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MIJ Sighting
The best way to transport these drums is in your Yugo.
3 years agoRingo's Hi Hat Tambourine in Get Back
On the bass drum beater, you can really emphasize the chick vocalist's tambourine chops on the one and three.
3 years agoVintage 1966 Blue Oyster Pearl 16" Floor Tom
The depth of this cocktail drum allows for me (a short guy) to sit on my normal-height canister throne to play. I can use a hi-hat when sitting down t...
3 years agoRingo's Hi Hat Tambourine in Get Back
From Chromeo...
3 years agoRingo's Hi Hat Tambourine in Get Back
Ralph Kester invented Flat Jacks drums. He also created the Ching Ring. I used one of those instead of that tambourine sometimes.
3 years agoRingo's Hi Hat Tambourine in Get Back
For many years during the 60s I kept a headless tambourine laying on top of my upper hi-hat cymbal.
3 years agoVintage 1966 Blue Oyster Pearl 16" Floor Tom
I lucked out with wrapping a no-name pop corn snare with a salvaged scrap from a forum member's trashed bass drum. That scrap was a match to my 50's G...
3 years agoHelp identifying Ludwig hi-hat stand
Most of us have our favorite bass drum pedals and hi-hat stands. I'v had many over the years--including some Ludwigs. My favorite and most dependable...
3 years ago65 Slingerland Shelbyville Badge 20/12/14/snare Gold Sparklearkle
Upside down is not as much of an egregious insult to the drum as being on a snare stand.
3 years ago65 Slingerland Shelbyville Badge 20/12/14/snare Gold Sparklearkle
That drum set is beautiful. It will be gorgeous when you reinstall the original hoops and tom mount hardware.
3 years agoCanister
By the mid 1960s, very few drummers bought new canister thrones. Some older drummers, who had been playing from the 1950s and earlier still used the c...
3 years agoVintage 1963 Blue Oyster Pearl 13" Tom
Most members here know that I don't like Ludwig drums, But, I dislike piecing out complete drum sets even more. I don't wish you well in this effort.
3 years agoOld DUCO orphans goodness
Speaking of Bum Wraps, they can do wraps like these, too. All you need to do is supply them with good photos of the design you want. It would cost a l...
3 years agoOld DUCO orphans goodness
I have developed a reverse snobbery for Duco two-tone drums. My first drum set in 1957 was a used three-piece set of Gretsch drums that were a few yea...
3 years agoCanister
Case closed! I will never tote drum hardware inside this canister throne.
3 years ago