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Leedy BDP drum set
From markrocks68...
3 years agoLeedy BDP drum set
When I thinned down my collection from 13 vintage drum sets to 5 sets, That 1963 Champagne Sparkle set was one set that was sold because it sorta dupl...
3 years agoRingo's cymbals in new Get Back documentary
Why don't you ask Ringo when you request his autograph? Just kidding... .
3 years agoLeedy BDP drum set
markrocks68...thanks for your nice comment and for the message. I will send you a message in response with pictures sometime later today or tomorrow.
3 years agoRingo's cymbals in new Get Back documentary
Ringo's affiliation with Ludwig might have provided him with Paiste cymbals back in the early years. Ringo may be like many of us mere mortals who for...
3 years agoLeedy BDP drum set
I do have the pink snare that I used with my 1963 Champagne Sparkle Leedy set that looks like yours. The configuration was 22--13--16. I sometimes us...
3 years agoLeedy BDP drum set
Jim Petty taught me that this snare arrangement is installed on the drum . Then it's a simple matter to set it and forget it except for occasional fin...
3 years agoLeedy BDP drum set
I was very fortunate to acquire a second Shelly Manne snare drum a few years after acquiring the BDP snare with the rest of the drum set. These snare...
3 years agoLeedy BDP drum set
Several years ago--I think it was almost ten years ago--I acquired this beautiful 1963 Leedy drum set. The drums were pristine when I acquired them, a...
3 years agoThis One Might Draw Some Interest
I was very sad to hear that my long-time friend Jim had died. Before we moved from the Dallas area to the Houston area, I visited Jim at his shop many...
3 years agoVintage as Vintage Can Be
I hope that the drums in this set are better matches with each other than the drums in this Rogers set that I owned for a few years. I used a cradle f...
3 years agoWhat were the most innovative designs from each vintage company?
From larryz...
3 years agoWhat were the most innovative designs from each vintage company?
There have been many knockoffs of Swivomatic with metal ball and socket or metal socket with plastic ball. Memriloc has been copied endlessly.
3 years agowho made these Bollero drums ?
Whatever reasons drum makers gave for making their drums (usually the toms) with an odd number of lugs (5 or 7), I'm pretty sure that the real reason...
3 years agoVintage Rogers on Facebook
Either the missing zero as grantro suggests or a very vengeful suddenly-single ex wife or ex girlfriend getting some satisfaction.
3 years ago