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Thrift stores. Sometimes you just get lucky!
Blue tags were 75% off today.....
7 years agoVintage Ludwig Brass Supra Ebay Help Needed
Not a re-issue. Grommet looks suspicious, hoops don't look right, and the extra holes!?!? Best guess is it is a "frankendrum" trying to fool someone...
8 years agoCleaning a 1964 Ludwig Jazz Festival snare?
If you are selling it, I am very interested. Please do not clean it.
8 years agoDrumworks Snare ~ info ???
Kansas City Drumworks. A boutique drum building company that never really gained a foothold. The one that can tell you more about them is drummer Jim...
8 years ago1964 Super Classic 6 lugs. All original.
6 Lugs would identify it as a Pioneer model. Rarish color, Cool drum!
8 years ago1970 Acrolite Blank Badge
Quite a few blank B/O badged snare/drums/kits were produced in late 70. There are more than a few opinions as to why Ludwig used these the way they di...
8 years agoBlack Beauty Badge
from the site admin Dan, at ludwigstainlesssteeldrums.com... "The Ludwig engineering group used the silver hand scribed badges whenever they were prot...
8 years agoIs this a Jazz Festival snare?
If he's interested in selling it, I'd be interested in purchasing it!
8 years agoLudwig marcher - help ID date
Looks like a mid/late 40s Drummer, Champion, or Scout model Parade Drum. Finding out when they went from straight across strainer snare cord holes to...
8 years ago1962 Ludwig New Yorker
From mlayton...
8 years agoIs a Supraphonic LM400 from the 70's with extra air holes a crime, I mean worth it.
Repairing the holes would involve fill welding them, which would destroy the chrome around each hole. This would be cost more than the drum is worth....
8 years agoLudwig 6.5x14" Bronze Snare lm306
Link to a Pdf of the 2009 catalog, see pages 21-22: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.ludwig-drums.com/application/file...
8 years agoLudwig 6.5x14" Bronze Snare lm306
Early 2000s LM306, import shell. Prices are all over the map when you can find them on ebay and reverb. They are not "rare" but more "scarce", especia...
8 years agoHow Rare Are These Board of Education Keystone Acrolites?
My '78 has a hand engraved serial number on the shell, but has no other markings or documentation to tie it to any particular school, school system, o...
8 years agoHow Rare Are These Board of Education Keystone Acrolites?
From grantro...
8 years ago