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Will This MIJ Price Madness Ever End
As long as the majority of buyers don't bite at the crazy prices, these chuckle heads can list them as high as they want. If nothing else, it provided...
2 years agoVincent Leef, Vitalizer Drums ??? (Speed King pedals)
You might encourage him to update his site with when he is thinking he will be back in business.
2 years agoLudwig SL Drums
If they have the four ply "Super Classic" shells then they are decent drums. They were the cheaper line of drums at the time using the smaller lugs an...
2 years agoWhat is this?
It is a Premier New Era timp-tom. Kind of a low end drum but still a Premier. They show up on Ebay every once and a while. I haven't seen them in any...
2 years agoDo You Use Vintage Hardware for Gigs?
I should add that I don't use a vintage throne. I have a SoundSeat and a Roc n Soc tractor seat throne, both with backrests. They are both heavy but d...
2 years agoDo You Use Vintage Hardware for Gigs?
I haven't gigged in a while but I was using all Ludwig flat base stuff and it was great being able to carry all of my hardware at once without breakin...
2 years agoLudwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them
just to be clear, those "slingerland" drums are not brass. They are aluminum with a gold dyed anodized finish.
2 years agoPearl Spin Tight Tension Rods with Acrolite/Black Beauty
Interesting idea. My questions would be: what happens when you lose the special key and you need to tune the drum or change a head? What happens when...
2 years agoLudwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them
From K.O....
2 years agoVDF's Drum History Section: Why Hasn't It Been Updated?
If you wanted to accept submissions for content, you could consider having the submitter sign a document giving you un-revocable license to post to yo...
2 years agoLudwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them
From slingerfan...
2 years agoLudwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them
Those claws were still in the 1973 catalog. They offered the threaded and un-threaded versions for single tension parade drums. So they were still a s...
2 years agoPost any and all bugs and issues here.
From OddBall...
2 years agoLudwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them
So nothing uniquely 50s then. Late 50s to early 60s would be more accurate. This would put us within the time frame of when the very first Ludwig alum...
2 years agoVincent Leef, Vitalizer Drums ??? (Speed King pedals)
He has changed his site to https://polyphonicdrums.com/ but he states there that he is going on a hiatis for three months or so and that was dated 5/1...
2 years ago