 years ago