haven't taken any of my own pics yet. These were the ones in the advert that i bought the drums from.

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Nice!

Now, to me, it's downright wrong not to use the original hardware with that set. The pedal... well that end up as a bookend and the hi hat stand would be ok if it was the heavy duty one Buddy used later on. Something about the pedals with the Superman "S" never did for me. I gotta admit it, the vibe of the tool matters.

I read a book about Henry Royce, who was the brains behind Roll Royce (and also a genius and party-monster) and they said he wanted to make every part work perfectly and at the same time look beautiful. I love that, because in nature even the most "dumb" stuff has that quality, and somehow us smart humans have convinced ourselves that it's an extra.

To each their own, and all due respect. I am a convert when it comes to the hardware. I enjoy the stability of double braced hardware, high hat clutches that don't work loose, boom arms where necessary, etc.

For my purposes, contemporary heavy duty hardware is more reliable, adjustable and ergonomic. Only complaint is weight, sigh.

Patrick

I have just pulled down all my modern double braced cymbals stands from around my Slingys and put up my era correct stands, and the visual difference is amazing. I can see my drums again!

I was thinking the same thing just the other day. You can see the drums with the flat based stuff.

Those flat base Slingy stands are my faves. They are a bit stronger and taller than my Luddy flat base stuff, and they have a better head adjustment. The flat hihat is one of the smoothest I've ever used. Love it. As Kevin pointed out, they look oh so cool.

I used a mix of vintage flat based Ludwig stands,speed king pedal and Rogers swivo hi hat for many years playing a lot of different styles including metal (back in the day lol). I bought a new Mapex set w/heavy duty stands and while visually,the heavy hardware looks better with the new set,I usually use my old stands. Easier to carry (at my age,a blessing) and,set up.Only change I made is I switched to Rogers swivo cymbal stands but they too are lighter in weight yet very stable. The fact that they held up all these years with an average of 30-40 gigs a year says something too!

Good to know that the vintage stuff is indeed lighter.

I saw a pic of somebody's kit on this forum where they had all of their cymbal stands and hardware folded up into a small suitcase. That's what i'm going for... light, portable, stripped down.

Nice looking kit Eric!!! Are they mahogany or maple?? Really like the color!

Harry

someone told me the ply on these was maple, poplar, mahogany ...but i seriously have no idea.