Posts
Ludwig Paper Labels from 1971/72 Time Frame - Date Codes?
Thanks. I will add it to the list. Actually I added it to the website list just now, so it is up to date.
9 years agoLudwig Paper Labels from 1971/72 Time Frame - Date Codes?
This is a (soft of) annual bump to see if anyone has any ideas about the meaning of what I have termed the "Date Code" that Ludwig used on some of its...
9 years agoWanted: Ludwig Lugs
I have plenty, so will sort out six good ones. Some of mine are later with the plastic pieces that hold the inserts, others have springs. Which woul...
9 years agoWanted: Ludwig Lugs
What are the hole to hole center line dimensions on these? I think I have plenty, all of which are chrome. Rick
9 years agoThis is Display Your old Gretsch thread
My "old" Gretsch is this one. I do not know the vintage other than to suggest that it is 1930s-ish. There is an outline/residue from a "Gretsch Amer...
9 years ago1965 Ludwig Pioneer Galaxy Sparkle
Galaxy Sparkle Wrap Nickel Hardware Resa-Cote Interior White Felt Baseball Bat Tone Control Date Stamp JUN 7 1965 Serial Number 146194 Nice color - Gr...
9 years agoHow do you display/store your drum collection?
A few years ago I made a shelf for some snares out of metal closet rods and shelf brackets from The Home Depot. This expanded to three (at my wife's...
9 years agoLudwig Snare serial number, please help!
From Drumguy1988...
9 years agoLudwig Identification Please
It looks like a late 1970s/early 1980s set. More information and pictures would help. Sizes, condition, etc...
9 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
I took a look at my list and found the following numbers of drums with both date stamps and serial numbers from 1969 (all have Keystone badges unless...
9 years agoGretsch Snare - Need help identifying
I have seen the badge before on a similar drum. I noted that there was a 1914 patent date on the throw.
9 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
My rough guess is that about one third of the drums in the Reso-Cote interior era have date stamps which are still present and readable today. Some a...
9 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
Thanks. I hope to be able to gather enough information about "bought together sets" that I can demonstrate the typical serial number range one might e...
9 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
From kellyj...
9 years ago1969 Ludwig "Transition Badge"? HELP
I would suggest that rather than calling this a transition badge (a term that usually applies to a particular style of badge used in the later 1950s),...
9 years ago