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Alex Van Halen
Direct link to auction. https://www.backstageauctions.com/catalog/auction_list.php?traitlist=&traitunid=704 Some pretty interesting t...
1 year agoHelicoil question
I agree. Also, the most important thing you can do is make sure that the threads are all clean and turn freely. Also important, it to put a small amou...
1 year agoHow do you disassemble 1123 hi hat?
Remove the top tube of the hi hat. You need to unscrew the hi hat rod from the linkage yoke where it comes out the bottom of the bottom tube. To do th...
1 year agoLudwig snare drum stand year?
That second stand is an Atlas stand. They started making the Atlas stands around '70 or so. These had the flat steel single braced legs. In the mid 70...
1 year ago1932-34 Slingerland 8x14 (18 lug) Walnut DuAll Model
From slingerfan...
1 year agoLudwig snare drum stand year?
Late 70s Atlas or very late 70s early 80s Hercules. There was some overlap between the tubular legged Atlas and Hercules. The first tubular leg Atlas...
1 year ago1932-34 Slingerland 8x14 (18 lug) Walnut DuAll Model
From slingerfan...
1 year ago[B]1995 SLINGERLAND 6.5 x 12 BRASS/ENGRAVED #1 of 5[/B]
Eric Sooy of Black Swamp Percussion does some really nice engraving too.
1 year ago1932-34 Slingerland 8x14 (18 lug) Walnut DuAll Model
Very interesting drum. Must have been a nightmare to keep in tune with calf heads. Based on that one picture, the shell actually looks like 5 plies....
1 year agoGene krupa's drum...1937
Gene's main bass drum from that era is at the Smithsonian. (not my pictures) https://www.instagram.com/johnsparrow76/p/CkOjBg3OrvX/?img_index=1 Brook...
1 year agoGene krupa's drum...1937
From Rik_Everglade...
1 year agoSplit rivets small size
From SONOR...
1 year agoslingerland hi hat question
The 803 and 804 used the exact same footboard casting. The 803 came first, around '57 and the 804 was a new and improved model, showing up in the 63A...
1 year agoGrosgrain Ribbon
Very common practice that I have seen mentioned on other discussion groups. Appears to be a great solution.
1 year agoVintage Premier WMP questions
The 14 x 10 is in the '51 and the '48 catalog and gone by the '58 catalog which is where we first see the new badge with block lettering as you point...
1 year ago