Ludwig – 14×5″ 1976 Black Beauty Snare Drum – $1,695.00 Serial Number: 1566596 Used 1976 Ludwig, 14×5″ Black Beauty Snare drum. The shell has some blemishes and pockmarks but the hardware and overall function of the drum is in perfect condition. This drum has an amazing crack, and really focused tone quality.  

Ludwig/Dunnett – Black Beauty “The Chief” 6.5×14 Prototype, Unique!! One Off!! $2,495.00 This black plated brass shell 6.5×14 proto-type was a great idea that never saw the light of day. It would have been part of “The Chief” series of snares that were made to honor Ludwig top dog Bill Ludwig II after his passing … Read More

Early Ludwig Black Beauty 5×14 One-Off “Mystery Drum” This is my favorite drum in the entire Jamo collection, probably because I’m a sucker for a good conspiracy theory. The engraved “left-leaning” Ludwig logo on this drum is the only one of it’s kind I have ever seen. All other Ludwig logos lean to the right. … Read More

Ludwig 1970s Pointy Blue Olive Badge 5×14 Black Beauty. There’s no snare more reliable than a Ludwig black Beauty. You can’t make one of these drums not sound great if you tried!  This one is in beautiful shape. No extra holes. Nothing broken or damaged. Jamo took off the muffler and swapped out the original … Read More

Ludwig 1970s Pointy Blue Olive Badge 5×14 Black Beauty Conversion. There’s no snare more reliable than a Ludwig Black Beauty. You can’t make one of these drums not sound great if you tried! This one started out with a Supersensitive parallel throw-off. Jamo replaced the parallel throw off with a standard P-83 and added a … Read More

Leedy 1920s Engraved Elite. The Leedy Elite Model was Leedy’s answer to Ludwig and Ludwig’s super popular Black Beauty Model. The pictures don’t lie. A few missing parts and a few extra holes. This one needs some love but when you’re done it’s going to be a killer vintage brass drum. PRICE $395.00 Snare #16 … Read More

Leedy 1920s 5×14 Engraved Elite. The Leedy Elite Model was Leedy’s answer to Ludwig and Ludwig’s super popular Black Beauty Model. Somewhere along the line this one had it’s original throw off replaced with the chrome 4 point throw off that is on the drum now. Otherwise this one is all original and ready to … Read More