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Rogers Mardi Gras Holiday
lovely snare drum!
6 years agoLudwig-Slingerland Legal Briefs on ebay
LOL! I know that Slingerland and Ludwig were probably the most brutal competitors with each other. I think it might have even been on a personal level...
6 years agoIf vintage drums were vintage cars then what's what?
I watch those Mecum auctions when I catch them and I am also a fan of nice vintage cars, in general. I can't help but equate some of my vintage drums...
6 years agoAndy Griffith show and a Ringo HiHat??
*Griffith* for the win
6 years agoSoliciting opinions on lug/hardware finishes........
Unless you can get brass bass drum spurs, floor tom legs and all tom mounts brass, then I think it looks less-than-matched. Therefore, I'd go with chr...
6 years agoWhy Do Ludwig Drums Sound So Good
I went to do a friend a favor at....a local art school...and the gig was to teach kids how to engineer a recording. This one teacher came up and saw...
6 years agoOriginal Tone Controls -- Simply Style over Substance?
I use them on my some of my snares. I think the baseball bat tone controls are a thing of beauty, too!
6 years agoWhy Do Ludwig Drums Sound So Good
Well, keep in mind that Ludwig made wood drums, metal drums and Vistalites, so there's probably a bit too much differentiation among the various types...
6 years agoFavourite era for Ludwig shells
1969 clear, unvarnished 3-ply...wrap no longer tucked into the scarf joint...ever so slightly undersized.
6 years agoGretch with 18" Bass versus Ludwig Downbeat $$
Yeah, I was going to say that I'll bet hits are down on ALL drum forums...and maybe forums, in general. It's just the nature of how interacting on the...
6 years agoGretch with 18" Bass versus Ludwig Downbeat $$
Maybe VDF numbers are down because interest in vintage drums is waning? Maybe it's because most of the really nice vintage drums have already been col...
6 years agoGretch with 18" Bass versus Ludwig Downbeat $$
Calm down, fellas. None of it even matters. It's a cool drum set at a high asking price. This is a drum discussion forum and something like this is go...
6 years agoGretch with 18" Bass versus Ludwig Downbeat $$
That's the good ol', "I don't really want to sell it" price.
6 years agoVintage ends
From BosLover...
6 years agoVintage ends
There will most definitely be more vintage drums as time progresses. As of now, the application of the term is in reference to older drums that aren't...
6 years ago