About Matt

Player. Collector.
Drum historian.

Matt has played drums since the age of five and has collected vintage drums for more than 25 years.

From marching and concert ensembles to jazz and professional stages, Matt has spent a lifetime around drums. Matt’s Vintage Drums is not a full-time operation, but it is a serious lifelong passion: buying, selling, trading, and talking shop with collectors and sellers across the country.

Matt specializes in American vintage drums, particularly Slingerland, Ludwig, Gretsch, and Camco. In the vintage drum community he is known as “Six Lug Slingerland Matt,” with a collection of more than 60 unique finishes of Slingerland six-lug student-model snares—and still 10 to 15 finishes left to find.

Beyond drums, Matt maintains an extensive Slingerland accessory collection, including banners, T-shirts, business materials, pamphlets, postcards, decals, drumsticks, cleaning supplies, the Slingerland ashtray and clock, hats, and more. He has also contributed independently to the product team behind the recently relaunched Slingerland brand.