Single Tension Guides

Unthreaded pass-through tension rod eyelet guides for single tension drums.

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Gretsch

Gretsch early single tension eyelet guides
Gretsch 1910s single tension guides, one of several obscure early eyelet styles that Gretsch used.
Gretsch American single tension eyelet guides
Gretsch single tension eyelets guides from a 1920s or 30s "American" badge drum
Gretsch single tension guides
Gretsch single tension guides, 1940s-60s

Kent

Kent single tension guides
Kent single tension guides, 1940s-60s

Leedy

Leedy single tension eyelet guides
Leedy single tension eyelet guides, 1920s-30s
Leedy single tension guides
Leedy single tension guides, 1938-40s. Supposedly the inspiration for the George Way turret lug casing design.

Ludwig

Ludwig & Ludwig eyelet guides
Ludwig & Ludwig single tension guides, 1920s-50s. An ubiquitous style also used on Leedy and Leedy & Ludwig drums.

Rogers

Rogers single tension eyelet guides
Rogers single tension eyelet guides, 1950s-60s

Walberg & Auge

Walberg & Auge single tension guides
Walberg & Auge single tension guides, probably 1900s-10s