I've aquired my cousins Blue Sparkle kit and I'm having trouble figuring the year. Its a B/O badge with an 816xxx serial number. He had put it on a rack system and removed the original tom mount, but it has four holes in it in the shape of a rectangle not the common diamond pattern. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, but is it a 69, or 71? How do I know what series it is? Classic, Supper Classic, etc...
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I've aquired my cousins Blue Sparkle kit and I'm having trouble figuring the year. Its a B/O badge with an 816xxx serial number. He had put it on a rack system and removed the original tom mount, but it has four holes in it in the shape of a rectangle not the common diamond pattern. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, but is it a 69, or 71? How do I know what series it is? Classic, Supper Classic, etc...
Whihtout pics.....by the serial numbers and the type of badge it has, they are from 1971. As far as classic, super-classic, etc......Ludwig didn't start calling their drums that until the LATE 80's. They are just 3-ply top of the line Ludwigs from that era. Pics would nail it down for sure....and may give us a tell-tale of what type of tom mount it was drilled for as well......
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Just in case you mean "configuration" as opposed to "series", you have to provide the dimensions of the drums. A kit with a 22 x 14 bass drum, a 13 x 9 tom tom and a 16 X 16 floor tom with a Supraphonic snare drum is known as a "Super Classic" a kit with a 20 X 14 bass drum, a 12 X 8 tom tom and a 14 x 14 floor tom and a Supraphonic snare drum or a Downbeat snare drum is called a "Downbeat" kit. And so on.
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