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Oversize BD heads
I just tried to put a fiberskin head on my 60's Gretsch 20" BD and it is too tight and will not seat. The old head was a remo and fit OK. Who makes ov...
13 years agoDating Gretsch Bass drum
KC, Thanks. The BD is Black Nitron but is a rewrap. probably rewraped at least 25 years ago. I checked the existing holes and it at one time had the r...
14 years agoDating Gretsch Bass drum
Also label is orange & white. says Model 42.
14 years agoDating Gretsch Bass drum
I have a 20" round badge BD 6 ply with clear maple interior. Serial #74341. Original sticker says Guaranteed for life shell. Any way of dating this dr...
14 years agosizzle cymbal
OK here it is in the 1941 catalog. http://www.vintagecymbalguide.com/images/catalog_pages/zildjian/41_ludwig_cymbals.jpg I remember seeing it in a c...
14 years agosizzle cymbal
OK I found one here it is. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Rare-Vintage-20s-Ludwig-12-Buzz-Sizzle-Effect-Cymbal-/220777307408?pt=AU_Musical_Instruments_Instrum...
14 years agosizzle cymbal
Large sizzles. I remember a cymbal in I think the Ludwig catalog back in the 60's. It had large chrome sizzles about the size of a silver dollar. Does...
14 years agoGretsch Dilemma opinions welcome
Well, the one thing I am NOT going to do is sell it. It was very hard to find. Right now I have $411 in it and still need correct thumb screws for th...
14 years agoGretsch Dilemma opinions welcome
OK, after searching for years I finally found a RB 14 X 14 for my set. I have a 20/12/16 and have wanted to downsize. It needed a few parts but I ha...
14 years ago9X13 Slingerland or Fibes tom for 8X12 Ludwig
I should have put this in the heading.
14 years agoLeedy 12 X 18" Bass drum
Found this on a Slingerland site. Haskell Harr said that the larger tenor drums in the ’50s were being carried vertically like bass drums because the...
14 years agoLeedy 12 X 18" Bass drum
I have seen old bass drums about that size used in bagpipe bands. Would be a very awkward marching snare. Too thin to hang right.
14 years agoLeedy 12 X 18" Bass drum
I have come across a very old square badge Leedy Bass drum shell. Looks to be 20s or 30s? The shell size is 12 X 18 without hoops. It has one hoop wit...
14 years agoBlue Sparkle Ludwig 8 X 12 tom
I will trade a 13" Fibes tom 1972 or a 13" Blue Sparkle Slingerland 60's tom for a 8 X 12" Blue sparkle Ludwig classic 60's tom.
14 years agoMy Gretsch Restore
If you part it out I need the 2 thumb screws in the pic, and also 1 large lug. Let me know. thanks, Bill
14 years ago