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Miscellaneous Ludwig "Stuff"
Hey all, I am in the market for the following: 2-Ludwig hi-hat clutch washers that go in between the felt and the wingnut (See photo below). 1-Ludw...
13 years agoNew Beats hats...Zildjys
New Beats are still made by Zildjian today. As far as when they were introduced, I think in the mid 70's. Is there any printing on them anywhere, ot...
13 years agoPaiste Stanople-Swiss Made
I've had an 18" Paise Stanople cymbal for a while now. I know some of them were made in Germany, but were considered inferior to those made in Switze...
13 years agoCorrect Gracy Claw Hooks?
Hello, I know that fishwaltz has/had a Gracy kit very similar to mine. It is a MIJ and is obviously a Grestch Round Badge Copy. The lugs, straight...
13 years agoPlease ID this wrap color
Good find id4f! That's a cool color! It reminds me a lot of the "Rustic Pearl" finish that the Grestch Catalina Jazz kits were available in. I thin...
13 years agoMIJ kit purchased by famous drummer!!
That's a cool story! Oddly enough, I sold my BDP Whitehall kit on ebay to a famous drummer as well. It was about a year ago, I sold my 4 piece White...
13 years agoRe-wrapping A Drum: A few questions.
Hello, I will be soon re-wrapping a 4 piece kit. I have two questions: My first question is about the small overlap on wrapped drums where the wrap...
14 years agoAdvice on reinforcing thin shells for tom mount and cymbal bracket?
Thanks for the tip, OddBall. Again, I don't know a lot about this, but would plastic or aluminum give me the strength I need on the shell? I know th...
14 years agoAdvice on reinforcing thin shells for tom mount and cymbal bracket?
Thanks for the tip. I don't have an extra shell (of this or any other size) that I can use. Wouldn't plywood be better than nothing, especially if t...
14 years agoAdvice on reinforcing thin shells for tom mount and cymbal bracket?
Hello, I have a MIJ 3-ply Gracy kit that I am giving a thorough cleaning and bearing edge job. The shells are obviously 3-ply but they do have reinf...
14 years agoBest heads for vintage Japanese tom and bass drum?
Congrates, mate! Hope you have fun with them! I am partial to good old Coated Ambassadors (which I use on my 60's Gracy kit), but I also have heard...
14 years agoDixie Drums-Different Badge than most?
Thanks fishwaltz. Very interesting. It certainly is intriguing that the advertisement shows the more familiar Dixie logo in the upper left, but the...
14 years agoDixie Drums-Different Badge than most?
Thanks, jonni. The cymbal holder is actually in the right front of the bass drum (from playing position). It looks identical to a bass drum spur mou...
14 years agoDixie Drums-Different Badge than most?
Hey all, My first "real" drum kit was a red sparkle Dixie kit (9" x 13", 14" x 20", 5" x 13"), but it had a different Dixie badge than most I have se...
14 years agoGRACY Orphan F/T in a sweet wrap.
Hmmm..................the Gracy Kit I have has the same badge, but the floor tom leg brackets are different, as are the legs. Mine has the short, str...
14 years ago