Check out these sites, which list Ludwig Serial #'s;

http://www.vintagedrum.com/ludwig_serials.htm

http://www.ludwigdrummer.com/Date%20Guide/Date%20Guide.html

-cbatten75

Thanks... I had reviewed those numbers but what is throwing me off a little is that it appears in reading that the felt on the muffler should have been white in 1964 and it is clearly red on this drum...

So I was hoping maybe somebody could give me the date based on the combination of clues..

I guess it must be a '64 if it has a serial number..

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'64 is red felt....mine is, anyway.

"Changed to white in 1964" must mean at the end of the '64.

Thanks all.. I'm really looking forward to cleaning this drum up.

There's only a year difference. Maybe they just had materials to use up. Lots of examples of that when a part "officially" changes in one year but the actual introduction is sort of mixed - especially in older gear, when manufacturers didn't want to waste a part just because it was for last year's model.

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