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Vintage Badges
Many collectors feel that highly polishing the badge can hurt the value of the drum...I'd clean the drum, but leave the badge un-polished.
15 years agomid 60s slingerland
Rogers Super Ten $125-200. 3 ply BDP Artist missing knob on Zoomatic $175-250 Late '60s 20" BDP bass drum $125-200 9 x 13 $75-100 If you could get $80...
15 years agoSlingerland Radio King snare drum 40's 14"/7"
Yeah, that's a modified rolling bomber. Not really collectible at this point due to the changed lugs, throw off and bottom hoop. The beauty of those d...
15 years agoSlingerland Mahogany Kit
drool...beautiful!
15 years agoLudwig 20X12 bass drum questions
BTW, double sets of straight spurs are also pretty common for those era bass drums.
16 years agoLudwig 20X12 bass drum questions
12 x 20s and 12 x 22s are not that uncommon for late '50s WFLs and transition era WFL / Ludwigs. They're great sounding drums...I love the mahogany in...
16 years agoAny Leedy experts here?
see "leedy Confusion"
16 years agoLeedy confusion
From wayne...
16 years agoslingerlands?
Not Slingerland. Looks like a modified cheap '60 / '70s import set, with some laundry in the bass drum.
16 years agoTom Hardware
I think one of the listed "options" for the Jet set was a bass mounted tom holder, so it's possible for a correct 8 x 12 from that set to have a mount...
16 years agoBilly Martin Sound
Billy uses a '60s Rogers center lug (tower, comet) drum set from the 1960s in faded black onyx. Here's an example in champagne sparkle: http://images...
16 years ago1920's ludwig snare drum
I wouldn't do any restoration or cleaning without check with Mike C first, or at least putting photos here and getting some opinions. "gold leaf" and...
16 years agoHello, Looking for drum ID
Looks like a Duplex from the turn of the century. The "restoration" probably cost more than the drum was worth but it's a real nice job. In the antiqu...
16 years ago1904 Snare Drum ID?
Yeah, 1920 or even very early '30 Slingerland. The throw off is the obvious giveaway...also, Slingerland's shells had a "pointier" bead than Ludwig's...
16 years agoCamco Fans-Help!
Many Camco drums from that era were equipped with Rogers tom mounts from the factory, so those Rogers parts may be original.
16 years ago