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Pair of old drums in less than perfect shape
The Ludwig drum is a Duco Club Date tom with nickel (or badly corroded) hardware. "Duco" is the color scheme – often thought to be short for "D...
11 years ago6.5 black beauty with tubes for imperial version
Care to trade for a mint 1960 22" in silver sparkle? Kinda random, but worth a shot. Go here for pics: http://www.drumforum.org/index.php?/topic/993...
11 years agoRogers Silver Sparkle Drums
Hey, I have a pre-serial 22" Silver Sparkle Ludwig 22" from jan 4 1960 in immaculate condition that I'm looking to trade for something like this ̵...
11 years agoHoping to snag a Ludwig Mach 5 today!!
Actually, I was almost totally wrong - there's only one hole per side on my rack tom. Both the floor and the kick have two holes per side, though they...
11 years agoHoping to snag a Ludwig Mach 5 today!!
From K.O....
11 years agoHoping to snag a Ludwig Mach 5 today!!
Oooo, mach love! I just got myself a 76 mach lugged luddy. 26-15-20 in green sparkle. I'm in love! I know it's really unlikely, but I'd love to fi...
11 years agoOn the lookout
What are you looking for? Sizes? Brand? Era? Wrap? I have a kit for sale in the "other" forum, but I haven't posted here due to laziness. It's...
11 years agoI couldn't help it... :)
From Purdie Shuffle...
11 years agoLudwig 6.5x14 SS Pre-serial
I think you're good, man. But like Ron said, magnetism doesn't matter – magnets don't stick to the non-brass supra either. But magnets DO stic...
11 years agoLudwig 6.5x14 SS Pre-serial
At the risk of being wrong again... :) Engravings were usually done by a school that owned the drum. But it could've been a private owner too for w...
11 years agoLudwig 6.5x14 SS Pre-serial
From mlayton...
11 years agoLudwig 6.5x14 SS Pre-serial
Most times, the stamp sits above the tone control on the outside of the drum – and it's not an ink stamp, it's literally stamped into the metal. Some...
11 years agoLudwig 6.5x14 SS Pre-serial
Steve – one month ago I had trouble selling a converted SS in Ludalloy from 64 for $275. Ended up selling it for 260 shipped. You made out lik...
11 years agoPlease help me identify this Ludwig set.
Yeah, I'd keep those hi hats. If they're from the 60's they likely sound amazing. Your Pioneer really looks great – this wrap was known to fad...
11 years agoPlease help me identify this Ludwig set.
And you're right about the time period of the kit – the wrap is called Black Diamond Pearl and is fairly common. The double tom mount may not h...
11 years ago