Bass Drum Layout from BR, GK etc... - Page 1

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Hi,

I´m new here in Vintage Drums Forum, and would like to know something about that layout drawings, with stripes and a kind of a shield with the drummer's initials...Buddy Rich used BR, Gene Krupa GK and etc...

When was it created? Who created?

Thanks

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Posted on 15 years ago

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If I read this correctly, you are trying to determine who originated the painted front heads that many of the top drummers used during their careers?

I have never really seen a reference to the originator, or when it was first used.

Sounds like an interesting history question..

David

Posted on 15 years ago

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Gene Krupa used it pretty much his entire career since the early 1930s. I'd take a safe bet that he was the first one to use it and make it popular. If he came up with the design himself who knows...

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Posted on 15 years ago

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This post got me thinking since I have scanned 100's of pages... Here is a 1937 catalog showing them for sale...

[IMG]http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/images/ludwig_sets/1937-ludwig-drum-sets-1_th.jpg[/IMG]

David

Posted on 15 years ago