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Help please with Slingerland snare
According to the catalog,only the 5.5x14 was available with 10 lugs,and the 7x14 was only available with 8.Not impossible your drum would have 10 lugs...
11 years agoLudwig Double Spurs Sizes
What size is on there now?Usually the 3 ply shells used the 5/16" and the later 76 6 ply shells used the 1/2 " spurs.Just measure the size of the spur...
11 years agoLudwig 6.5x14 SS Pre-serial
Crimped snare beds and pre serial number would seal the deal,but usually,having all of the characteristics you mentioned,certainly point to a brass s...
11 years agoPrice check in Isle 3
I think somehow,there's a paper bag,some rags and a small can of paint thinner involved here.Laughing H Steve B
11 years agoOldest drum company?
Most ,if not all ofthese companies,started out as drum head makers, and later on banjos and ukeleles and then started selling hardware,pedals and snar...
11 years ago70's ludwig power factory black vistalite
Its the model of a kit from the 80's with 6 concert toms and a double headed floor tom.Think Hal Blaine wana-bee.LoLoLoLo Steve B
11 years agoRepair a shell that is out of round
From Purdie Shuffle...
11 years agoThe King Joins His Children (A Slingerland Story)
Larry,glad firstly that I could help,and that you like your vintage Slingies.There's just something...earthy about vintage 3 plys that you can't find...
11 years agomy ludwigs update.
You sound like a 8 year old on Christmas morning....and as well you should.Just wait till you tune those puppies up.Coated ambassabors for the batters...
11 years agoSound Files: 4-ply Mahogany Kit/Jingle-sticks/Radio King
John...some tastefull playing,but you need to post a vid playing with brushes also:D.Kidding..Love the sound of the RK.and those clubbies as well,what...
11 years agoLudwig Shells across the 70's to 90's
Mid 70's to late 80's super classic were 6 ply,and classics were 4 ply.The reason for the weight discrepency,is the massive modular hardware,which prp...
11 years agoHelp identifying this drum
+1.Slingerland copy lugs,probably Star or Majestic.The muffler knob looks MIJ/MIT also.The wrap looks MIJ also,too dark for US made. Steve B
11 years agoPlease help me identify this Ludwig set.
+1..That looks like an 8 lug Jazz Festival,not a 6 lug Pioneer.In that case.with a pre- serial number badge,it's worth upwards of 400-450,in that cond...
11 years agoThis isn't a drum question but it is for the Fourm
I use my real first name,but only my last initial,for the same reason,my phone numbers and address are unlisted.I've put lots of bad guys in jail,so I...
11 years agoCan a Slingerland Epic Beater be Cleaned?
I would use a time tested product like "Woolite",which was made for cleaning wool. Steve B
11 years ago