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Rocket Snare - Gretsch Lugs??
That's awesome. Would love to know what the name of this finish was. Well now I know there are more drums with this wrap out there. Certainly can't be...
9 years agoVFW Parade Drum question
What gets me on it being a Ludwig is the lack of the drum key holder. That may seem like such a small item of interest, but in the photos above, each...
9 years agoHow Rare is Rare - Tama Superstar
I don't think they lasted long or made many of them. I can't even recall any top artists using them. Neil used the gong bass drums and the Timbales. T...
9 years agoHoshino Horror
Oddly enough - one of my cats would wear bags as capes and he would love to be flown through the house like superman. He was a strange one. To the dr...
9 years agoKeyholing Question
As long as you like the sound, that's what matters. I think as long as you use the proper care with your cymbals it should be fine. A crack would be a...
9 years agoAnybody looking for a rootbeer snare?
When I got my Crown last winter, the mechanism in the lever was broken. I managed to get it fixed and working flawlessly.
9 years agoVintage Octobans - Ludwig?
I think these lugs may have become a Standard. I've even seen them recently being sold under the name " Enforcer ". Wouldn't be shocked if Tama was th...
9 years agoAnybody looking for a rootbeer snare?
I'll say though. If I were closer, I'd probably pick this up. One of the nicer MIJ snares. And aside the missing badge, it looks to be in really great...
9 years agoVintage Octobans - Ludwig?
You're spot on with them being Rockstar lugs. I wanna say they made these mid 80's They used Royalstar / Swingstar lugs for a while. They seem to firs...
9 years agoAnybody looking for a rootbeer snare?
I've only seen this throw on two snares. Both Crown. I wonder if this was a Tama or Pearl strainer system. What's interesting is both my Crown snare a...
9 years agoAnybody looking for a rootbeer snare?
Love the round strainer. My blue sparkle crown has one. Sweet color.
9 years agoVFW Parade Drum question
Only drum I've had similar was an early 1900's no name 15" snare. Had the same styles tension rods,no lugs of any sort. My claws are slightly smaller,...
9 years agoHoshino Horror
Man that finish really is freaking gorgeous.
9 years agoVintage Octobans - Ludwig?
Certainly Tama and from the 80's. I have 70's Acrylic Octobans, and the lugs are different. And I know in the 90's when they came out with the Starcla...
9 years agoGretsch RB Maple Finish
In the very first reply I posted ( which I since edited ) I was initially incorrect. The drum kit in the photo provided was not Charlie Watts kit, or...
9 years ago