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Your opinion of the best places to buy new ludwig replacement parts
drumsonsale.com has almost every Ludwig spare part on their website. I have not actually bought from them however.
13 years agosplitting up a kit
You can usually make more money that way. Even more money can be made if you part out each individual drum. It's something I hate to see and wouldn'...
13 years agoAluminum..yea or nay
If you have every played or heard a Ludwig supraphonic from about '64 up to the present, you have heard and aluminum snare drum. Aluminum comes in dif...
13 years ago60s, Ludwig, Duco, Resto?
good old fashioned paint remover will take that paint right off down to the maple. Then you can decide if you want to do a natural finish or redo the...
13 years ago11 Piece Ludwig Monster -double Bass Kit From 8o's Van Halen Tribute
This is supposedly the original kit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/markscott/114369330/lightbox/
13 years agoLudwig Speed King Paint
That is pretty sad that someone at a Sherwin Williams paint store wouldn't have a clue. pretty much any hardware store or big box home center will c...
13 years agoRepairing stripped threads on Ludwig stands
From thin shell...
13 years agoRepairing stripped threads on Ludwig stands
As has been said chasing the threads will only work if there is enough material there, but the threads are just messed up. There is also a little me...
13 years agoLudwig Stands
They are still listed in the Ludwig spare parts catalog. http://www.ludwig-drums.com/pdf/av1453.pdf see page 10 of the PDF. part number P-1722-B is...
13 years agoIs This Snare Worth $140?
that's a decent price. I would jump on it. It would be an aluminum shell. The big thing to look for is pitting or flaking of the chrome on the shell....
13 years agoLudwig Spray Paint Nightmare Kit
From larryvonludwig...
13 years agoLudwig Spray Paint Nightmare Kit
chlorine bleach will only do so much. It might work on the citrisrip stains but I know it won't work on naturally dark patches on maple. I tried that...
13 years agoA Different Ludwig Speed King Question
groove pins are still available in case yours got messed up in the process. A good hardware store with a good fastener section should carry them. Half...
13 years agoA Different Ludwig Speed King Question
They are actually what is called "groove pins" They have a tapered groove that runs the length of the pin. The pins is not tapered per se but the gro...
13 years agoWFL marching snare to piccolo- My first experiment w/ re-ring removal!
Looks nice but I wouldn't particularly recommend this method. You could have very easily steamed the whole shell apart. What I have done is cut the...
13 years ago