Ginger is on Facebook someone on DFO told me......
we should contact him direct!
He does reply,I have heard!
On a side note....Bun E told me that Ginger, him, and B3 "burned one" once....
Well,in their case,maybe it was really 3 or 4!
that must have made for a interesting conversation!
OK.....now we know GB used 11" and 14" wide BD's
the big question lies...
What year/month is his Leedy snare?Coffee Break2
Ok, I'll take a crack at it. Here's a pick of the badge:
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According to the VDG, It's the blue and brass Elkhart badge. 1949-1950.
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That's the best I can do, but it narrows it down to two years. Anything someone can add to this?
Hey!Thanks for that.......
and,going by the badge,we now know that it is a ply drum!
The plot thickens........just have to figure out the month from either 49-50.
I'd say March 1949......
What the heck, it's one in twenty-four that's right.........:D
You have around a 4% chance of being right!
I say we contact Mr.Baker via Facebook,and get the real "dope" on it.........
According to the man himself it's a 40-41 Leedy Broadway!,
With nickel rims!.
picture time...
Ginger and a buddy cut down his bass drums and added Rogers hardware is the way I heard it.
Ginger and a buddy cut down his bass drums and added Rogers hardware is the way I heard it.
BEC,
Curious that he would cut down his bass drums as I believe 10" and 12" depths were factory-stock shells and available. I assume (because of all the added Rogers swivo mounts and spurs) that he was not a signed Ludwig endorser as you were, and therefore Ludwig was not continually providing him with whatever he wanted. The holes in the basses show that those Swivo spurs changed locations a few times, so he must have just kept modifying his drums to suit his needs. I'm glad this old thread was resurrected. I remember GB being one of the more interesting and innovating drummers at that time.
Mike
