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Ludwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them

I think I have heard the opposite. I suspect they both did it. Ludwig invented and patented the triple flange hoop. Slingerland bent the top edge in...

2 years ago
Ludwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them

Yes it is standard metal shop methods used for those drums. What you are discounting is that Slingerland had a specific way of doing them and Ludwig h...

2 years ago
Ludwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them

Well, the Acrolite first shows up in the spring '62 Ludwig Drummer issue. The description and the same picture is used through the '63 Ludwig New Prod...

2 years ago
Tama Artstars - Cordia Wood Restoration???

You need to get a new friend... Are they the high gloss finish or the matte finish? Pictures would also help. I always treat natural and paint...

2 years ago
Ludwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them

True. But given the exact same construction as the early Slingerland aluminum snare drums, and one Slingerleedy aluminum snare drum that I have seen...

2 years ago
Ludwig Acrolite drum set and Slingerland copied them

A while back I saw some pictures on another site of a prototype Ludwig Acrolite drum set. The shells were made the same way as the prototype/first gen...

2 years ago
VDF's Drum History Section: Why Hasn't It Been Updated?

Do you have anything to contribute to that section? I'm sure Tommy and the team would welcome any content you could that you could provide.

2 years ago
Sign in Not Saving

My son showed me how to fix this issue. It is the same in Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Safari has a similar method, although it takes more steps. These...

2 years ago
Velcro adhesive inside a 3-ply maple Ludwig ?

It might pull some of the finish off if you ever remove it, but it might not. Using a hair drier to heat the velcro, thus softening the adhesive follo...

2 years ago
C&C: how do they compare?

From latzanimal...

2 years ago
Camco/Dunnett way comparisons?

I got to try out a Geo Way 14" x 6.5" Studio snare when they first launched. It was very well made and sounded really great. It was a natural finish a...

2 years ago
C&C: how do they compare?

From J!m...

2 years ago
C&C: how do they compare?

I'm not sure what he was using but the pictures I saw looked like contact cement to me. His drums also had wood hoops. Like I said, they looked very n...

2 years ago
Yamaha Drums

Everything I can find says either Luan or Luan and "other" woods. So they are beginner to intermediate drums. Being Yamaha and made in Japan they are...

2 years ago
C&C: how do they compare?

There was a boutique builder in the Atlanta area in the 90s that had similar problems. The Bearing Edge, I think. The drums had exotic veneers and fin...

2 years ago