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Mike Layton killed in motorcycle accident
I had known Mike for many years via forums although we did finally meet up in person at the past few Chicago drum shows once he began to attend, I'm s...
2 years agoLudwig Last WFL & First Trans Badge
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2 years agoSlingerland Green Sparkle: Thoughts?
From leedybdp...
2 years agoSlingerland Green Sparkle: Thoughts?
I found this snare at a yard sale many years ago. $35...."would you take $25?"....."sure". :)
2 years agoLudwig Black Galaxy Sparkle kit, factory or pieced together?
Technically Club Date was an outfit that used Club Date toms and a Century bass drum. All used the same 3 ply shells, just drilled differently.
2 years agoLudwig Blue & White Marine Pearl
If you look at marine pearl finishes they usually are a couple of layers. The "pearl" layer is actually very thin with just a milky white translucence...
3 years agoBudget-line drums from the Big Four?
The thing to remember about all the American made "budget" line drums mentioned above is that they used the same shells as their upper tier brethren ....
3 years agoAll the mod colors
There have been citrus mod sets lurking under Black Panther but most BP sets are just BP. The citrus Mod ones were shells they had already wrapped tha...
3 years agoDownbeat vs clubdate
Also, just to be persnickety, there were no Downbeat drums. There was a 12/14/20 outfit called the Downbeat but the drums in it were the same as any o...
3 years agoAll the mod colors
Citrus is by far the rarest. It just didn't sell very well. Mod Orange is much more common by comparison. It's not common but there's a fair amount ou...
3 years agoHelp identifying Ludwig hi-hat stand
Yeah, that model survived well into the 1980s. The final ones had the big black plastic handles on them. One of my all time favorites. Not adjustable...
3 years agoDownbeat vs clubdate
I tend to agree with Mike. I think Club Dates are a bit more open sounding. The only difference is in the lugs, The shells were the same and a shell c...
3 years agoLudwig Club Date
I bought a WMP Club Date bass drum and tom at the local Salvation Army for $60 about 10 years ago. It was caked with dust but nearly pristine undernea...
3 years agoLudwig's change to lug positioning, 1968?
From jaghog...
3 years agoDW Slingerland
They'll have to use the name on some sort of drum at some point to keep the trademark in effect. Whether that means an actual separate line of drums o...
3 years ago