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1969 Keystone Acrolite
Good one Larry! Clapping Happy2 From larryz...
11 years ago1969 Keystone Acrolite
That's eBay for ya. I think your drum is worth every bit of $250 - a nice drum and piece of drum history for that. The person that won the drum on e...
11 years agolot of drums for sale
A life change coming up....... I don't want to ship. Anyone got a big truck to back up into my yard. Say...Bundle sale...at my yard. I'm needing...
11 years agoKansas City Area Vintage Drum Garage Sale
Great find! I'm sure there's some bery useful drum parts in there - nice going! Cheers, Gary
11 years agoKansas City Area Vintage Drum Garage Sale
I'm looking for Gretsch 1930's Tube lugs with 2 3/8" mounting screw centres. For this 1936 BroadKaster snare drum
11 years agoLudwig Super Classic Silver Sparkle 1962 Pre-Serial Keystone badge
Nice drums - I'd say there is no problem because of the extra tom mount install since it was done at the store where they were bought new.....kind of...
11 years agoThe TRUTH about restoring drums.
beautiful collection. I'm probably going to keep one of my 5 gretsch kits and a snare drum or two. I've advertised to sell most of it now - no ebay s...
11 years ago2 snares no brand, any idea?
Nice old drums there. Like has been said above.....my guess is Beverley - in the 30's
11 years ago1936 gretsch broadkaster snare
Mike - it's not a gloss finish - it just looks like that when it's wet. I put three seperate coats on - letting each coat dry first. I rubbed each c...
11 years agoStripped tube-lug threads - help
The photo of the tube lug here is not the one that's stripped - it's just an example of the lug. I found three that are stripped (the t-rods pull str...
11 years agoStripped tube-lug threads - help
I have these 1930's Gretsch tube lugs and some of them have stripped threads inside. Anyone here know how to deal with that? I will probabley end...
11 years ago1936 gretsch broadkaster snare
I posted the following thread about my latest find and referred to it as a Utility snare drum. http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=45045...
11 years ago1936 Gretsch Snare t-rods?
I decided to strip the black lacquer. I was going to repaint the drum in Nitrocellulose lacquer but have decided to go with Tung Oil. I have a 49 Gr...
11 years ago14" Floor Toms
Right now I have my 10/12/14/16 toms (Purewood African Mahogany - not vintage.......yet) tuned just above wrinkle (JAW) - coated G2's with Studio Ring...
11 years ago14" Floor Toms
I prefer my vintage 20/12/14 kit over both my 22/13/16 and 24/13/16 kits.
11 years ago