Has it really been over a year since my last post? Huh, at least nothing notable has changed since then… With the border between Canada and the U.S. closed for the last nine months, the opportunity to buy a drum in the States and have it shipped to Ogdensburg has disappeared. I do miss those … More Another Yamaha Custom Sighting
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”
