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anyone seen this before
A waste of good orphans if you ask me. You'd need real high ceilings for that rig. I'd rather play em than have to duck to pass under them. :p lol...
13 years agoSlingy Copper Floor Tom
Great video, Rich. I learn something new about vintage drums -every day- here at VDF. Interesting kit. Would have been killer if the kit was all-metal...
13 years agoSlingy Copper Floor Tom
Not mine... I have -never- seen one of these! http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/3157455913.html Does anybody have any info on these copper kits...
13 years agocowbell-stand mount-who uses them?
Front row/center on my bass drum. I use my cowbell and I guess I just got used to playing it in the traditional position on the bass drum hoop. It sit...
13 years agoSupra Ludalloy, Acro, Aluminum content
LOL - I had -already responded- to your question in another thread! Here's a copy/paste of my response that you must have missed... "The supra's and...
13 years ago1958 Kent snare
That's a great old drum! Love the throw-off on it. My first kit (1963) was a WMP Kent kit. I sold them a year later to buy my first Luddy's. but I rea...
13 years agoGeorge B Stone Drums Help
That looks like an old-school mahogany/poplar/maple lay-up on the bass drum. What I can't figure out is; why did they run the grain vertically on the...
13 years agoSupra Ludalloy, Acro, Aluminum content
From mlayton...
13 years agoSlingerland Radio King WMP project kit........
Useful info, Glenn. Thanks for posting all that material and photos. When I was trying to match a vintage blue sparkle, it was pure hell. Bev has a go...
13 years agoRound Badge Transplant
I just re-wrapped three round badge drums... held on with the tacks. Remove carefully. John
13 years agoOCD Over load!!
It's only OCD if it 'bothers you' when it's not the same way every time! Salty - mild OCD for sure. It's the same for people who wash their hands con...
13 years agoLudwid supersensitive+Slingerland Marching drums
The supra's and the acros have always been made from the same raw shells - one got chromed and drilled for 10 lugs (for the supra's,) and the other (t...
13 years agoOCD Over load!!
I play trad grip so running the snares from left to right, with the strainer on the right, makes ergonomic sense. When I hold my sticks over the drum,...
13 years agoDepressing day
> where do I get those diapers anyway? I'm 63, I've already worked all the logistics out... just turn your underwear inside-out on Saturday night and...
13 years ago50's Gretsch Round Badge Restoration
From tnsquint...
13 years ago