He was a very wise man.

Then there are the guys WHO, 2 minutes into their performance show you how much disdain they have for all their instruments regardless of what they pay for them.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnb75ygwJAY"]The Who - My Generation - Destruction of live instruments HQ - YouTube[/ame]

STOOOOOOOPID then and STOOOOOOOPID still. My band played Who songs when they were new. The Who recorded some great music for the time, and continued to do so for many years. There was no way that we'd consider destroying our instruments. That gimmick was just plain STOOOOOOOPID. Even the Who eventually stopped that STOOOOOOPID behavior to feature their music without the foolishness

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If it wasn't for The Who destroying instruments and going ape onstage, then we'd probably not be in this mess we are in today......Those damn kids and their rebelliousness! Someone should have told that Hendrix guy off, too, when he took liberties with our National Anthem.....*cough

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hohner-Custom-Chromatic-Harmonica-16-Built-By-Frank-Huang-at-Hohner-Factory/264637314612?hash=item3d9d9cf634:g:z6EAAOSwYUpeQFu1

Oh my GOSH! That just made my day! Thank you!

And with that, your honor, I rest my case!

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Wow, full circle on the issue of cost.

In a different thread, there's a scan of the Ludwig catalogue where they introduced the Acrolite. 1962 or 63 I think. The list price was $65. Got me thinking about this thread again, re: the way vintage drums are valued as well as the inflation factor. $65 in 2020 is around $550. Can you imagine someone paying that for an Acrolite? You regularly hear about people finding them for like $30-60, and it seems like even the most pristine early ones can be found for well under $300. I know they aren't *the* Ludwig snare to have, and that they made a zillion of them, but it's still wild to me.

I disagree somewhat with what Delorso just posted. My favorite snare drums from any major drum brand are the simple ones without any complex and finicky adjustments--just tension rods, a simple throw-off, and an internal tone control. I even prefer a well-made six lugger over a ten lugger with an eight lugger being just fine for me. I've never been partial to any Ludwig drums except for the Leedy & Ludwig drums from the distant past. The one exception to my aversion to Ludwig drums is my black and white badge Blackro snare drum that I bought for the hell of it and $30. This drum sounds great when I crank down on the head tensions for a whip crack sound.

I wasn't trying to knock Acro's. I have one from the late 60s and love it. I've used it over more "valuable" snares more times than I can count. I just meant that even with the abundance of them, I still think it's crazy that they can be found for so cheap (the $30 you paid is less than half of what a brand new one cost in 1965!)...especially considering how many drummers love them.