...please don't take this the wrong way. I really don't get the whole "signature line" thing. Joey Jordison snares are now proffered as "rare", drum sticks by every guy or gal that every played on a studio album or stage, now I know there are only so many great players out there, but signature sticks...the only ones that, in my opinion, should really be worth more than the sticks they are printed on are the ones where the sleeve has an actual signature. Like I said, don't take this the wrong way, but they are sticks. And the whole signed head thing..they are everywhere, and Joey Jordison heads....uhg..just me..but is he that great...? I mean I would bet that there are more than a handful of members on this forum that play circles around him, yet his signature line of snres are now "RARE"? At least a rare snare is only 225.00 Bowing big money for such a rare artifact....

Corder was started in the late 70's and was basically Fibes drums. All the tooling, dyes, etc. went to Corder. The sticks are probably mid-80's?? If you had a Slingerland item with Barrett Deems on it, that would be quite valuable

I have sold plenty of sticks, many of which were drummer labeled or mint original sticks. They did OK on eBay. The market is limited and they are not worth a lot of money.

The sticks that bring the big bucks are the Buddy Rich models in the original bags. I would say the Ringo models are in the same ball park.

I had original Louie Bellson sticks in the original bags sell for $10.00

Krupa, and the original Ludwig Bonham (not labeled but the size) sell pretty good also if you can find clean original pairs.

Other name models do well also, but in the $20 - $30 range. The BR and Ringo models can go into the $100's

David

i was just wondering..

thanks guys.

What was the Ludwig Bonham stick size?

Very good question and I'm guessing it might open up more discussion. As far as I have been agle to figure out he was using the Ludwig 2A.

Then at some point had a custom stick made in Europe that was very similar to the Ludwig 2A. At least that is the way the story was told to me, but in much greater detail, including the company.

I have models of the custom stick that were made from the originals.

I'm still confirming that information and also to make sure of the sticks I have.

I'm still in the research mode..

David

Interesting. I'm familiar with Ringo's Pro-Mark sticks, but I'm sure you're referring to something earlier. Was the Ringo stick a Ludwig model? What years were they made?

Hey that is a good question. The Ludwig 13A was the Ringo Starr model.. I'm drawing from memory and have not seen a pair in awhile. I see they are in the early 70's catalogs for a short time.

This is a topic I wish I could spend more time on. The main problem is that all of the drum companies usually just showed the upper part of the stick and rarely the printing on the stick.

Not like the stick companies of today course. :) they go to an extreme...

Also, I'm still waiting to answer the ultimate question. Which drummer had the first labeled stick. I'm talking about the first name to go on a drum stick, not just a mention of the model and the endorser.

David

From what I recall, according to a couple of articles I have read including the "Traps" issue, Bonham used 5a Ludwig sticks...But I will double check.