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Buddy Rich Burns On This Solo
We're so lucky to have a video record of great performances like this one. Imagine all the musical greatness that has been lost in time because it was...
10 years agoTuning an 8x12 Tom
For best projection I tune both heads to the same pitch. If I want a pitch-dive when I hit it, I'll tune the top a third higher than the reso. For up-...
10 years agoMusic Store Decals
Cool! :p John
10 years agoMusic Store Decals
I don't have any in-house at the moment, but I have had tags from Baltimore, MD and Hollywood, CA on drums I have purchased. Mostly though, I see blac...
10 years agoSlingerland Gold Veil Find?
This set of drums can be saved. It would take a Jack Lawton to do it, but it can be saved. Black wrap is very forgiving when it comes to repairs. Usin...
10 years agoRolling Stones
I got to go to the New York show of the Steel Wheels Tour in 88'. It was a concert experience that is etched in my brain. The Stones have -always- bee...
10 years agoR.I.P. Jack Bruce
> ...part of the soundtrack of my life That says it all right there... R.I.P. Jack John
10 years agoVDF Fundraiser?
Donations are voluntary at VDF. I've never gotten a 'bill' or money request from VDF. The For Sale section is free for members to use, no fees, or cha...
10 years agoDid You Grow Up In A Mom & Pop Music Store?
Maybe I needed to elaborate a little more about the role music stores played in the lives of young musicians like myself. In the 60's in N.Y. music st...
10 years agoDid You Grow Up In A Mom & Pop Music Store?
From poppies...
10 years agoDid You Grow Up In A Mom & Pop Music Store?
Hi All, There is a thread going about how impersonal and off-putting it can be to visit a music store these days. It made me think of a music store I...
10 years agoLate 50's/Early 60's Rogers Blue/Silver Duco Kit
Tim - Glenn (Fer128) repaired a bunch of B&B lugs not long ago and he did a great job on them. You might want to track down the thread and giving it a...
10 years agoBlasphemous talk...
Tev - The difference is; those kids don't -own- the store. They don't give a rats as$ if you buy or not, they only want to collect a paycheck for doin...
10 years agoblaemire snare
You have to get Jinx to chime in on this. It 'looks like' manufacturing stress marks, not breaks. My Blaemires are stored away so checking the bearing...
10 years agoLooking for some Ludwig experts on a 60s snare..?
Here ya go, bud... [IMG]http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n632/PurdieShuffle/snares1_zps0fd90de6.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i1143.photobucket.com/album...
10 years ago