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Popular sound qualities? (use in Ludwig Legacy)
I've always figured poplar was a lower-end wood, which I guess is what is generally seen as. Why is it then that it still used in the super-high end...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Rock Machine?
I believe you are right on the "cortex" part though I'm not sure, from what I've known cortex is just another type of wrap. Anyway as you can tell f...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Rock Machine?
Judging from the sizes it looks like yours is a "Big Beat," going off of this catalog. You're right though, very similar xP. Same wrap and year and...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Rock Machine, curious as to worth
Not sure how much this helps, but a floor tom with the same construction (same year even!) sold recently on ebay. It has the tone control and no rust...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Rock Machine, curious as to worth
While I wasn't able to pull up a pic of the drums, I did take a quick look and noticed that the toms do have just the reinforcement rings (like this p...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Rock Machine, curious as to worth
Hmm, so I was fiddling with tuning yesterday and figured for the heck of it I would measure the shell thickness... turns out they are 7.5mm so I guess...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Rock Machine, curious as to worth
While I don't plan on selling this kit anytime soon/ever (if at all possible), was curious at to it's worth. Here's the info I put up and learned from...
16 years agoGetting use out of an old, cracked A (modifications)
Sweet, and only 20-25 bucks?! Somehow I imagined it would cost much much more. Anyway what Gavin Harrison does is cut them down so that they are chi...
16 years agoGetting use out of an old, cracked A (modifications)
When I got my kit one of the things it came with was an old 15" vintage A (60's), with a big crack running through the stamp and about 3 inches toward...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Classic Maple kit, any info?
Yeah not to ding on the previous guy (really great dude and knew he was giving a deal), but he was a very novice drummer and didn't really know or res...
16 years agoPossible Record
Any idea as to why the holes? Was someone using it as a grater or something? Best of luck, however!
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Classic Maple kit, any info?
First off, pics: spur, plus view of a hole comfy pillow mount (plus socks to compensate for the depth diff comfy pillow mount again Hmm, thanks for t...
16 years agoSo who puts tape on.....
Outside of moon gels and sticky hands/walk walkers (they are made of the same stuff, although moon gels are thicker), there are plastic muffling rings...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Classic Maple kit, any info?
Thanks for the help! So there was no specific model for the drums then? I was just going off of what the little article on the Ludwig site said, and f...
16 years ago1976 Ludwig Classic Maple kit, any info?
Hey all, I got a 1976 Ludwig maple kit a while back on craigslist and was wondering about its exact value or if there is anything else out of the ordi...
16 years ago