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Vintage Rogers with Bread and Butter lugs
I agree, that sounds high. $600 - $800 would be better, depending on how many lugs are cracked and overall condition. Edges will be wide and flat, a...
14 years agoPicked up a Round Badge snare - couple of Qs
The old wraps were made of cellulose acetate, and are always shrinking. It's worse when the drum is exposed to temperature extremes. One day ALL vin...
14 years agoPicked up a Round Badge snare - couple of Qs
Jim, that's the earlier style of bracket...Gretsch switched over to steel sometime around 1962-ish. Does your drum have a keyholder? -Bill
14 years agoLongshot Request for a Snare
Here's a '51 Leedy Ludwig (they stole my pic!), might be worth asking about the date stamp: http://providence.craigslist.org/msg/2369242594.html Tha...
14 years agoLongshot Request for a Snare
I would think your best bet would be a '51 Leedy Ludwig. They're fairly common, and tend to have date stamps on the interior. I'm not sure what othe...
14 years agoBuddy Rich owned snare on ebay?
From idrum4fun...
14 years agoGretsch toms with two mufflers?
Looks to me like Starlight with some fade to the bass drum and small tom. The FT mount is the earlier type with the screws on the outside, which woul...
14 years agoBuddy Rich owned snare on ebay?
Ok, now I feel bad. I sold that Grauso drum and have since had so many people asking about how to get in touch with Bob, to have "their" Buddy or Gen...
14 years agoBuddy Rich owned snare on ebay?
Weird. Bob made FIBERGLASS drums, not pieced together projects like this one. His whole point and motive for making drums was to have the sound of a...
14 years agoInternational Shipping Debate
www.ipsparcel.com is great. They take bids from Fedex, UPS, and DHL, and it's up to you which one to use. They cost about 30% more than USPS, but del...
14 years agoOT:What is eBay's cut on a $850 sale?
I just sold a set starting at $0.99, no reserve, and it ended up selling for $865. The final value fee was $77.85, and the listing fee was $1.45. I...
14 years agoWANTED !! 60's Ludwig 24x14 Bass
From Slingalud...
14 years agoJasper shells
3 ply Gretsch shells were made by Gretsch, at the Brooklyn factory, and were maple/poplar/maple. Because of this, 3 ply Gretsch drums are more true t...
14 years agoThanks Blairndrums!
Just wanted to send a public thank you out to Blair for a very easy, smooth transaction. I needed some floor tom legs, and he sold me a near mint pai...
14 years ago70's black beauties
I believe they started in '77 or '78. The first ones have no "B" stamp and a little white sticker inside that says "Seamless brass shell". Not sure...
14 years ago