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Lug mounting on Ludwig Supra versus Jazzfestival
Hello, On Ludwig Supraphonic/Acrolite snare drums the lugs are mounted with a cup washer, hexagonal bolt AND a split lock washer between bolt and cup...
16 years agoPremier Royal Ace snare drum
Hello, I'm restoring a 60s Premier Royal Ace snare drum (birch shell, beech reinforcement rings) and I'm looking for new replacements (originals are...
16 years agoCOB Supra shell not perfectly round!
Thank you for your comments. Since both of my COB's are like this, I personally don't think they're compressed or whatever by human abuse. It might be...
17 years agoCOB Supra shell not perfectly round!
I own 2 Ludwig COB Supra-phonics and none of them is perfectly round but rather oval. I measured the diameter on two different places. One is from str...
17 years agoSnares wires for Ludwig Supra-Phonics
Forgotten to answer one of your questions: the snare wires I had trouble with on that COB were 20 strand Pearl wires. They didn't seem to fit in the s...
17 years agoSnares wires for Ludwig Supra-Phonics
Hello Mark, Besides two COB's I also own 3 ludalloy Supra-Phonics (no Super-Sensitives!), two from '66 and one from '69 and they all have these 18 st...
17 years agoSnares wires for Ludwig Supra-Phonics
Thanks for the information! Yes indeed, Pearl snare wires are very good ones, I love their crisp sound. However on this COB Supra they didn't seem to...
17 years agoSnares wires for Ludwig Supra-Phonics
What type of snares wires should I use for replacement on a Ludwig pre-serial COB Supra-Phonic with snare beds? I tried new 20 strand Pearl snare wire...
17 years agoLudwig Acrolite P83 strainer
On Acrolites the P83 is mounted using a flat washer between the strainer base's two "feet" and the outside of the shell. So the P83 stands off from th...
18 years agoWanted: Ludwig '60 P 83 strainer
Hello, I'm looking for a '60 P 83 strainer with butt and mounting screws, washers and split lock washers in mint condition (no bending, no pitting, n...
18 years agoHow to stop bare metal from oxidating again without rechroming?
Hello, I have some vintage chromed brass hoops. They are still in good shape but unfortunately there's one part where there was some green oxidation....
18 years agoDents in metal shell: how to hammer them out?
I have an old pre-serial chrome over brass Supraphonic 400. Threre are small dents into the shell: one is in a panel and caused accidentally and the o...
18 years agoBrasso
Hello, Thank you for your reply.
18 years agoBrasso
I read in the "Cleaning and restoring" article that you don't use Brasso. Why? I use it all the time and it works fine. Only when chrome is fading and...
18 years agoMeasures of mounting bolts for Ludwig imperial lugs
Does someone know the diameter, length and thread type of the hexagonal mounting bolts for the imperial lugs on Supraphonics? Does someone also knows...
18 years ago