Thanks!! I figured I would just put it all out there!!

I hope so...my knowledge is limited to mostly Rogers, but since I have added a Club Date to the collection, I have been studying up on Ludwig.

I hope to post a good pic here soon...I have a lot of so-so shots, but if it is going down for posterity, I want it to be a good one!

Thanks guys, good to be here!

If this is the intro forum, then Howdy from the Land of Enchantment!

I'm an old guy (58), been playing since I was 13-14, played a lot of different styles in a lot of bands over the years, used to play for a living but can't make enough money to do that these days, but I never quit playing.

I was fortunate to have some good teachers, one of whom studied under Louis Bellson (when I met Louie some years later at a clinic, I told him I'd studied under Skip & he said "Then you must be a very good drummer"....I felt like Wayne & Garth: "We are not worthy!" :D what a gentleman he was).

Current sets are:

'68 Ludwig Big Beat with a '70 10" concert tom I converted to double head & the set's on its 3rd finish. Snare is a '90 Supraphonic Hammered Bronze with brass tube lugs & die-cast rims.

'59 Ludwig Downbeat in Black Galaxy (yes, I know how rare they are), I even have the original BD hoops.

Early '90s Pearl Export with a '69 Acrolite that's my practice kit.

I'm a Zildjian man, but I have some Wuhan Chinas, love the trashy sound & they're so cheap they're disposable.

Currently playing in a classic rock band (what'd you expect from an old dude? :D).

welcome aboard great to have you with us.

Welcome to all, i am new too (just joined about a week ago) after seeing everyone's posts i feel better too lol. Really felt lost. Been playing since i was seven am 53 took the last two years off so just starting to play again. Was burnt out been playing in tri state area for a few years but did 12 straight years of road work in three bands. It was more the politics that i became tired of than the playing! Anyway welcome everyone, love the site and hoping to find a little more info on the slingerland snare i am posting about in the general questions forum!

I've never introduced myself properly even though I've asked a few questions and quipped in here and there and follow the forum regularly. I'm Sean from north east England have just turned 48, I gig what I can get, and feel relatively lucky that I can at least play in a community big band on sat mornings. I've always just wanted to be able to make a real living from drumming I wish I could but anyway I'm now right Into vintage drums, although I can't afford anymore-I have four vintage snares and a couple of old rides. Anyway it's nice to be part of the forum and a big hello , even if it took a while .band2

Hi. Jerry Sterken here. I used to be on here as geraldsterken.Somehow my password got screwed up and after several attempts to put in a new password I gave up and registered new again as jerrysterken. It has been frustrating for me because a I don't understand computers at all. But I'm now back. I enjoy this forum very much. Thanks, Jerry.

Hey Jerry!

Welcome back! :D

John

Hey, guys!!

My name is Tony Trout and, yep, I'm new here. Just joined today.

I first learned how to play drums in church - however, I couldn't work the bass and hi-hat pedals because my feet couldn't reach them (I was about seven years old at the time).

I finally grew up enough to where I could reach the pedals but I still couldn't get my timing down right between the bass drum and hi-hat.

I should let ya'll know that I was born with Cerebral Palsy & Hydrocephalus and I was three months premature at birth and almost didn't make it. But, I am about to turn 39 on May 20th.

I, unfortunately, am considered "disabled" so I haven't ever been able to afford a set of my own drums except for a set that my late Grandmother bought me from the Sears catalog many, many years ago (it was a child's drumset but I still loved it!).

I have one main influence on drums: THE LEGENDARY RONNIE TUTT!! I'm a huge Elvis Presley fan and I love to watch Tutt play drums. I would love to be able somehow to put together a Ludwig kit exactly like his blue sparkle kit that he used from 1970-1974.

A friend of mine in Texas actually has re-created Ronnie's blue sparkle Ludwig kit from Elvis's early 1970s touring days - and it's a perfect tribute kit that he's made!

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself! I'm glad to be here! Maybe someday before I'm dead and gone I'll have my own Ronnie Tutt tribute kit! I'll post a picture of my friend's kit.

Thanks for letting me join!

Take Care,

Tony Trout

Tony welcome to the VDF great intro, glad to have you with us.

Hey tony what part of North Carolina are you located in?