Surely i'm not the only person to simply double up the springs in a ludwig stand.

modern feel, classic looks. i also do that with my later hihat stands, makes the action faster.

I use a WFL Model 1121 (1950-65) and love it. It's not as responsive as my Pearl H-2000 but the action is good, and it works great. It's at least 45yrs old - maybe older.

I'm a Ludwig Atlas spurlock user as well, but recently found a set that was outfitted with newer generic hihat stand, which had really large round rubber feet. That thing works great. I get creep every now and then with the Atlas depending on where it is. I think the feet have lost some of their stickiness over the years.

Have a pair of 70's Slingy HH stands that are light tough and work with all my hats. single braced and adjustable.

Yes, I ALSO have a Ludwig 1123 Classic (Spurlock design) that I found NOS on eBay about 10 years ago. It's a great stand, as is the more upscale Atlas. However, if you are just looking for something lighter, any bottom-of-the-line Tama, Yamaha or Pearl single-braced stand will do just fine. I have a two Tama stands like this, one from the early-80's and one from the late-90's, which have functioned flawlessly through countless gigs.

I'm still using the Slingerland hat I bought new in 1972.

Hmmm. . . I've never tried that. Might be just the thing for my old Slingerland flat base hi-hat. Is it a difficult job and where do you get the extra springs from?

I gig with a flat bottom Speed King from the early 60s. It is my favorite because it has the flip around heal part of the foot pedal that lets me lift the cymbal too. This works very well for when I use a tamborine on top of my hat. Plus the light spring seems to allow me to use more variety in how hard or not I play each hit. I mostly don't play my drums as conventionaly as most because I only can use my feet but when I do use sticks I seem to get a wider selection of partially closed sounds and it is easier to hold it for a long time because there is less back pressure from the original spring. The down side for me is that I have to duct tape it down all the time for it to stay in place.

It all depends on the kit I'm using...

I use my Ludwig Standard pedals & stands with the Ludwig Standard kit. Blu Lu (blue sparkle Ludwig) gets the Speed king kick pedal and a Slingerland hat from the sixties (can't remember the model and too lazy to walk across the room to look it up) & Atlas stands. The Camco kit (rarely used now) gets a Camco kick and a PDP 900 series hat with heavy modern stands.

The little Gretsch Catalina gets used with modern stuff, fairly heavy... PDP 900 hat, etc...

Funny about those PDP 900 series high hats. About five or so years ago Musicians Friend had a deal on odd colored (blue, red, yellow, orange) rubber and pedal colored stands. PDP 900 series stuff was blown out at $19.95 each with free shipping, they picked the color. I ordered ten stands, but the order got cut back to five due to overwhelming interest. I must say the stands are great. I've never been huge on PDP stuff, but wow. For the price I could not whine at all. I got three blue and two black. One blue and one black being the two legged model. Nice stands. I kept a couple and traded / sold the rest.

Oh yeah... weird as it is... My overall best bass pedal is an old Rogers R-360. I just love the way that thing feels.

I had a sixties vintage Premier flat base hi-hat that was very sturdy and light.