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8/16/25: NEW LISTINGS TODAY. SEE OUR REVERB STORE FOR ITEMS WE HAVE FOR SALE. CLICK HERE.
8/16/25: ITEMS JUST IN BELOW! Contact Steve at vintagedrums@aol.com or text 630-865-6849
- 8/16/25 NEWS: THEY'RE HERE!!Our shipment of rail consolette tom holders has arrived. ORDER 2 hole HERE and 4 hole HERE!
Just Arrived: 8/16: Rogers 60s era red onyx 8x12, 16x16, 14x20 and matching 5x14 wood Powertone, plus original cymbal L arm, HH stand and floor cymbal stand. Contact Steve at vintagedrums@aol.com for a quick pic. Will be listed on Reverb soon.
- New order of Craviotto drums. We will have three 12/14/20 kits, one maple (curly), one cherry, and one walnut. Also a selection of ten cool snares as well. See a quick YouTube video for these HERE.
- Maxwell 25th Anniversary! It has been 25 years since we opened the Illinois store. We will have a limited run of Craviotto drums built specially for us, and also have three drums coming to us from our friend Adrian Kirchler (AK Drums). Check out the spec drawings for the AK/Craviotto snares HERE. Only 3 drums. All 24k gold plated. One in each size. Contact Steve at vintagedrums@aol.com for more info.
- Posted 8/9: Ludwig 13/16/22 Limited Edition. Ebony black diamond, nickel hardware. Only 30 worldwide! Last one. See it HERE.
- Posted 8/9: New Gretsch Broadkaster walnut 8x10, 8x12, 14x14, 14x20 and matching 5.5 x14 snare available. See it HERE.
- Posted 8/9: Rogers red onyx 60s era set. 8x12, 16x16, 14x20. Left hand set, but also works for right hand as well. See it HERE. Matching 5x14 reissue wood dyna HERE.
- Just ordered 8/7. Two Gretsch USA Custom kits. 8x12, 14x14, 14x18, 5.5x14 and one with a 14x20. These will be full vintage build out including our rail consolette tom holder, tone controls, vintage legs and vintage spurs, T rods, snap-in key holder. And, these will be in 3D Moire finish. This finish is exclusive to us with Gretsch. Below is a sample from the 60s era Camco set I owned. Camco debuted this finish in the 60s. Contact Steve at vintagedrums@aol.com to reserve one. We can also order custom builds in this finish for USA Custom, Broadkaster, or Brooklyn.
- Just In: Gretsch 60s 12/14/20/5.5 aqua satin flame. See it HERE.
- Just In: Very cool Darwin (Fibes) kit. See it HERE.
- Just In: Really nice Craviotto 5x14 gloss lacquer maple. See it HERE.
- Amazing figured walnut 8x14 Craviotto from 2015. See it HERE.
- Crazy rare and cool Sonor concert tom kit. See it HERE.
- Sonor MINT! SQ2 10/12/15/22 satin red/black with black chrome hardware. stunning! See it HERE.
- Gretsch Broadkaster 12/14/20 black glass. See it HERE.
- Gretsch RB in rare Starlight Sparkle. 12/16/20/5.5. See it HERE.
- Craviotto Private Reserve 2018, 6.5x14 red/black satin oil "big apple burst". Stunning! See it HERE.
- Leedy 60s (Slingerland era) red satin flame 12/16/20/5x14. See it HERE.
And, this one will be serious fun: I have a 70s Ludwig blue Vistalite Octaplus kit. This set has 6,8,10,12,13,14,15,16 concert toms, 16x16 and 16x18 floor toms, two 14x22 bass drums and a 5x14 Jazz Fest snare. We're finishing work to clean this set up since it sat unused for decades. We removed all hardware to clean it. Looking killer. Here is a sneak peek of part of the set. This one screams for a Ludwig collector.
Recent items:
a) Craviotto kit #683, from Aug 18, 2016. 8x10, 8x12, 14x14,14x20. DW double tom mount. Beautiful copper sparkle lacquer. Started by Johnny, but finished after he passed in July 2016, so not signed. One of the last sets he worked on. Note that after Johnny passed, we began using a paper tag inside the drums. However, this set was finished before we started the process with the tags. See listing and pics HERE.
b) Slingerland player kit 8x12, 14x14, 16x16, 14x20 60s era. 12 and 20 are center lugs. 14 and 16 are double row lugs. Dark blue sparkle. See listing HERE.
c) Craviotto 6.5x14 maple, Private Reserve, double inlay, chrome cast lugs, 3 point strainer, brass color rims and tension rods. From my studio demo drums. See the listing HERE.
- An original Billy Gladstone snare drum. 7x14 black lacquer, chrome hardware, gut snares and calf batter head. Inquire with Steve at vintagedrums@aol.com.
- Just listed! Fabulous Rogers kit from my personal collection. Silver sparkle. 8x12, 9x13, 16x16, 14x20, 14x22 and matching 5x14 Powertone. All purchased together. Also available separately, my 5x14 matching wood Dynasonic snare. See the kit HERE.
- Charlie Persip's (Dizzy Gillespie's drummer) Premier set: HERE .
They're back! PRE ORDER 2 hole HERE and 4 hole HERE(The order is in and they'll be here in July). Our rail consolette tom holders! We'll have the 2-hole variety used from the 40s-60s by Ludwig, Gretsch, Camco, Slingerland, Leedy. And, we'll have the 4 hole version used by Ludwig from late 60s through 70s. We'll also have some short and long spades available, as well as the diamond plate for the spade. Also will include our 2-way Hex key/drum key. Here's a quick pic:
- 2/10/25 THE LAUNCH WAS A HUGH SUCCESS. SOLD OUT! Drum sets coming soon!! Radio King series with 3 ply sells and also a Studio King series with 5 ply. More details soon!
Ludwig Ltd tri-band 12/14/20 red/gold/red sparkle: HERE. And the tri-band 12/14/20 gold/blue/gold sparkle: HERE. Rogers 60s WMP 5x14 wood Dynasonic transition era from my personal collection, with video:HERE.
SEE THE VIDEO: HERE. Available now. Gretsch 50s Cadillac Nitron Green with gold hardware 13/16/22 and 6.5x14 snare drum! These drums were all originally sold be me. Nice to have them back again for sale! Gorgeous and they sound great! Ultimate collector kit.
11/6/24: THE GRETSCH MIDWEST SHOWROOM KITS HAVE LANDED. HERE IS THE ENTIRE BATCH OF DRUMS FROM THE 2024 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL. 11 sets, with some as shell bank with multiple bass drum and tom choices! ALSO IN THE NEW SHOWROOM: THE Gretsch moonglow satin flame kit provided by us and used by Steve Jordan for the 2024 Rolling Stones tour). INFORMATION HERE
- Just in! Yamaha Recording Custom from the 80s. 12/14/18. Beautiful set in great condition. HERE.
- Ludwig 4x14 Downbeat snare drum in rare Galaxy Sparkle. See it HERE.
- Just In: From Chad Cromwell, noted Nashville and LA studio mainstay: Ludwig heavy 2 pc 20s era Nickel Over Brass used on hundreds of recordings. The "hit maker" shell. See it HERE. Craviotto 6.5x14 walnut with inlay used on recordings. See details and pics HERE.
- TOTALLY INSANE Ludwig Blue Note kit from very early 60s. One owner. chrome over brass rims, red sparkle 12/12/16/18/20/20/5x14 Jazz Fest and matching canister throne. Original heads with very little play. Dead Mint. I may have to keep this one!!!
Our new Fire Burst finish from Ludwig is here!!!. See them online at our Reverb store HERE.
- We will have the last of the Gretsch satin flame finishes, and these will be built out as exclusive kits for Maxwell drums. Read more and order your set HERE
7/5: Check this out below. Exclusive to us with Gretsch: White Satin Flame! And, full vintage build WITH OUR RAIL TOM HOLDER. Only a few of these holders available until our new shipment of tom holders arrives in the Fall. This set is our tribute to the great Elvin Jones, who had a 12/14/18/5.5 in this finish. Check out the Elvin pic! We will have 12/14/18/5.5 and 12/14/20/5.5 full vintage build with tone controls for the toms and one for the BD and snare, vintage 9.5mm tom legs and brackets, vintage spurs, T rods, gloss black hoops with matching inlay, and 10 lug snares with Micro strainer and snap in key holder. 100% true vintage vibe!!! PRE ORDER HERE.
COOL NEW STUFF:
- LUDWIG CITRUS MOD "ROCK DUO" AND "JAZZ FEST" SNARE DRUM! Something you will likely never see again! We are honored to be brokering the sale of what is likely the finest known example of an original Ludwig Citrus Mod "Rock Duo" drum set complete with Jazz Fest snare drum. 100% original. Check it out HERE. Contact Steve at vintagedrums@aol.com or by text at 630-865-6849 for more info. Yes, the snare is available either with the set or by itself.
- Ludwig 20s era 4x14 black beauty snare drum owned by Papa Jo Jones as well as many other jazz drumming legends! Check out this lineage: Wm. F. Ludwig Sr., Gene Krupa, Big Sid Catlett, Papa Jo Jones, Billy Cobham, John Riley. (Billy used this drum on the landmark album Inner Mounting Flame). I sold this drum many years ago to the current owner and am thrilled to have this drum back. Check out the back story and pics HERE.
They're here from Gretsch! Our first sets in our exclusive Cameo Coral finish. The rarest of all Gretsch finishes which has now been recreated for us based on my complete original 1950s set (see the second pic which shows the snare from my set). See them on our Reverb page HERE. Here is a pic of the drums on the Gretsch shipping dock ready to go. Contact me at vintagedrums@aol.com. There will be more to come also.
- New! Maxwell Drums IL, in conjunction with Cathy Rich, announces the Buddy Rich Craviotto Commemorative Snare Drum. Check out all the details HERE.
- Our IL store expansion is done and we have started moving in. This adds a huge new Craviotto showroom plus three other rooms of the rarest vintage and custom drums. Items include: Craviotto Timeless Timber snares, Private Reserve snares, Custom Shop and Builder's Choice, plus an array of the rarest Craviotto sets including serial #1, #2, and #1000, plus unique sets built specifically for my collection. We also have many snares and sets in stock and ready to purchase. More soon!
-Craviotto News: Steve Jr joins Craviotto. See the Craviotto News section HERE.
