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Old DUCO orphans goodness
Those drums are really cool. Enjoy them.
3 years agoCanister
Good going. That's a nice one. I think that the scarcer drum colors are even more scarce for canister thrones. I used to have a WMP Rogers canister th...
3 years agoRed-White-Blue Late 60s Slingerland set 12-14-20
Slingerfan...I have a good idea. You keep believing what you want to believe, and don't even consider buying my drum set. I can live very happily with...
3 years agoRed-White-Blue Late 60s Slingerland set 12-14-20
I'm not looking to argue with you. But, that's a pretty damn smug pronouncement from you. I am good with this explanation from the Slingerland drum da...
3 years agoLudwig Club Date
Why did some of the English and German drum manufacturers use that nasty "sparkle" wrap that developed a sandpaper texture as the drums aged? One of t...
3 years agoI'll break the ice: Rob Cook's Rogers book
The "floating" concept, as I understand it, is plain and simple. The head rests on the bearing edge of the drum. The heads can be easily rotated aroun...
3 years agoDW Slingerland
If I was still active in the buy/sell/trade game, I would occasionally acquire decent Ludwig drum sets on the cheap as trade bait to swap for drums th...
3 years agoI'll break the ice: Rob Cook's Rogers book
Both of my drum sets offered for sale are for righty and lefty players alike. The Slingerland bop size set (20-12-14) has a center-mounted Set-o-Matic...
3 years agoI'll break the ice: Rob Cook's Rogers book
I wish that I still had that Rogers set. The BDP set that I have owned for about ten years now is my 1963 Leedy set. if I had to divest myself of all...
3 years agoI'll break the ice: Rob Cook's Rogers book
My first new drum set was a 1961 Rogers outfit that I ordered from Foster's Music in Hammond, Indiana. I was deciding between Slingerland and Rogers d...
3 years agoTwo Vintage Drum Sets For Sale
Slingerland was making the Red/White/Blue drums for several years before the bicentennial. Gretsch made some truly horrendously ugly "patriotic" snare...
3 years agoDW Slingerland
Good to see you again DrumBob. How was your stay in Siberia? I have not had any interest in going back to that other place where guys like us were not...
3 years agoNew Rogers and new member
Here's a peek at the drum set with my Chrome over Brass Powertone snare.
3 years agoTwo Vintage Drum Sets For Sale
The three colors of wrap are Red Sparkle, Blue Sparkle, and Vintage White Marine Pearl. The Vintage WMP bands replaced the original White Sparkle band...
3 years agoNew Rogers and new member
Thanks, Slinngerfan. My Rogers Top Hat set is available and would love to surround your new snare drum. Give me a holler so we can discuss that possib...
3 years ago