Rogers 18" bass drums for $200-$350?

Yeah that seems awfully cheap for an 18" bass drum ..

thank you all for taking the time to help me with this project.

but i'm still a little confused.

the snare drum has 3 different lugs on it now. none of which look like the beaver tail ones on the toms and bass drum. i'd like to restore the snare. what should i do with lugs and holes? also, why is there extra holes where the muffler is?

phil

The extra holes where the dampener is located are there because that is no dampener. I am not sure what that hideous mess of parts actually is, but it only resembles a dampener. It cannot pass for one. The rest of those holes... are pretty sad. Your drum should have possibly had Bread and Butter lugs. At this point, it really doesn't matter if you pull everything off and just get yourself some beavertails. Anything you do short of turning it into a spaghetti strainer will be a restoration.

It's a Ludwig baseball bat muffler/damper. It's been cut down/modified, with the part that would take the missing screw [and prevent base-rotation] cut off. Why, is another question....:)

Mitch

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Mike

This used to be a site where you could go to get help and education about vintage drums. Its sad that the most knowledgeable have reached a point where its better to poke fun at others possessions rather then share their wisdom and offer constructive guidance. I guess that's what happens when you reach the peak in your hobby.

Now Phil, don't take a few facetious remarks personally. Without some degree of humor here, it could get a little dull just talking about lacquers and wood clamps. But seriously, your snare may have lost the attention or interest of some of the more serious collectors here who are sometimes interested in only original, pristine, unaltered drums. But there are a lot of us "players" here who do appreciate seeing even a "swiss-cheesy" shell brought back to either working condition or fully restored, so...

First, as to the issue of the lugs, you'll have to decide whether it's worth the time and expense to refill the holes just to reinstall the original B&B lugs (lugs known for their unreliability and tendency to crack), or choose to reinstall Beavertails (lugs which are superior and would be perfectly appropriate on that Luxor model snare). Since the original B&B holes were enlarged and somewhat mutilated, you may have to completely fill all holes with a strong wood filler or epoxy, then sand and repaint the interior flat gray, and then redrill all the original holes. Lot of work, but that would be the way to restore this drum. Now if you just want this as a "player" drum, I'd just throw on a set of Beavertails and leave it at that.

Now as far as the muffler or tone control goes, remove that mutant Ludwig contraption and find a Rogers tone control. Any Rogers tone control will fill the original holes and function fine, but one with a large flat, gray pad would be what this 1962-63 Luxor would have originally had...

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Now as you start working on this, post pictures and questions in the Restoring Vintage Drums section. You will gets lots of help and support.

Mike

Not me!

FYI

Now thats the help I remember from this site. Thank you Mchair303. I may have over reacted. My apologies.