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1964 Ludwig BOP update....
It's not a Ringo Spec Jazz Festival with the 5 1/2" depth, strainer, badge, baseball bat muffler each adjacent panel, and the old style narrow beds or...
4 years agoRouter Bit Reccos
60's shells were 3/32" round over on the outside. Ludwig currently uses a 1/4" round over on their Legacy shells, but every vintage shell I have measu...
4 years agoHoop with round hole
Those would most likely have been for Premier or Beverly branded drums. The Olympic drums usually had fewer lugs than the higher end ones.
4 years agoHoop with round hole
They are Premier from the 70's through 80's. They were used on the lower lines that didn't come with die cast hoops. They were also used on Olympic a...
4 years agoNever heard or Seen a Ludwig Model 110 from 1971
I concur with everyone else. The only Ludwig part on that drum is the sticker. Might not be a bad little drum but it would have to be a lot cheaper....
4 years agoButt for Ludwig Standard snare
Yes. They are exactly the same.
4 years agoLudwig Double Tom Post Assembly
I'm pretty sure the longer ones were used for tom stands. There is a fourth variation that was long and had square holes punched every inch or so. The...
4 years agoSlingerland Spirit Bass Drum Pedal Questions
Not sure where you got that catalog image but this one is a little better. [ame="http://drumarchive.com/Slingerland/Slingerland1988.pdf"]http://druma...
4 years agoPaint product for Slingerland chocolate milk interior?
I would assume that the original chocolate milk finish was a paint that was heavily thinned. I would go with an oil based paint if you can get it and...
4 years agoVintage Gretsch Pedals
It's the Gretsch badged version of the Camco Standard pedal. The better of the two had the cam. The Standard had the cheesy eye bolt arrangement just...
4 years agoRingo's Hello, Goodbye mini Kit
Those were made by Star. There are a couple of threads on them here.
4 years agoVistalite lug mounting screws? Washer placement
There is a sold tequila sunrise tivoli kit listing on Reverb that shows the wire keepers installed the same way. [IMG]https://images.reverb.com/imag...
4 years agoIs This Premier Snare a Royal Ace or 2000
It's a 2000. The Royal Ace had a grooved strainer. Only reliable way to tell what it's made of is to remove a lug and scrap the plating away on a sm...
4 years agoRestoring Ludwig Baseball Bat Felt Mufflers
The rivets are called semi-tubular hollow rivets and they take a special tool to form the end of the rivet. It is a punch with the shape to form the e...
4 years agoCan anyone identify this strainer?
Looks like the main part is a Ludwig P83 and the slider from a Slingerland Rapid strainer.
4 years ago