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What cool vintage hardware actually works well today?
When you hire a carpenter to work on your house, he doesn't grow the trees to make the wood to make the plywood, the major drum companies were the sam...
15 years agoWhat cool vintage hardware actually works well today?
From atomicmorganic...
15 years agoWhat cool vintage hardware actually works well today?
Around 1980 I was at a Tom Scott rehearsal and Steve Gadd was playing drums. It was a rental set of Ludwigs, and when Steve arrived he changed the Sp...
15 years agoWhat cool vintage hardware actually works well today?
I use pretty much 100% Walberg & Auge (except kick pedal) and prefer them over anything else. I love the W&A hihat I use, better since modified.
15 years agoVintage Ludwig Drums Kit
More reliable is to figure out the pic problem and someone here will probably give you an educated range of when they were made.
15 years agoVintage N00b
From nemo007...
15 years agoRemoving Pain From A Ludwig Pearl Wrap
WD-40 is always worth a try as a cleaner - I've never seen it destroy anything. I've used it to get oil based paint off of my hands... it's kinder to...
15 years agoLudwig 1400 Flat Base Cymbal Stands
Here's some more Wally's, as sold by Gretsch... the stand on your left (my right) is a Walberg cymbal stand in nickel, it's my favorite stand, and the...
15 years agoToo high?
I heard that cymbals are the same as old wine or art, that every once in awhile you need to throw it all out and get new ones.
15 years agoAdvice needed: glue down lifting wrap
You apply a pretty thin coat of contact cement and let it dry until it's just barely tacky (like me). A cheap paint brush or old toothbrush works to...
15 years agoAdvice needed: glue down lifting wrap
I've found that multiple coats of contact cement work much better than one... three is a good number.
15 years agoToo high?
Hmmm... The listing says: "An illuminated custom acrylic case will be included. Please inquire for dimensions." Dimensions... as in parallel unive...
15 years agoLudwig 1400 Flat Base Cymbal Stands
From tillerva...
15 years agoCan I Add A Second Ride Tom Without Doing Harm?
The Rims type mounts mount under the rim of the drum... so the existing stock diamond shaped Gretsch plate on the drum would still be there, but go un...
15 years agoCan I Add A Second Ride Tom Without Doing Harm?
From knavel...
15 years ago