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WFL 1939 "Ray Bauduk" Dixieland Swing BDP
Drooling!! I thought the DL snare had the wood hoops and metal hooped version was just called the 'Swing' or something?
9 years agoBrexit
Checked on eBay for Premier stuff and not seeing any real drum deals yet. Shipping to USA is still kind of a cost hindrance too :/ Would love a set o...
9 years agoState of the current vintage market
Mike has 600 more snare drums than I do :D Anyhoo, sorry, felt I needed to say that. Mad respect Mike :) I'm sort of collecting/borderline hoarding...
9 years agoBrexit
Me thinks the pound rebound isn't going to happen in a day! I also think sellers will adjust their prices to the weaker pound. Hope the UK can weath...
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
From longjohn...
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
Mine weren't overly tight when I checked last night but I normally run tight on reso and tighter on batter. I loosened everything up last night. I als...
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
Without taking all of my lugs off, what would be a tell tale sign that a mighty lug was failing, or do they just break before any signs?
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
Hey Kevin this is Eric, we spoke on the phone earlier :) Welcome back to VDF! All this talk about mighty lugs has me thinking I should take my SS s...
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
No, I have nothing to do with those Tama lugs in the previous posts. I only had the 8x14 MINT cherry wine snare drum. 8x14's go for more money anyway,...
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
I am portlandvintagedrums and the one I had was a 8x14 and MINT! Sold for $390. I still have the rest of that kit's cherry wine drums, kind of wish I...
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
BTW, my same version of this snare drum is also stained inside :) Picked mine up from used Guitar Center a few years ago for about $200 but it had som...
9 years agoTama Superstar 6.5x14 birch Mastercraft snare drum in cherry wine
You bought that from a local guy here in the Portland area who scooped me on this particular drum deal! :D That particular eBay seller is well known f...
9 years agoUnusual Ludwig club date
Looks like faded original blue sparkle, very nice and what a great story and lucky find! :)
9 years agoNew Tama Flat Base Cymbal Stands-As close as anyone has come yet to the 60's Ludwigs
Sweet! Cool Dude
9 years agoGretsch 'SwingMan' out fit from late 30's
Already narrowed it down to the Swing Man set, I have 2 tunable hoop mounted toms :) My kit consists of: 13x9 tunable tom with tack bottom 14x12 tu...
9 years ago