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Ludwig Club Date
If you had the matching floor tom, then it would be a kit that you could trade-up on in the future, and fully enjoy, in the meantime. I love that butt...
3 years ago1964 Ludwig Pioneer
I, too, have a '64 Pioneer...Probably my favorite snare drum to play... Heads? Remo coated Diplomat is my choice...but many prefer the Remo coated Am...
3 years agoI'll break the ice: Rob Cook's Rogers book
One other thought that occurred to me that I want to share is in regards to "the business" that apparently became the demise of Rogers.... In the old...
3 years agoI'll break the ice: Rob Cook's Rogers book
Hello...Devil's Advocate, here! Well...and then there's the fact that some vintage Gretsch drums had shells that were slightly larger than they "shou...
3 years agoHere's What I Got For Christmas!
That second picture is almost always a reality for me! LOL!
3 years agoMerry Christmas to the VDF
Merry Christmas!
3 years agoLudwig's change to lug positioning, 1968?
Hey Marty! Thanks for starting this thread! My 1969 12" tom tom also measures exactly 2" from bottom-to-bottom of the lugs! I can't provide a pictur...
3 years agoScarf or no scarf
Hey Marty! Actually, when I received my '69 kit, I noticed that I couldn't tension the heads past a certain point before the unthreaded collar of th...
3 years agoScarf or no scarf
From Marty Black...
3 years agoScarf or no scarf
Hmmm..I just double-checked my '69 shells and they do not have the wrap tucked into the scarf....AND, the shells are stamped from JANUARY, 1969. Weird...
3 years agoScarf or no scarf
Do you mean the wrap is tucked into the scarf joint? That's surprising if that's what you mean. My '69 kit has shells that don't have the wrap tucked...
3 years agoPiccolo Question Driving Me Bonkers!
Well, with the Ludwig Downbeat, it was clearly an issue with the "push/pull" orientation of the lug screws, on the thin shell...the holes became oval...
3 years agoReal minty
I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in....
3 years agoNeed help ID'ing this 10 lug Ludwig snare
My understanding is that any B/O badge with a serial number ABOVE 3140000 is a reissue badge. From what I can tell, the badge on the drum in question...
3 years agoNeed help ID'ing this 10 lug Ludwig snare
I'm not sure...but I think this drum might be one of those reissue B/O badge drums from a few years ago.
3 years ago