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Hello. I can answer questions about Arbiter Drums
The Arbiter Autotune Drums are vintage and quite different from the later Advanced Tuning design that most people are familiar with. Although these...
19 years agoWhat year is my ?Buddy Rich Super Classic? snare?
"What is it worth?" -Probably about 200-300 on a good day. The WFL drums are not as highly sought after as the later 60's drums. It might go higher....
19 years agoHi, New Member needs help
Confirmed. It IS a Supra.
19 years agoLudwig snaredrum
Yes, it is a Supra.
19 years agoLudwig snaredrum
Supraphonic....and yet, I'll be danged if that doesn't look like it has 8 lugs. Actually, let me ask... How many lugs does your drum have? If it ha...
19 years agoHi, New Member needs help
Yeah, and it appears as if there's only EIGHT lugs...so it couldn't be a Supra. But, yeah, I was going to say that someone just took the Imperial lugs...
19 years agoGeo B. Stone Master Model
Are you sure you're not thinking of a Billy Gladstone snare drum? THOSE drums are probably the most highly coveted snare drums in the world. The Geo....
19 years agoHi, New Member needs help
The badge looks too big to be "old". I honestly don't know what to tell you. I know of no chrome Acrolites... I can't be sure, though. The badge coul...
19 years ago1960s Ludwig Acrolite Snare ????
Good decision to get that drum. How can you go wrong? There's virtually no way to get a bad Acrolite as far as I'm concerned! I have one of the most h...
19 years agoHayman
About the best I can do is recommend that you contact a drum dealer or builder who resides in England (as that's where Hayman originates). I know of o...
19 years ago1960s Ludwig Acrolite Snare ????
I disagree. It very well COULD be a 1969 Acrolite...which, technically WOULD make it a "60's" drum. The B/O badges with the sharp corners were early B...
19 years agoIs This Ludwig "Classic" Truly Vintage?
Yes the term "Classic" has been around for a long time at Ludwig. Also, there was a strainer called the Classic -kind of a large apparatus which is no...
19 years agoSnare Ludwig Serie
Imperial lugs Brass shell Super Sensitive Monroe badge = 90's (I think) I would say that it appears to be a re-issue of a Super Sensitive with a b...
19 years agoLudwig White Painted Interior - web site visitor
Yes, in general, the white painted interiors are assigned to the 60's. The interior ply that was painted was either maple or mahogany. All kinds of st...
19 years agoLudwig Drums-most collectable/best models?
I know a bit about vintage Ludwigs, too and I can say it like this... Ludwig was THE American drum company. They made some good drums and they made...
19 years ago