A small collection of vintage drum and cymbal ads, along with brief explanations as to what makes them good or bad.

Buy "Drum Set Kit Vintage Patent Prints" by MadebyDesign as a Photographic Print

BY CHET FALZERANO Some of the most sought after vintage drum kits today are the small “round badge” Gretsch jazz sets from the ’50s and ’60s. Known as the Progressive Jazz Outfit, this kit, introduced in the 1955 Gretsch catalog, included a 20″ x 14″ bass drum, 12″ x 8″ and 14″ x 14″ toms […]

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Check out our wonderfully strange cocktail drum kit. Not only do they look unusual, but they require drummers to work out the pedals too!

My newly acquired Vintage 1960’s Olympic by Premier!

By Claire O'Neill In the 1950's, photography was hardly considered art. If you wanted to be taken seriously as a photographer, you snapped mountains and models — not your neighbors. It also helped to be white. But Roy DeCarava, turned all of t...

Don't stare too long, or you might get lost in the Vintage Black Oyster wrap of this Ludwig 13/16/24 Classic Maple Pro Beat kit! . . . . #drumlove #drumsdaily #instadrum #ludwigdrums #ludwigprobeat #ludwig #snaredrumfreakz