Last Updated July 9, 2008
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All of our snares are put on the floor following a tune-up with replacement heads and snares if necessary and clean and ready to play. Most come with coated Ambassadors on the batter and hazy Ambassadors on the snare side as well as new snare assemblies if needed.

Slingerland 6.5x14 Radio King in WMP. Late 30's-Early 40's. Clean. Non original snares or heads. Some brassing on batter hoop. Sounds AMAZING.

SOLD

Ludwig Supraphonic 402, 6.5 x 14, Keystone Badge, mid 60's with newer muffler.

$650

Gretsch 5x14 nice and clean with original snare assembly

$500

Ludwig Pioneer, mid 60's, nice condition with some chips, but otherwise very clean.

$400

Leedy with nice refin, clean and complete

$435

Gretsch Hand Hammered 6.5 x 14

$425

Recent Gretsch 5 x 14 with copper shell

$350

Ludwig Hand Hammered Brass with tube lugs

$475

Premier marching snare with replaced snare assembly.

$300

Tama Imperialstar, 6x13.  Slightly used and very clean. 

$175.00

Tama 3x14 Maple Piccolo Used. 

$175.00

Nodar Rode 5x14 in WMP. Used and clean. 

$350.00

DW 3x14 Brass Piccolo. Used. Brass plated hardware. 

$395.00

Pearl 6.5x14 Sensitone. Used and clean.

$300.00

Pearl Export 6.5x14 clean and cheap/sounds pretty good for the dough. 

$80.00

Ludwig Acrolite 5x14. Store demo. 

SOLD

Ludwig Rocker 5x14, C.O.W., Early 80's with clipped b/o badge, old 'Ludwig Standard' lugs and P-85.

$245.00

Tama Swingstar, 5x14, metal shell. Not a bad drum.  

SOLD

Peace 3x14 Piccolo with hammered steel shell.  Cheap with a nice crack. 

$145.00

Slingerland Radio King reissue, 6.5x14, Silver Spkl. True single-ply steam bent maple shell. With die cast hoops.  Looks like it was played for about 15 minutes. 

$740.00

Slingerland Radio King reissue, 5x14, purple lacquer. True single-ply steam bent maple shell. With die cast hoops.  Looks like it was played for about 15 minutes. 

$700.00

DW Custom  Maple, 5x14, Silver Sparkle, with tube lugs.  Nice. 

$625.00

Ludwig 6.5x14 Transition Badge 6.5x14.   Rewrapped in Blue Glass Glitter professionally, original bearing edges, nickel plated hardware, new chrome plated die cast hops. Maple interior ply has really nice figuring and quilting. Original snare assembly.  This is a really nice drum. 

$485.00

Rogers Silver Sparkle Tower Very Very Clean

SOLD

Rogers Script Badge 5x14 Dynasonic. Very clean, nice instrument. 

$465.00

Eames Custom 5x14 tube lugs, thick multiple ply shell

$430

Olympic (Premier) 5x14 from the mid 50's, in WMP. Foil badge is in unusually good shape. 6 lug, lots of shell sound.

SOLD

Premier 5x14 metal shell, die cast hoops, nice chrome, parallel action snare is in nice shape but the snare assembly is not original.

$275

Tama Black Chrome Imperialstar. Steel shell, lots of crack. Like new.

SOLD

Slingerland 5x14, heavy brass shell, pre serial number with Gretsch hoops. Definitely seen some use but this thing's got a walloping crack tuned high and a round punch tuned low.

$385

Slingerland 5x14, late 70's and verrrrrry clean.

$495

Slingerland 5x14, late 70's aluminum shell, also verrrry clean. A ten lug Slingy Acrolite? Sort of

SOLD

Slingerland 5x14, late 70's, COB, in excellent condition.

SOLD

Ludwig 5x14 Supraphonic 400, Chrome on Aluminum. New. The most recorded snare in history but with Die Cast Hoops.

$395

Ludwig 5x14 Supersensitive, early 80's with clipped b/o badge in near mint condition. Awesome drum in perfect condition.

SOLD

Ludwig Supraphonic 402. NEW. Bonham, Bruford, Paice, even Al Foster! Need we say more?

$400

Ludwig 5x14 Transition Badge, Super Ludwig model, COB. Pleated snare bed, p83 strainer. This is a nice drum with a few small scratches and dings, but it looks and sounds killer.

SOLD

Ludwig Supersensitive 5x14. Very very clean, desirable drum.

$875

Yamaha Popcorn Snare, Blonde finish. Clean.

$100

Yamaha Black Popcorn Snare

$85

Slingerland Soprano Snare, import, not a bad li'l drum.

$200

Joe Montineri Custom 3x12 snare. Abalone finish. Very full bodied for such a small drum.

SOLD

Pearl 50th Anniversary. Steam Bent Maple Shell with Walnut Stain Lacquer finish with gold plated brass hardware. This drum is hand signed, and numbered #0113 out of #1946 made to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Pearl Company. Near mint with original heads.

$550

1920's Ludwig, Nickle on Brass. Worth it for the sound, if not the collect ability. This thing has a warm and initing sound without a touch of harshness and is very responsive to brushes. The strainer, while not a rock concert mega device, is the simplest and most elegant design.

$650

Mid 60's round badge Gretsch in beautiful condition. Blue Sparkle Nitron wrap is tight and shiny. Chrome is real nice as well. Very dry sounding.

$565

Ludwig Pioneer, knob damper, p-85 strainer, etc., but with hole center drilled for a Keystone Badge. Ludwig had leftover drilled shells when they transitioned to the Blue/Olive badge and they just popped on the badge where the keystone would have been. Somewhat collectible.

$450

Ludwig 6.5x14 steel shell import, very low miles. Strangely enough Ludwig uses Gretsch style lugs on these models. All of them come from the same Taiwanese factories anyway.... this one comes with an inspirational message on the batter head that we couldn't reisist but keeping.

SOLD

Ludwig Standard, aluminum shell with pot-metal (not plastic as later) lugs.

SOLD

Ludwig Standard with a somewhat rare finish that has to be seen. Edges re-cut by Nodar

$225

1960 Ludwig Transition Badge WMP with Classic Strainer.

$425

Fibes Clear

$425

Ludwig Chrome over Brass 3x13 Black Beauty, Black Chrome over Brass. Almost new and in perfect condition.

$400