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Lists usually suck and are highly debatable, of course. But not having Simon Phillips on it is criminal. Give Blood (for example) Russ Ballards “Voices”....totally understated but awesome.

Love Master of Puppets. The stuff after, not so much. What year was Maiden’s Losfer Words. Great cut afaic.

Thanks for the additional info....interesting stuff. I seem to have collected a few “transition” Ludwigs over the years. The only one I know came from the factory “weird” is my ‘84 Hammered Bronze Supra that came with bow ties and a Chicago keystone with no serial number. The acro I posted here...

I know, old thread. I’ve attached a pic of a very clean acro I acquired dated 9/19/69....it appears to me to be a “transition” drum. I guess there’s no way to tell if the throw off should originally have been this 2 hole (which could be from ‘73) or the 12 hole.....It appears, according to the...

They do sound great.

I like Bellybutton better as well. Although Spilt Milk gets all the accolades in the audio circles. Both are Desert Island discs. Lickerish Quartet and Manning’s Catnip Dynamite (living in end times) and the Land of Pure Imagination are pretty darn good, too.

I agree. I was also going to use that album. I like any drum sound that fits a “production” style. I even like the drum sound on QR III...Twilight Hotel for example. Very processed. Probably samples, but it fits the production perfect. I also love the Tony Thompson “Some like it hot” and Smith...

I might have one of the original 6.5 hammered bronze acro’s (joke) from around 1984. I had no idea at that time it should have arrived with different lugs.

I should have read the whole thread first. Beautiful drum. The wrap looks great afaic! The strainer and snares on mine pose no issues. Although I am wary of the plastic ends deteriorating. I should probably store the wires, but I like how they sound.

Is the edge actually wavy (put it on a flat surface, glass stove or similar) or just the wrap feathered in poorly on that area?

Simon Phillips Protocol. Willie Wilcox Can’t Stop Running Steve Smith Mother Father Neil Peart Moving pictures

So, besides the acrolite, which is very flexible. I’d have to go with this ‘84 bronze. Not as dry as you’d think. But absolutely unique and versatile. Plus, every time I pull it out, I wonder why I put it away.

Not very glamorous, but sonically, it does so much, so well.

THE most important factor is the way he plays.

That first crash sounds like a Zildjian pang cymbal. I really like the entire drum sound on this. classic.