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Little help on an old Leedy.
This is an old Leedy Utility snare I picked up yesterday. She is pretty beat up but looks to be all original which is kinda cool. My guess is it's fro...
13 years agoHelp with some hoops please.
That's two votes for table top !!!! Looks like someone certainly used it as a drum hoop though. Maybe a decorative toy drum ? On the slingerland hoops...
13 years agoAnd here is another Cocktail.
Thanks Mikey. Good to know on the WFL wrap being different from the Ludwig. I am pretty sure the drum is a one piece shell. There are some weird...
13 years agoAnd here is another Cocktail.
Couple more pics !
13 years agoAnd here is another Cocktail.
Got a few questions on this guy and any help is always appreciated. What I have (I think) is a 55 ish WFL Cocktail Lounge Drum. I don't think it has a...
13 years agoHelp with some hoops please.
Exhibit C This is the weirdest one in the pile. Funny it's the only one I thought would be brass and it's the only one that is not. Anyway I have...
13 years agoHelp with some hoops please.
Exhibit B I have no idea what this one is other than it is really beefy and passed the magnet test as well. It is also an 8 lug that is 15.5 acros...
13 years agoHelp with some hoops please.
So I dropped 100 bucks at a pawn show yesterday on a 50 ish WFL Cocktail Drum and a half dozen hoops. I was wondering if I could get some help I.D.ing...
13 years ago1953 Gretsch Hardware.
Steve is sold out. Anyone else got what I need ?
14 years ago1953 Gretsch Hardware.
Thanks for the link. Those will work on the Gladstone type mounts as well as the Diamond mounts correct ?
14 years agoCocktails anyone ?
Alright I've stripped everything down, cleaned everything up and put what I have back together. Now I need a hand with getting some period correct par...
14 years ago1953 Gretsch Hardware.
Looking to score some tom holders and t-bolts that are period correct. I am trying to complete a 1953 Gretsch Cocktail drum. I need 2 complete tom ho...
14 years agoCocktails anyone ?
Here are the pics of the backside of the weird holes around the tom leg holders at the bottom. They have been filled. I am guessing from the inside be...
14 years agoCocktails anyone ?
I found a date stamp ! I am 0 for about 20 on finding date stamps on my drums. Hell I quit looking for them all together so I was shocked to see this....
14 years agoCocktails anyone ?
Wow tons of good info there Cfalzerano. Thanks for taking in time to chime in with all that and post those Catalog pages. The drum is 24 deep but man...
14 years ago