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Exactly, steff! This forum is called the "Vintage Drum Forum". I think we already kinda know what we mean when we use the term. And, if some of us use...
6 years agoVintage ends
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6 years agoVintage ends
If someone were to ask me "Is a 1989 drum kit considered as 'vintage'?", then I couldn't technically say that a 30-year old instrument didn't have som...
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Well, I wouldn't claim the timeline "quirk" as "mine" alone. "American-made", pre-OSHA and before free trade had taken its tole. It's a fairly agreed-...
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In addition, today's future "vintage" drums (DW et.al) won't ever get muddled together with something like 60's era "Big Four" drums. I reckon that, i...
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I get it, Mark. Yes, a 1963 Corvette and a 1915 (whatever) car are completely different in their design and manufacturing. However, there are things t...
6 years agoVintage ends
A computer can be programmed to analyze the construction of a Stradivarius violin and then go about cutting and shaping all the pieces accordingly. Th...
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No, I am comparing the "evolved-from-former designs" to "former designs". So, it's not apples and oranges; It's heirloom apples and GMO apples! In t...
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Furthermore, many collectors (collectors in general) are interested in the attachment of historically-significance to objects. For examples: The same...
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No car collector is going to salivate over a 2009 Honda Civic when it's sitting next to a 1963 Corvette. Sure, the Honda will technically out-perform...
6 years agoGerman WW2 drum sticks
sounds like rosewood...They used to make them....very dressy. yeah pics would be nice
6 years agoVintage ends
From BosLover...
6 years agoVintage ends
In general terms of vintage drums, I'd say late 70's and earlier would qualify. After that, things started to change with American manufacturing. That...
6 years ago64 Ludwig Downbeats Black Oyster, but which snare?
I'd (of course) go with the Downbeat snare.
6 years agoDoes Changing Era-correct Hardware Constitute a " Modification"?
I'm remembering that Gretsch green nitron Birdland kit that was uncovered in perfect shape with a full set of old K Zildjians that still had the paper...
6 years ago