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Is This A Gretsch Snare and How old?
White paint and re-rings makes me think Ludwig and not Gretsch. Gretsch had gray painted interiors and no re-rings.
19 years agoEbay for the new guys/gals!
Thanks for this thread! It's very insightful and helpful.
19 years agoDo you restore or do you make new all over again?
Sounds like an okay candidate for recovering and turning into a player's kit. It's always good to have a kit with the SOUND that you like and one that...
19 years agoold drum set newly acquired...help!
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19 years agoLudwid badge
I agree with what Rich K. said...Don't mess with the finish -PLEASE! Original kits like that are rare in comparison to the ones that people "fix". Tha...
19 years agoWhere can I buy this part? PLEASE!
You MIGHT find that strainer if you give yourself a LOT of time and have a lot of patience. Your drum is quite valuable in any case. The fact that it...
19 years agoLudwid badge
-definitely NOT a Ludwig shell! The badge is VERY old -one of the earliest Ludwig badges...now obscured by a massive grommet. The lugs are Ludwig b...
19 years agoLudwig Standard Strata Finish Variations
They are essentially the same 3-ply shells, but with a gray speckle coat paint instead of white paint. The lugs were not bad lugs at all. They were, h...
19 years agoA word about drum appraisal
LOL! Yes! Excellent!! I love it!
19 years agoDo you restore or do you make new all over again?
I would say that if it were possible for someone to replace an old original part with an identical modern replacement, then that would be okay, but th...
19 years agoA word about drum appraisal
Here is an auction I just happened across. I saw the larger number of bids and knew there was a bidding war going on over this. I would have never giv...
19 years agoA word about drum appraisal
Excellent! (Thanks!) Yes, I just wanted to be sure that everybody knows that I am not a professional appraiser and that I only offer my opinion as a...
19 years agoA word about drum appraisal
I also like the strange drums! I really love my 1999 Arbiter AT kit. I like my Peavey RP1000 snare drum that looks like a spare tire -also from the tu...
19 years agoDo you restore or do you make new all over again?
Great questions! Another way to frame this issue is what do collectors want to see? Do they want to see a set with the fi...
19 years agoA word about drum appraisal
I see that a lot of people are asking for appraisals on various drums. I have given what I thought were reasonable appraisals based upon what I have s...
19 years ago