They look like Radio King but there's something a bit different with the double baseball bats. You have one without the neck, that one looks correct but the other ones look like there is a line across the baseball bat which doesn't look right. Are the threads American???, Ting
No one really made copies of American drum parts back in the 40s & 50s so I don't think they were Japanese knock-offs. But we are dealing with Bud Slingerland here who was so damn cheap that he would change anything he made if he could save a few cents. Why else did he use 4 different drum badges in roughly 10 years in that period? So if they fit Slingerland lugs I would say then that they are Slingerland rods. Ting
I don’t recall ever seeing Ludwig or Slingerland cast handles, which these are, thus the casting line you can see. They could very likely be late 50’s to early/mid 60’s stencil pieces. I would not be surprised. This would also make sense given the thread pitch.
King Louie Music
2 years agoThey look like Radio King but there's something a bit different with the double baseball bats. You have one without the neck, that one looks correct but the other ones look like there is a line across the baseball bat which doesn't look right. Are the threads American???, Ting
Daytona Beach Drum Center
2 years agoUSA 1/4 28 threading. I agree, the line across is making me think these are something else. Any other ideas?
King Louie Music
2 years agoNo one really made copies of American drum parts back in the 40s & 50s so I don't think they were Japanese knock-offs. But we are dealing with Bud Slingerland here who was so damn cheap that he would change anything he made if he could save a few cents. Why else did he use 4 different drum badges in roughly 10 years in that period? So if they fit Slingerland lugs I would say then that they are Slingerland rods. Ting
Daytona Beach Drum Center
2 years agoThank you so much! It's hard to really nail down what happened in that era. I appreciate you taking the time to reply and study the pictures.
Lee Redfern
2 years agoI don’t recall ever seeing Ludwig or Slingerland cast handles, which these are, thus the casting line you can see. They could very likely be late 50’s to early/mid 60’s stencil pieces. I would not be surprised. This would also make sense given the thread pitch.
Renato Marciano
11 months agoHi, I need these, are they available?