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Holy grail of snares?
Blair lowballed me!! Seriously, Mike is right, I sold my Slingerland Black Beauty for more than the price Blair quoted. I consider the original Ludwi...
12 years agoA Quandry-What to get rid of??
Looking for a 16x16 Maple finish B+O badge Ludwig Floor Tom. Prefer 3 ply. Will pay cash! Thanks Bun E
12 years agoNickle over brass super Ludwig
You can tell if it's two piece by looking at the bead seam inside the shell. Standards are great players, I used a 5x14 eight lugger for a dozen year...
12 years agoAnyone heard of or seen a single head snare???
In the 1950's cocktail floor toms were one headed with snare wires under the head.
12 years agoOCD Over load!!
Ludwig drums come from the factory with the badges and drumhead logos aligned. I think it's good to be OCD when setting up my drums. I've been playin...
12 years agoCharlie Watts playing a Slingerland Radio King
I think the set belongs to one of the player's brothers in Charlie's band, The A B C and D of Boogie Woogie. He uses it on the European dates they pla...
12 years ago1967 Ludwig Red Psychedelic
Great looking set. First year for those. Really cool!
13 years agoHow old is this set?
Most wraps, like black diamond, weren't introduced until the late 1920's, so.... that's what I know.
13 years agoLudwig Downbeat Dilemma
Not a big deal here. Seems minor, unless it's buzzing when you play the drum.
13 years agoHappy Birthday to Bun E. Carlos
Thanks you guys! Twas a good one.
13 years agoWhat color is my Ludwig?
Gold Flash usually was a "broken glass" sparkle. The wrap has bits of broken glass in it, giving it that great looking sparkle. Ludwig and Ludwig call...
13 years agoTom on Snare Stand??
The Flex Frame works on toms and snare drums. My 1967 mod orange jazz fest resonates better, good enough for me to use the snare in club gigs, and the...
13 years agoTom on Snare Stand??
Get a snare stand and Flex Frame for your tom. It'll resonate like a Rims mount. It works for me.
13 years agojust got 40s Gretsch set, tell me what you see
tdennis, I sold my last rocket lug set at the Chicago Show last year for a grand. 4 drums, 28,16,13, and 7x14 snare drum. All drums were double tensio...
13 years agojust got 40s Gretsch set, tell me what you see
The kit looks re-wrapped. Bearing edges are pretty flat on rocket lug drums also. Shells are usually 3 ply and sound pretty good. Too bad bass drum is...
13 years ago