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Sound King ribbed aluminum snare
This is a different model all together. If you take a look at the Slingerland Snare Drum Page you will see the model there. This "Student Model" dru...
16 years agoSlingerland gold/black 80s badge
Well, ok, there were 3 or 4 badges after the Niles Era and before the Ridgeland SC USA Drums. As always without photos of the drums and interiors, we...
16 years agoSlingerland gold/black 80s badge
The badge on that page with the USA is a badge off of one of my snare drums. It is a Music Yo drum and it is the same size as other Slingerland Badg...
16 years agoSlingerland gold/black 80s badge
Yep, still imported. Not a true Slingerland set of drums. They were imported into the USA by a company called Music Yo. David
16 years agoSlingerland gold/black 80s badge
Sounds like an 80's import kit.. Not worth that much compared to the real deal. David Here are the Slingerland Badges on the web site and that bad...
16 years agoNickle vs. chrome
Would this be a 6 lug or 8 lug snare drum? David
16 years agoNickle vs. chrome
Prior to a certain year everything was nickel plated. Those drums are valuable. Then at that transition period when chrome was introduced as an opti...
16 years agoBuddy Rich COW Slingy Question
TommyP is the expert on this and has it pretty detailed as to when, where and how, but at this time he would have been playing the Fibes SFT. (Per Tom...
16 years agoBuddy Rich COW Slingy Question
A 3-ply shell would have reinforcement rings. The 5-ply would not. I'm guessing he wanted the 3-ply version with the chocolate milk interior. Regar...
16 years agoSlingerland Snare - Need Identification and Value
Take a look at the Slingerland Snare Drum Pages That will help with the ID David
16 years agowhat did my boyfriend just buy me?
Any wires will work. Everyone has their personal preference on snare wires. Here is an article in the upper links on Brass Shells. [SIZE=2](I lik...
16 years agoWanted original slapshot snare wire
He B-wick. How is the strainer set up? How is the butt side. There are a few versions of that set-up. I spent a lot of time with a bunch of Pureso...
16 years ago1940's oval Elkhart Indiana Badged drum
I was digging through some parts the other day and ran across these. The slider plate looks like the correct one and slides into the mounting plate (...
16 years agoLudwig information
There are about 50 catalogs of the drum set pages on the web site. Ludwig Drum Sets That should help with your research David
16 years agoBass Drum Layout from BR, GK etc...
This post got me thinking since I have scanned 100's of pages... Here is a 1937 catalog showing them for sale... [IMG]http://www.vintagedrumguide.co...
16 years ago