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Speed King Timeline?
How does that old song go? Isn't like this? "It won't please a geek if it ain't got dat squeak".
5 years agoLeedy Gig
I love your enthusiasm about this drum set. As I've already told you, I have the same Leedy set--same wrap--same sizes--1963 version. Just imagine how...
5 years agoMy first vintage set
OK... I just looked online. You don't say where in Minnesota the drums are. The online calculator tells me that Minneapolis is 1432 miles from Boise....
5 years agoMy first vintage set
How far are the drums from where you live? Can you take a couple of vacation days or go on a weekend to fetch the drums for yourself? This is not some...
5 years agoIdentification...Ludwig Thermogloss Over Natural Mahogany?
OK. If that's what you say, and someone who wants to buy the drums agrees with you, you should both be happy. I'll just cordially disagree with your...
5 years agoIdentification...Ludwig Thermogloss Over Natural Mahogany?
From that one picture, it looks like the shells might have been stripped of their original wrap or paint and sanded (possibly stained) before being cl...
5 years agoLudwig guys, tenor drum, FT, small bass drum, none of the above??
I converted an old Leedy 12x16 tenor drum to be a great floor tom for my Leedy orphans bop set. Those drums are perfect for that use.
5 years agoAnother Leedy Returns
There's some kind of magic about early and mid 1960s Leedy Black Diamond Pearl drum sets. in the past several years, I have bought, traded, and sold a...
5 years agoLeedy Returns
I'd love to have that Fiesta Leedy drum set sitting right next to my 1963 Leedy BDP Shelly Manne set 13,16,20,matching Shelly Manne snare drum.
6 years agoI found These Hoops in My Vault... they are brand new
What diameter? 14"?
6 years agoRiddle me THIS....
The ignorant people who play other instrument (usually guitar) must think that, because we hit our drums and cymbals to play them, it's perfectly OK f...
6 years agoGreat Cartoon
Thank you for posting the larger version of the cartoon. What has become of all of those evangelical drum assemblers? I feel sorry for the drummers (u...
6 years agoGreat Cartoon
I wish that this cartoon had been in circulation two or three years back when so many younger drummers were posting about their "endorsements" that en...
6 years agoRiddle me THIS....
From O-Lugs...
6 years agoRiddle me THIS....
Let's assume for a minute that there are differences in the sounds emanating from each single piece of a particular model of a guitar produced on the...
6 years ago