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What's the reason for a TWO throwoffs?
Of course WFL made dual throw off snare drums in the late 30'-early 40's. Usually one snare was a 10-strand regular while the other was a set of six s...
17 years agoEames Drums Question
Joe will put on what ever lugs you want to give him. I think he will use anything. The shells are still made on an old wheel dating back to the turn o...
17 years agoEames Drums Question
Ralph Eames purchased the company in 1950 and mostly made hybrid screwball drums. In the old days he would just put together frankenstein drums to mak...
17 years agoWFL - 12/14/20 or 12/14/18
They really did not make jazz sets in the 50's. They had 20,12 sizes but I don't think the 14x14 came around until 1959 or something like that. The Lu...
17 years agoLudwig Tom Mount Question
I think most late 60's Ludwigs came with the short legs. My 69 mod orange 22,13,16 came with short legs as did my 1968 silver sparkle 22,13,16. What l...
17 years agoLudwig Official Released Mistake
Probobly an early 60's club date as most of the later clubdates were 20,12,14 sizes. That floor tom should also have spring loaded legs.
17 years agoWFL Badge
That is not unusual. I have been collecting WFL drums for about 15 years and I have seen at least 10 varying WFL badges from the past. I have a pic of...
17 years agoNew WMP from 1963
I have a N.A.R.D. card from the 40's signed by Wm F. Ludwig senior and James Burns Moore. That's kind of cool.
17 years agoValue Of Vintage Ludwig Kit
Very nice deal! I have a july 8th 1968 22,13,16 in silver sparkle. That was a good deal. Is that two badges on the bass drum??!?
17 years agoID for an old Ludwig Snare, please?
I have the same drum identical to yours! Mine is a blue sparkle like yours and it has the same throw-off. If you look inside my drum you can see how t...
17 years agoPsychedelic Red Ludwig Blue Note
Actually I am of the strong beliefe that psych red appeared around June of 1967. I saw a mod orange jazzfest once that was dated June of 1967. That wa...
17 years ago"hot" cymbals
I played in a dixieland jazz band for a while and used a two-piece WFL set from the 40's. I would use a Ray Bauduc twin strainer snare drum as well as...
17 years ago1971 Ludwig drums - ballpark value?
Nice looking set. Too bad about the bass drum and those extra holes! It is always disturbing to see someone put an extra mount on like that. Oh well,...
17 years agoLudwig B/O Black Beauty
I have a b/o badge acro that has no serial number. It just has a scratched in number. I was thinking this drum could be a very late 1969 drum as I hav...
17 years agoEducate Me, Please! - Ludwig Cymbal Stands
I have always thought that the round heads were the earlier ones while the teardrop ones came a little later. Not sure though. Ludwig started using th...
17 years ago