Please contact me to inquire about purchasing any of the below drums. Generally I ship worldwide, though many countries have dimensional restrictions that make large bass drums almost impossible to ship. Reasonable offers will be considered.
Red & Gold Fade – $2000
This kit is a four-piece with snare, 8×12/15×16/12×22/5×14.
8×12 rack tom – Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage shell, recent vintage. WFL or Ludwig single-point eyelet lugs, Ludwig claws, Walberg & Auge tension rods, a Conn-era Ludwig or Leedy floating hoop clamp mount adapted from a marching leg brace. Hoops are steam bent solid maple.
15×16 floor tom (16″ head size) – Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage shell, recent vintage. WFL or Ludwig single-point eyelet lugs, Ludwig claws, Walberg & Auge square head tension rods, Leedy timpani-style thumb rods, WFL leg brackets, stainless bent legs. Hoops are steam bent solid maple.
12×22 bass drum – Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage shell, recent vintage. Ludwig tube lugs and claws, Walberg & Auge tension rods, Leedy disappearing spur brackets. Hoops are 3-ply and solid maple vintage respectively, of unknown origin. Inlay strips are from a vintage Japanese drum with an attractive UV fade.
5×14 snare – 80s Tama SuperStar birch shell, this piece was a cutoff from a concert tom. (Modded) pre-1920 Ludwig strainer, Slingerland 30s tube lugs, Kent rims, Ludwig rim clips and tension rods. Butt plate of unknown origin, probably British.
All drums have a roundover outer bearing edge with a 45-degree inner cut, smoothed and oiled. They are plenty loud enough for rock and roll but have a warm tone and tune up easily. The snare cracks, and the strainer stays in place effectively. Almost every piece of hardware is vintage, including the mounting screws and washers. Hand-stamped badges complete the vibe.
Green & Gold Fade – $1500
8×12/14×15/14×22/6.5×14
This one is a four-piece with snare, 8×12/14×15/14×22/6.5×14. Floor tom is a Keller 6-ply cylinder shell, rack tom shell is a 50s 2-ply Kent, bass drum is a 50s 3-ply Gretsch. Snare is a late 50s Rogers marcher, cut down with the original edge and snare bed on one side and a solid maple rering installed on top.
On the toms and bass drum, the vintage nickel hardware is a variety of Barry tube lugs with Kent and Duplex parts, and 10-24 thumb rods and claws which are probably made by Walberg & Auge or Leedy. Tom legs are stainless steel, and the kit comes with three Duplex leg brackets and a pair of Leedy hoop clamp spurs as shown.
The snare has 30s Ludwig & Ludwig tube lugs and tension rods, Gretsch cast stick chopper rims, a 30s L&S strainer (which does work but requires pulling on the main body rather than the lever arm to throw off the wires), Rogers butt plate and a custom wire brush internal strainer/muffler assembly. This drum is capable of a huge variety of tones and characters, as it basically has two throwoffs that work in unique ways.
Green and gold two-tone fade finish with paint and lacquer. Bearing edges on toms are outer roundovers in a late 50s/60s Gretsch style. The bass drum has its original 30-degree edges, which are not flawless but were good enough to keep. Snare has 45-degree edges, the resonant side edge is original.
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