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1967 Ludwig “breakbeats beater” Last viewed: 5 hours ago

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1 have a Frankenstein 1967 Hollywood set sans the bass drum but I also have been looking at all of these new “mini” kits. Every company is putting out 18”, 16” and even 14” bass drum sets with 10” toms and 13” floortoms.

I’m really not crazy about throwing several hundred dollars at a Chinese made set, especially when I have so many US made tubs lying around.

Thing is I want vintage gear, not DW5000 hardware and vintage shells.

The answer to my problem was these dunnett universal mounts. I could use my original Ludwig bass drum spurs, floortom legs, cymbal holders, snare, hi hat, and cymbal stands and only use three of the mounts to convert the 13” to a floortom, and the bass drum riser to convert the 16” to a bass drum.

Viola! A jungle/mini/breakbeats kit with minimal new parts.

What do you guys think?

I like Drums...
1963 Ludwig Downbeat Champagne Sparkle
1964 Leedy (Slingerland) Blue n Silver Duco
1964 Ludwig Club Date Sparkling Silver Pearl
1966 Ludwig Super Classic Sparkling Silver Pearl
1968 Gretsch round badge modern jazz orange stain
1972 Slingerland 85N Pop outfit Light Blue Pearl
1976 Ludwig Vistalite clear
1981 Gretsch SSB Gran Prix Rosewood
1987 Yamaha Turbo Tour Custom Mellow Yellow
1991 Pearl Export Ferrari Red
Posted on 6 years ago
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Here’s a video for sound.

[ame]https://youtu.be/Kt6JEepZ_44[/ame]

I like Drums...
1963 Ludwig Downbeat Champagne Sparkle
1964 Leedy (Slingerland) Blue n Silver Duco
1964 Ludwig Club Date Sparkling Silver Pearl
1966 Ludwig Super Classic Sparkling Silver Pearl
1968 Gretsch round badge modern jazz orange stain
1972 Slingerland 85N Pop outfit Light Blue Pearl
1976 Ludwig Vistalite clear
1981 Gretsch SSB Gran Prix Rosewood
1987 Yamaha Turbo Tour Custom Mellow Yellow
1991 Pearl Export Ferrari Red
Posted on 6 years ago
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Wow, that sounds great man! That little 16” is nice and punchy.

Posted on 6 years ago
#3
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Love it. Nicely done.

Mike

Posted on 6 years ago
#4
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Very clever!

Posted on 6 years ago
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Whomever invented Ludwig’s tom/floortom/cymbal holder/spur bracket deserves the credit.

Them and dunnett.

I like Drums...
1963 Ludwig Downbeat Champagne Sparkle
1964 Leedy (Slingerland) Blue n Silver Duco
1964 Ludwig Club Date Sparkling Silver Pearl
1966 Ludwig Super Classic Sparkling Silver Pearl
1968 Gretsch round badge modern jazz orange stain
1972 Slingerland 85N Pop outfit Light Blue Pearl
1976 Ludwig Vistalite clear
1981 Gretsch SSB Gran Prix Rosewood
1987 Yamaha Turbo Tour Custom Mellow Yellow
1991 Pearl Export Ferrari Red
Posted on 6 years ago
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Great Idea ... very creative ... I love it ! I made the mistake of buying a Ludwig breakbeats kit a couple of years ago ... you get what you pay for ... duhhh

Posted on 6 years ago
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Cool kit, and good problem solving!

I've always thought there was a need for hardware that allowed for more set up options. My first "good" kit was a Sonor Sonic Plus. It had very cleverly designed lugs that would allow for the external attachment of hardware with allen screws, the bass drum tom mount was an ok design but made from lesser materials, and we just won't talk about the ABS plastic claw free bass drum hoops...so fugly.

Stop stringing and tuning your instrument, make music now.
-fortune cookie

Vintage Drums:
1970ish Ludwig Standard Avocado Strata downbeat
1970ish Star Acrylic 22,12,13,16
1950’s Gretsch tympani 26.5
19?? Sonor roto-tympani 13x12
70’s Ludwig Standard alum 14x5 snare
90’s Arbiter Adv. Tuning 12x5 snare
90’s Ludwig blackrolite 14x5 snare

Modern Drums:
Erie Drums 1-ply sycamore shell kit 18,10,13
Erie 1-ply maple 14x5 snare
Tama S.L.P. Acrylic 14x6.5 snare
Posted on 6 years ago
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From Drum Doug

Great Idea ... very creative ... I love it ! I made the mistake of buying a Ludwig breakbeats kit a couple of years ago ... you get what you pay for ... duhhh

I'm very happy with mine. Of course I replaced all the heads & hoops (2.3 mm & real wood on the BD) & bought a Blackrolite because I prefer metal snares, bonus is that it matches the black finish almost perfectly.

Posted on 6 years ago
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Just delicious!!!

Did you think about 16" black woodhoops (with matched inlay, of course)?:cool:

Posted on 6 years ago
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