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Some old clunkers from Germany, Switzerland and USA.
Wunderbar mien freund.Old clunkers?Those are just some of the most drop dead beautiful vintage drums I've seen in a long time. You must be proud of t...
11 years agoLudwig Vistalites
Ludwig,Pearl and new comer Crush seem to be selling them.I know Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers was playing an acrylic Pearl kit not long ago...
11 years ago1961 Slingy Krupa Super Radio King
Yes,the extention is just a solid piece of round stock,with a ball on the end,that came with deeper RK,like the 8x14 super Gene Krupa.The 5.5,6.5 and...
11 years agoTama Imperialstar just got it:-)
Mid 70's to very early 80's .Yours have the "one touch" mufflers still.Tama stopped putting mufflers on drums in the early 80's. Great drums,and Used...
11 years agoHappy Halloween!
Wow..Happy Halloween John. Yeah ,something deeply disturbling,yet darkly humerous about that photo,kind of like Chucky.Cool1 Steve B
11 years agoMost valuable vintage drums?
I think A complete Billy Gladstone kit would top 65 K.Early L&L Black Nickel over Brass drums and an original Slingerland Black Beauty Black Nickel o...
11 years agoludwig clear vistalites @2006
I'm not sure what you're really asking.Are you saying that the drums were purchased in 2006?Or are they vintage drums?With that serial numner,they mus...
11 years agoTama Swingstar
Those should be an 84 kit,because of the red "flying T" badge.In 85,they went to a black "Flying T" badge,so,with those lugs,they were only made for 1...
11 years agoLudwigold Bass plus
Great find,you're keeping those right?Talk about a piece of history.Cool1 Steve B
11 years agotama super mahogany cherry wine
Wow...super job,and the grommets both look factory,which is diffult in and of itself. The other hassle in refinishing superstars is the interoir stai...
11 years agoVintage Ludwig
Lots of red flags.Keystone under the tone control as has been said is of for trans badge,not so much for 60's keystones. Two tom mounts,one a double...
11 years agoIs this a Slingerland Throw-off
+1.Early Niles badge,but the grommet looks like it has a gold-ish tint,or it just may be the light.The grommet should be aluminum,so the drum may have...
11 years agoWhat can you use as "string" to attach snares
I've used Ludwig snare cord for a while.One spool of the stuff is all you'll ever use,unless you collect and play a ginormus collection,or do drum rep...
11 years agopaice on Ludwigs
From blackd...
11 years agoLudwig COB 70s Supraphonics.
Sounds like an early 70's cut badge.The shell would actually be a Super Ludwig 400.The reason for the cut badge was the shells were already punched fo...
11 years ago