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Does Anyone Take the Time To Document Your Collections?
Have kept a database of all gear (and personal possessions of value) for as long as I can remember. One field refers to a photo #, and those photos ar...
13 years agoMystery Vistalites-For all of you Vistalite experts out there
There were certainly concert tom Vistalites in addition to the single-headed Combo offerings, and based on the clip mounts, these sound like regular c...
13 years agoArched drum spur sizes-Ludwig
The 1/2" spurs came out in 1975 or 6.
13 years agoArched drum spur sizes-Ludwig
If you mean the curved spurs, they were 5/16", commonly/mistakenly called 1/4". The mounts have the same hole spacing as the old gullwing mounts (P-1...
13 years agoSabian 6 1/2" high hats
Good news I suppose, but I did have an answer for you! In the '90s, Sabian had a hand-held, finger-trigger operated 'hi-hat' with small cymbals. I fi...
13 years agoCurry Custom Drums?
I don't have any current details, but I last saw Curry maybe 10 years ago. They were one of over 100 boutique builders using Keller shells, etc. Or m...
13 years agoRemoving Ludwig Baseball Bat muffler.
As I recall, it's all on normal nuts & screws, just have a close look and you'll see in what order to take it apart. Be careful to note exactly where...
13 years agoPearl Varitone early 80s drumset on auction
From jonnistix...
13 years agoPearl Varitone early 80s drumset on auction
Those are Vari-Pitch, with chrome-over-wood (Acousticon??) and not terribly desirable. I have a Vari-Pitch snare in pristine condition, and it's a fai...
13 years agoOff Set Pedal
I've seen those at NAMM, and the concept goes back to Sleishman about 40 years ago, though there was no attention to pedal spacing/positioning back th...
13 years agoMy new Ludwig snare rare
Here's the link to my Educator kit, I felt it deserved its own page: http://bermudaschwartz.com/edu Never during Ludwig's history of mixing & matchin...
13 years agoBermuda In A Wig
The concert was shot in Toronto, July 16, not long after the Riverside show, although that would have been a great theater to shoot at! This is a new...
13 years agoBermuda In A Wig
Thanks, the entire concert comes out on DVD/BluRay this Tuesday, priced pretty cheap too! Bermuda
13 years agoHow many have been to the Paiste/Sabian/Zildjian/UFIP factories?
I visited Sabian in 1999 and picked out 2 sets of AA hats, rides & crashes for the road. I was introduced to everyone we encountered, and got to see p...
13 years agoHow do you "market" yourself as a drummer?
As touched on, networking is key. The old saying is "it's who you know", but in fact it's who knows you. And it can be quite passive, as simple as sho...
13 years ago