All the set needed was a clean-up. I changed the heads to make the kit look new. It is one of the nicest drum sets I have in my collection.
Read more1960s Ludwig Classic Set in Black Diamond Pearl
1943 Ludwig & Ludwig "Victory" Model 30" Bass Drum
Despite the poor condition it was in due to its age, once I saw the wooden lugs I knew that I had a diamond in the rough.
Read moreBill Ludwig III and WFL III Drums - Carrying The Ludwig Family Legacy Forward
I was making the snare drums at a corner of Trick's shop. Mike Dorfman was nice enough to let me have a table in a corner and come up for a couple hours a day.
Read more1927 Ludwig 5x14 Super Ludwig DeLuxe No.231 10 Lug Black Beauty Snare
When you look at the parallel snare system — what most people refer to as the Super-Sensitive mechanism — you’re seeing Ludwig trying to solve a very specific problem. Not volume. Not durability. Control.
Read moreThe Earliest Engraved Black Nickel Ludwig Snare?
I decided to take a gamble. A pretty big gamble, actually. I bid high, thinking there was at least a chance this mystery drum could be an early engraved Ludwig De Luxe/Black Beauty.
Read more1967 Ludwig Club Date set
My wife and I went to the Music City Drum Show this year held July 18-19 in Nashville, Tennessee at the fairground's exhibition center. We had a wonderful time and bought this very nice 1967 Ludwig Club Date set and matching snare that I want to tell you all about
Read more1928 Ludwig “Ludwigold” The “Rajah-Supreme” Trap Set
The Ludwigold finish was only available from 1927-1930, that’s why I am dating this set as 1928.
Read more1929 Ludwig Winter Scene, 1929 Mountain and Lake Gold Sparkle Trap Sets
Let’s consider this month’s trap set examples as important steppingstones to the modern-day drum set.
Read more1929-30 Ludwig 'Standard-Sensitive' Model Black Beauty DeLuxe Snare
Ludwig released 4 new models in 1929 : Super-Sensitive, New Era-Sensitive, Super-Power, and the Standard Sensitive.
Read more1970s 6.5 x14 Vistalite Super Sensitive Snare
This is my very rare 1970s 6.5” x 14” Color Code No. 2201-Clear Ludwig No. 415KP Vistalite Super Sensitive Blue & Olive Pointy Badge Snare Drum.
Read more1930’s Ludwig and Ludwig 26x14 Bass Drum Restoration
I have attached a number of pictures of the finished bass drum. I have also included a picture of a Black Diamond Pearl kit I use that includes a bass drum from the 1940’s and toms from the 1970’s. It sounds amazing.
Read more1960-62 Ludwig 6.5x14 gold plated Super-Sensitive Model
Ludwig produced (presented) only 5 of these snare drums that were gold plated with name plaques.
Read more1928 Ludwig Black Beauty Moose Drum Trap Set at Northup Drums Museum
This would have been an above standard professional drum kit for a working drummer that was playing in orchestras, vaudeville, and theaters for silent films in the 1920-30s.
Read more1928-1930 Ludwig & Ludwig Peacock Pearl Super-Ludwig Snare Drum
“In my humble view, this century young visual and sonic masterpiece features one of the most beautiful finishes to ever adorn a drum”
Read moreCarlow Classics Vintage Drum Hardware
Presenting the most durable and authentic looking replacements for missing or cracked/broken factory original Rim Clips, Tube Lugs and Tension Rods.
Designed and precision manufactured to meet the specification tolerance and appearance requirements for factory original fittings on 1920’s and 30’s Ludwig & Ludwig snare drums in both Deluxe (new or aged) and Bright Nickel finishes.
Read moreEdward Tucker’s Catalog Corner - 1955 WFL Catalogs, two of a kind!
955 WFL Black & White and Colorized versions of the 1955 catalog with a few big differences.
Read more1929 LUDWIG & LUDWIG 5x14 ROSE PEARL STANDARD-SENSITIVE MODEL
This is a very rare snare drum. Of the 3 dance/band Sensitive models introduced in 1929 I feel that the Standard-Sensitive is the rarest although I would not argue if the New-Era Sensitive was also thought of as the rarest.
Read moreRestoration of a Ludwigold Snare Drum – Against All Odds
I first applied a high solids filling primer to completely fill in the wood grain, followed by a commercial textured coating to effect the irregular surface feature of this finish. The intermediate and final colour coats were achieved with an antique brass lacquer finish, onto which I sprinkled brass metal flakes. I then repeated this application sequence a few more times to add depth of finish, before applying a clear lacquer to produce the final ‘satin smooth’ appearance and feel. Additionally, each piece of the copper re-plated hardware was then treated with my ‘aged patina’ process to simulate almost 100-year-old Deluxe finish.
Read moreEdward Tucker’s “Catalog Corner” 1927 1st Edition Ludwig
It has some beautiful graphics inside, including color pictures of the Black Beauty “Ludwig Deluxe Model” and the “New Ludwigold Irridescent Display Finish”
Read more1924-25 LUDWIG & LUDWIG 4x14 10 LUG/SCROLL DeLUXE
This one is a bit of a transitional oddity, nothing earthshaking but a little quirky.
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