I have seen variation in the appearance of the Granitone interior, but have not tracked the differences to date or serial number ranges. Can you send me the date stamps and serial numbers on each of these drums (and the bass)? I will look at some of the pictures I have gathered of Standard drums and their interiors and see if I can detect any pattern or timing.

I always assumed that the granitone on the Standards was a good way for Ludwig to use some leftover shells. They went to the maple interiors in '68. Ludwig was bound to have some mahogany shells or material for shells in inventory. They were known to be creative in using what they had left as to not generate waste. This would be a nice way to do so.

Kick is 18739

Floor Tom is 18756 Floor is date stamped but it is smudged. Year looks like 1970

Rack Tom is 18908

Snare is 16915.

Thanks KC!

If I were to guess I would say the stamp is March 30th 1970. But seriously a guess!

The first-year Standard series, around 1968, used shells with white resocoat interiors. I had one of these kits! I also assumed that the later Granitone paint was always the same, but your bass drum proves otherwise.

-Mark

Anyone know what paint is a good match for the more widely used granitone on the 13 inch tom so I can use it to finish the kick?

Some stats for everyone:

There are 494 wood shelled Standard drums in my database for which I have recorded information about their interior finish.

73 have Reso-Cote interiors

401 have Granitone interiors

12 have wrap to match their exteriors

4 have Clear interiors

4 have been painted red or black to cover whatever finish they had from the factory

The Reso-Cote tend to be drums with lower serial numbers, but Granitone is also well represented. Clear interiors tend to be higher serial numbers.

Awesome info KC! Are all of the clear interiors maple? And are all the granitone interiors the same or are they varied?

The clear interiors are maple. I will have to look at more pictures to see the amount of variation in the Granitone.