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Old Spurs
Those are identical to the ones that came with a 50's Slingerland set I once owned.BDP 12-22-5 1/2 x 14 mahogany interiors.Ensemble 5-N in the 59 cata...
14 years ago60s Majestic on C/L with 24" bass .....
I'm sure others can confirm the ridiculous rarity of this configuration in MIJ stencils.The 16 has different,earlier Slingy lugs,so it's 12,13,18,24 w...
14 years agoMy First Kit...info please?
I just sold an unbranded set exactly like yours about a month ago.MIT (made in Taiwan)stencil drums wth hex-rod mounts and the white "leatherette"wrap...
14 years agoDuct tape glue
WD-40-let it sit and melt the adhesive.It works better if it's warm,the surface that is.Sometimes Goo-Gone will attack plastic surfaces,but I have ne...
14 years agoNew Kit...Bollero MIJ Funky!
I'd be curious to hear what would happen if you installed 2.3mm hoops on this snare.I put some on a Camco I picked up(bent and rusty rims) and it made...
14 years agoApollo Starfinder
Well now-these drums being so ridiculously rare and all,need some detailed photo documentation for the VDF MIJ section.A lot of those individual compo...
14 years agoAny info on Ralston drums?
Pictures like this one are excellent-it makes the whole VDF thing human.We all love the drums themselves,but the people on the drums make it much deep...
14 years agoKent/Whitehall drums on Ebay
On Ebay...Kent/Whitehall single tension bass and snare in a Walnut pearl I have never seen.Kent shaped foil badge with "Whitehall"imprinted on it.Very...
14 years agoApollo Starfinder
There was a recent Ebay listing of what appeared to be a Starfinder,but I noticed quite a few detail differences.....different tom mounting hardware(d...
14 years agoDrum shop name...
Drum and Drummer
14 years agoVintage Ludwig for Sale in Fargo (not a April Fools joke)
Alright you snobs......the owner misspelled the listing.It is a pre-CEREAL kit.This means it was made BEFORE you could send for the set with the coupo...
14 years agooddball snare
I have one of these as my main practice-set snare.White coated Ambassador top head,hazy bottom and a 2"square of felt taped to the top rim so it just...
14 years agooddball snare
Reuther-Whitehall-Cortley-Royce all interchangeable names for Pearl stencils.I've seen all those badges on 70's luan MIT's which were identical in eve...
14 years agoMy Whitehall 20/12/14 w/ matching snare
What is up with this?Do you have access to a "Back to the Future"mini-van or something?With the factory bass drum head-uncut?And pristine pearl in ama...
14 years agoRogers Protoype?
So,I call on the amazing powers collected within the VDF mind bank-are these Rogers or Duplex?I'm saying Duplex,mainly due to the rail mount and tom l...
14 years ago