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Vintage Trixon Snare
Brett... Nice job on the snare re-fit of your Trixon, and yes, NO HOLES were drilled... excellent! I do have to make one comment though: The stock...
19 years agoWas Slingerland Black Beauty Available In 1955?
Well Howdee... Now that makes more sense... When someone says: "Black Beauty", be it Ludwig, Slingerland, etc... one immediately thinks METAL SHELL....
19 years ago1965 Buddy Rich Celebrity
This is a '65 Rogers BR Celebrity that I COMPLETELY restored, with the exception of the ORIGINAL Rogers WMP wrap which was done by Jack Lawton. This...
19 years agoWas Slingerland Black Beauty Available In 1955?
HowdeeDoodee/David... To the best of my knowledge, Slingerland stopped manufacturing metal shell drums for the war effort ( WWII ) as brass and other...
19 years agoA "what's it worth" question
David/drenwick...! Interesting reading on this thread... and I think I can dial in this snare drum for you too... From all the descriptions, it appe...
19 years agodifference between Jazz festival Ludwig snare and super classic snare
Hi adamz... Technically speaking, you don't have a Buddy Rich model as Buddy was firmly in place with Rogers in '62... You DO have the Super Classic...
19 years agoVintage Everything?
Hi Davejmw...! I guess I have to add my 2 cents!... I play full time and gig on ALL vintage drums... almost always Rogers, and every once and a whil...
19 years agoVintage Trixon Snare
Hey Gaz/Brett: Gaz... I would love to have a complete Trixon BR Luxus kit in WMP, no harware needed as Buddy used his Rogers hardware with the Trixo...
19 years agoVintage Rogers snare
Hey Brett... I talked with Dave Drew today and inquired as to whether he has any NEW Rogers Dynasonic snare frames in stock... he does. Al Drew Musi...
19 years agoSlingerland Stand Decals
Hey MarkD! Email me and I will give you the guy's address that has/makes the Slingerland stickers. I have chatted with him many times, and I have al...
19 years agoVintage Rogers snare
Hey Brett... Yes!... and a good observation on your part. The Big "R" Dynasonics are the much later manufactured drums, starting at around 1976. Th...
19 years agoVintage Trixon Snare
Regarding the performance of the Trixon parallel strainer... AGREED!... not the best system. I had to use TWO DRUMS to get enough workable parts to r...
19 years agoVintage Rogers snare
Hey Brett/Pete... The main difference between the 7 line and the later 5 line Dynasonics, is the shell. While ALL Dynasonics are COB... ( chrome ove...
19 years agoVintage Rogers snare
Hey Brett... The snare frame is the essence of the Dynasonic system... without the snare frame, as you have been playing yours, it is essentially ju...
19 years agoVintage Rogers snare
Well hey again Brett... What you have here would appear to be a 1970 Rogers Dynasonic snare drum. The shell is a 5 line, and these are pretty common...
19 years ago