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Super Sensitive Snare Drum Advice
It will be hard to trade a super sensitive for a supra, especially a 6.5" supra, as the supras are more desirable than the supers. Parts for the super...
17 years agoID for an old Ludwig Snare, please?
Nothing you can do about darkening or fading of the wrap.
17 years agoConn Snare?
I have a very similar drum, only the shell is "corrugated" brass (I think). In fact, it was the first drum I ever bought on ebay...back when ebay had...
17 years agoID for an old Ludwig Snare, please?
Actually, the WFL Classic porto pak (yours) is 5.5" x 13. The "super" in the photo above is a 5" and has a different throw off. I believe those came w...
17 years agoSlingerland Snare Drum ID?
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17 years agoQuestion about 20s-30's COB Ludwig "Super" - Strainers
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17 years agoOld Gretsch kit
The floor tom is an old converted marching drum, not worth much. The set is in Gretsch's most common color, midnight blue. It's common for these drum...
17 years agoPsychedelic Red Ludwig Blue Note
Couldn't have been in 1966. The earliest psych red was the end of 1967. If original and unfaded, the set would probably sell for over 2K. The price wo...
17 years agoSlingerland Tuquoise veil
20, 12, 16, Radio King
17 years ago"YOU MAKE THE CALL"..... Please!
If the black oyster snare is in good, original condition, you could sell it for much more than $300. (Now that 8 lug jazz fests in BOP get up to 2K,...
17 years agoIdentifying a rewrap slingerland snare drum
Hard to tell anything without photos. Take shots of the seam, the grommet and some others, and we'll see. Although the seam is usually centered behind...
17 years agoDelmar wraps
All the places that sell wraps...Precision, Jammin Sam, drum supply house, etc. ALL sell the same wrap and it's all made by Delmar. (Some of these fol...
17 years agoSlingerland Wraps
It's correct that Slingerland didn't put badges / grommets on their toms until the mid '60s. Another thing to check regarding originality are the edge...
17 years agoSlingerland Wraps
There are almost now re-wrap coverings available that match the '50s and Slingerlands. If the drums are the glass glitter type, other than the differe...
17 years agoLudwig 1928 Mahogany Snare Drum 14 x 5
Don't have my catalogs handy, but unlike the Pioneers of the 1960s, I'm guessing most of the Pioneers of the '20s and '30s were black or white duco, o...
17 years ago