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Different Mufflers, is this right?
Cool! Yeah, it seems like a great resource book! I'm glad some people around here have it because I think our Vintage Drum Forum resource page is no l...
4 years agoDifferent Mufflers, is this right?
Please someone clarify this for me....There was an early, MACHINED, round knob...but I don't think it was the 3/4" one. I think the early knob was sma...
4 years agoDifferent Mufflers, is this right?
There were some really early round knobs (machined ones) -pre '63 I believe...and then there were the baseball bats... which appeared somewhere in the...
4 years agoDifferent Mufflers, is this right?
It could be, yes. Ludwig had a few transitions from old stuff to new stuff 1968-1970 and if those badge numbers fall in line with that time, then yes,...
4 years agoLudwig 4 x 14 downbeat snare
Good point..Even the original Ludwig lugs would "twist" and oval the holes. If you look closely at almost any drum that incorporates these lugs, you w...
4 years agoDifferent camps of drum fanciers
I grew up in the upper midwest and the small, ma & pa music stores in my region catered mostly Ludwigs. I guess that was because of proximity to the L...
4 years agoLudwig 4 x 14 downbeat snare
There were relatively few drums that Ludwig made which used those lugs (I forget what Ludwig called them)...and the lugs that are out there are on the...
4 years agoLudwig Question What To Do?
Very cool article...very well-written and informative. I love NSMD! Interesting that the Astro finished drum was hiding some Citrus Mod. That's proba...
4 years agoLudwig 4 x 14 downbeat snare
Those lugs are the rarest of the rare.
4 years agoBuddy Rich Slingerland Snare
^Yeah, well it really doesn't matter about the catalog references IF Buddy Rich's name is associated with a particular type of drum. Celebrity-associa...
4 years ago1928 Ludwig Juvenile Drum
They are basically collectible toys.. The shells are constructed very similar to the way old coffee cans were put together with a folded and pressed s...
4 years agoNew price points
^I dunno...never met anyone like that. I personally do not care what anyone else uses for their collecting standards. i only care about what I like to...
4 years agoNew price points
Yes there are many components for both, but once a guitar is put together, it doesn't have to be taken apart to be moved to the next gig, etc. A drum...
4 years agoNew price points
Vintage Gretsch bop kits have been selling for high prices for years. Have you checked prices on old K Zildjian lately? Personally, I am all for a tre...
4 years agoNew price points
Outrageous price!....until I read how much a guitar that used to belong to Lennon and Harrison went for at auction...$530,000. So that means that Ring...
4 years ago