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Just wondering what this is worth?
Can't tell if they're a re-wrap from the pictures. Ludwig Standards came with wood hoops on the bass drum. The t's and claws may also be non-original....
15 years agoShould I go for this?
Looking at the picture, the bass having 6 lugs doesn't indicate to me that this is any less cool of a set. If that was for sale around here at that pr...
15 years agoArtists using Vintage Yamahas and value? Questlove
I hesitate to call the seller stupid, he's been at it for a while, it appears. If I were sending that set it would go in 2 boxes, the ft in the bass d...
15 years agoArtists using Vintage Yamahas and value? Questlove
Let the games begin (BTW I believe the color of this set is a Blue oyster whereas my eyes are seeing a Black oyster pearl color on Questlove's set.. b...
15 years agoSlingy I.D.
No lines usually means steel.
15 years agoNeed Help Identifying Vintage Zildjian Cymbal
Looks like a 60s sizzle ride cymbal probably fairly thin, without damage it's easily worth well over $100 with the cracks, and I see one cross the gro...
15 years agostar crystalite?
A few years ago I bought a King Beat snare that had a Tama serial Grommet badge on it, and a script "Star" logo engraved in the snare throwoff. Could...
15 years agoArtists using Vintage Yamahas and value? Questlove
Yeah I think there was a definite impact, at least for some drummers, by who was playing their drums. Not being employed in the industry as a marketer...
15 years agoArtists using Vintage Yamahas and value? Questlove
I've been corrected of my above statement "no one knew who Questlove was a month ago.." by an anonymous member by PM.. I asked that he simply respond...
15 years agoLudwigs with a red badge?
The really small concert tom has a Pearl clip mount on it, and it appears to be a Pearl Fiberglass tom. That's from the picture though, which has limi...
15 years agoWow, a 1950s MIJ maker you didn't know
The clip mount looks identical to the late 60s Yamaha clip mount. The name's similar, so should I assume this company is the precursor to modern day Y...
15 years agoArtists using Vintage Yamahas and value? Questlove
I agree with this. But the high profile artist (Questlove is doing the Max Weinberg/Conan O'brien thing only even more high profile, he and his band t...
15 years agostar crystalite?
I once found a tom tom with what appeared to be Camco lugs on it, but it wasn't Camco. I put it on eBay and it sold, but the shell was clear and much...
15 years agoB/O badge era
It isn't possible to accurately date the b/o badges as ending in '84 based on the catalog. My '71 catalog features some pictures with 60s Keystone bad...
15 years agoB/O badge era
^^^ What he said but I heard the cutoff was 1983. Look inside the drum. Does it have a brownish granitone paint? I believe this is a late 70s or early...
15 years ago