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1930's Slingerland, Should I play
My goal is to get a 50 or 60's era Sling or Ludwig or rogers in a gold broken glass finish.[/QUOTE] Not to be too drum geeky, but the '60s Ludwigs and...
18 years agoLeedy Fiesta Kit is Here
Those center lug drums are Slingerlands (not Leedy)...the 13" and 12 x 15" toms were the standard size when Slingerland introduced the "stage band" st...
18 years agoLeedy Fiesta Kit is Here
[QUOTE=MikeJtone]Big Daddy, I am really trying to make my dollars count towards stuff that is really good - instead of buying stuff that isn't quite...
18 years agoMatching Fibes Snare Would be great....
Have any of you ever seen an early fibes set with the tom mounts that look like the Slingerland setomatics? I think they were made by Meazzi. I've see...
18 years agoBlack Beauty / Steel "BR" late seventies
I recently bought that same snare drum on ebay for a BIN of $400 and re-sold it for a bit over $600. Mine had the badge with the rounded corners, it w...
18 years agoOddball Gretsch
That's not a renown throw-off, and it's not a "name band" snare drum. That, I believe, is an earlier era Gretsch (they called it something like" Super...
18 years agoBlack Beauty / Steel "BR" late seventies
If it's less than $500 and in nice shape, you should buy it.
18 years agoRK concerns
I've owned at least 30 solid shell Slingerland snares...from the '30s thru the '60s and I've never had one that was out of round...go figure. That bei...
18 years agoPuresound Zoomatic snare help
I think the whole set-up for the zoomatic snares is another wonderfully goofy, typically slingerland concept. THe snares are extended on the throw-off...
18 years agoGretsch 60's chrome snare
A Gretsch expert can probably give you a closer date, but that's a late '60s (69?)chrome over brass 5 x 14" with the first version "Lightning" throw-o...
18 years agoRogers - Lexington Model snare No. 1706
marching drums, like yours, tend to bring in between $25 and $125, depending on how many parts are "robabale". If it's a single tension model, it's pr...
18 years ago1930's Slingerland, Should I play
Those old Radio King beavertails were prone to breaking, but can be found...there are a lot of old sets out there with good hardware, so it shouldn't...
18 years agoSlingerland Capri Pearl Drums
Hi..it is very likely that your set came without a floor tom, although it probably had the matching snare. I had that exact set, with that version of...
18 years agoMy Little Dyna Sonic Snare Collection
Here are some pics for you... http://www.drumforum.org/viewtopic.php?t=14971&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
18 years agoSlingerland BROADCASTER SNARE
That's a very rare snare drum. Slingerland made that in the early '30s when they first came out with the streamline lugs. Gretsch had them stop using...
18 years ago