Posts
Al Drew/Keller drums
I just posted a shell pack on Boston Craigslist/musical instruments.Not exactly vintage,but intertesting none the less...Sorry-I'm no good at forwardi...
13 years agoSuper 10 on 3bay...
There is a mid-70's Super 10 shell with lugs on 3bay with a few extra holes.I have all the missing parts from a previously disassembled project.Would...
13 years agoVintage CB drums??
Those Royal Stars-I'd just stare at them for hours....IMO those took MIJ to the next level.That is the first complete bass mounted cymbal arm I have e...
13 years agoValue of late 30's Ludwig kit?
Those look to be professional level Ludwig drums-tensioners on both heads as opposed to tacked bottoms,parallel strainer on the snare,steel hoops-not...
13 years agoVintage CB drums??
My mid-70's Royce set is perfect for my low-volume church gigs.Eagles "Hotel California"tone.Instead of Pearl mounts I used Tama L-rods because the bo...
13 years agoPlease help me identify this drumkit
That's funny-MIT stencil of a mid line Tama kit.At least it has enough lugs to actually tune them,unlike newer China's with 6-lug floor toms and 5-lug...
13 years ago80s Pearl...
I purchased/traded an 83 Tama Superstar SET (minus snare)for the equivalent of $350 with a 24" bass.You could BUILD that drum from a Keller shell and...
13 years agoVintage CB drums??
I owned a mid-70's 12/14/20 red sparkle CB 700 set that I was going to use for GB gigs-UGH......all the tone of a cardboard box.Pawned for food shoppi...
13 years agoStar project or parts donor
Even if all the wraps are bad, moire/flame wraps are pretty inexpensive these days.So are 1.6 mm.rims.Grey interiors are a favorite of mine,and I'd be...
13 years agoLudwig & Ludwig from a dumpster dive
That is some find.I looked at the badges in the VDG and it is a 20's badge,but the large Imperial lugs don't show up in a catalog till '38.Hmmmm Those...
13 years agoPricing...
That double tom mount puts that set more around 1969.But that price is at least double what they are worth (market value).I suppose this boils down to...
13 years agoDo You Trust L Arms??
Oh yes!That takes the strain from the little receiver and distributes it to a metal bass hoop.Excellent invention!
13 years agoPeavy blue tiger wraps
With certain dimensions (11X12,12X13)you could get two shells,but 5 1/2 X 12? Popcorn snare? I have never ended up with 2 shells to use,but I never tr...
13 years agoFor Jon, Our MIJ expert!!
I'm gonna pipe in here-sorry.Early Ludwig Accent lugs look very similar to Gretsch-try those!
13 years agoNew Orange Mod in the family
These babies can go nowhere but up.Mod Orange with the older tom mount,wing nuts on the tom brackets,keystone badges.This drum set played Creedence tu...
13 years ago