Repair advice -Removing a shrinking "riveted" Ludwig 80s wrap & re-wrapping.

July 31, 2019 George Lawrence

This is a repair job I did this year for Stan Head, well known veteran Memphis percussionist and teacher. The Ludwig concert bass drum is from the eighties and the stand is one Stan had custom made for this drum. The problem with the drum was that the ends of the black diamond pearl wrap had shrunk and was coming loose. The wrap was also beginning to bubble. The stand had come apart at one joint and the tilting mechanism needed modification. The wrap shrinkage problem is a fairly well known 80s failure that resulted from the Ludwig plant in Chicago being prohibited from using their glue to secure the wrap.

Restoration Tips - Fixing Bent Rims

September 18, 2015 Ned Ingberman

With wrench in hand and the aid of this article, you can remove unsightly bends and restore a rim to its original contour.

Is it custom? Is it boutique? Does it make a difference?

August 27, 2014 Jeff Hankin

I live in an area that has a lot of local breweries, and people around here talk and write about beer a lot. So recently, when I saw an article about the blurring of lines as to what’s considered a “craft brewery” and what isn’t, I realized that there’s a connection between drums and beer that I hadn’t considered: confusion about industry categories and how to describe them.

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