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This is the Display Your Ludwig Drum Thread
Say, in regards to that black prototype snare, it has some grime and old fingerprints on the wrap that I'd like to clean off, but I'm wary of using an...
4 years agoThis is the Display Your Ludwig Drum Thread
Here's an oddball prototype snare, an "Imperial Jazzfest." I changed the original heads - intending to play it (and I kept the original heads) - but...
4 years agoLudwig Supraphonic LM400 Question
Janlaban, I would be very surprised if a mid-1960s Supra shell was Brass. Aluminum replaced brass on common Supras, due to the rising cost of brass....
4 years agoLudwig Supraphonic LM400 Question
Ahh, sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but some idiot tried to hammer snare beds into a perfectly good 1966 Supra. The COB and the very early COA...
4 years agoPlease help me identify a Ludwig 6.5x14 Black Beauty
ISBN 978-1-888408-24-9 copyright 2013 Rick E. Gier Published by Rebeats Publications www.rebeats.com phone 989-463-4757 [email]rob@rebeats.com[/email]...
4 years agoPlease help me identify a Ludwig 6.5x14 Black Beauty
According to Richard E. Gier's authoritative book "Serial Number Based Dating Guides for Vintage Ludwig Drums," that serial number is most likely of 1...
4 years agoReplacement gull-wing spurs for '68 Ludwig
Just a guess from looking at the package and your ruler....it appears to me that the long arm is extendable from 8 to 9 inches. And if you add in the...
4 years agoLudwig Porto seat question
My gigging kit is a 1966 Ludwig and I use a 1970s round-top black seat stool, but I agree with K.O. - it's not comfortable and it's similar constructi...
4 years agoLudwig Porto seat question
Well, that's certainly a '60s seat, but it does appear that the cast mount is a replacement. I had one of those '60s thrones for a long time - that I...
4 years agoLudwig Porto seat question
I dunno if this helps answer your question, but I've got two Ludwig round-seat stools that have that same part. Both are the black vinyl seats with t...
4 years agoPre-serial Supersensitive strainer question
One more thought on SS snares. Several years ago, I decided to change out my snare side head (after about 20 years!) with an Ambassador or an Aquaria...
4 years agoPre-serial Supersensitive strainer question
The expected muffler for a 1966 snare would be the 'baseball bat' with white felt....but the small 3/4" round muffler occasionally shows up in 1966 on...
4 years agoPre-serial Supersensitive strainer question
One more item...in approx 1966, the strainer guards were secured to the bottom hoop by rivets - two on either side. See attached photo that I lifted f...
4 years agoPre-serial Supersensitive strainer question
Here are photos of an approx 1964 6.5" Super Sensitive, badge number 3858. It is COA with COB hoops. Red 'baseball bat' muffler. The pivoting actio...
4 years agoPre-serial Supersensitive strainer question
Here are photos of a first production (postwar) 5" Super Sensitive. Approx 1961. Shell and hoops are COB, early Imperial lugs, 3/4" round muffler, pr...
4 years ago