I wrote a few years ago about a 1970s Ludwig cut-badge snare drum that I picked up by accident, and some of the information I found on-line about these somewhat rare instruments. Since then, I’ve tried to keep my eyes open for other examples in the wild. A beautiful one popped up on eBay recently, … More Another Ludwig Cut-Badge Snare
The latest addition to my drum collection fills a couple of notable gaps – I had been looking for a good deal on a Ludwig Nickel Over Brass (NOB) drum from the 1920s, and I was also interested in trying out a 15″ snare drum. So I was pretty excited when a drummer from Chiliwack … More Ludwig 1920s Concert Dance Snare
As my drum collection has grown in recent years, a few themes / families have started to emerge. There’s the classic Ludwig section (Black Beauty, Jazz Festival, Pioneer, Acrolite, various Standards), the Japanese section (80s and 90s Tama and Yamaha), the Canadians (Dunnett, new George Way and Ayotte), rounded out by a few deals that … More Noble & Cooley SS Classic Maple
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’ve become a fan of Ludwig’s Standard line – if you’re into vintage drums at a very reasonable price point, it’s hard to go wrong with these. For a while, I had been thinking about adding a Ludwig Jazz Festival snare to my mid-60s Ludwig kit in the classic … More Ludwig Standard “Champagne Sparkle”
As noted in previous posts, there’s not a lot of information online about Yamaha’s short-lived Custom Drums line from the mid-1990s. Most of what I’ve found has been from other Custom Drums owners who stumbled on my site looking for information about their drums. I had heard about the Custom Drums catalog that came out … More Yamaha Custom Drums Color Book
