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Best approach for my 60's Ludwig Pink Champagne set

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From ChrisD

Thanks,Should I touch up the black paint on the hoops and repair the inlay?Like some antiques, restoration can ruin the value. Is this the case with vintage drums?

Sell the complete kit - no snare. Since selling let buyer do repairs + don't switch heads. Keep everything as is. That's how I'd want it.

Posted on 6 years ago
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Are you serious ? Crawl Space !

April 2nd 1969 scarfed pink champagne holly wood and 65/66 downbeat snare, and , supra same year very minty kit old pies
66/67 downbeat with canister
Super 400 small round knob
1967 super classic obp





once the brass ceases to glitter, and the drum looses its luster, and the stage remains dark, all you have left is the timbre of family.
Posted on 6 years ago
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Really cool kit. I was born a week before that kit.

Stop stringing and tuning your instrument, make music now.
-fortune cookie

Vintage Drums:
1970ish Ludwig Standard Avocado Strata downbeat
1970ish Star Acrylic 22,12,13,16
1950’s Gretsch tympani 26.5
19?? Sonor roto-tympani 13x12
70’s Ludwig Standard alum 14x5 snare
90’s Arbiter Adv. Tuning 12x5 snare
90’s Ludwig blackrolite 14x5 snare

Modern Drums:
Erie Drums 1-ply sycamore shell kit 18,10,13
Erie 1-ply maple 14x5 snare
Tama S.L.P. Acrylic 14x6.5 snare
Posted on 6 years ago
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From jaghog

Are you serious ? Crawl Space !

I know this will be sacrilege on this site, but I really never played them after high school. I was pretty good, but never really got "into it".

Posted on 6 years ago
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Change the torn head, reattach the inlay strips and touch up the BD hoops. That set is worth a nice price to the right buyer. Collectors care about originality and you've got that in your favor.

Posted on 6 years ago
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Thanks Bob. What do you think its worth in its current condition?

Posted on 6 years ago
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Chris, what you have is basically a Club Date set. I don't think anyone will care if they were not all bought together. You basically got them all within what, one year, and they are all Club Date drums. There are sets out there that were shipped with drums that far apart in manufacturing. If your not absolutely sure how to clean and fix them up leave them alone. For someone who knows they will be a piece of cake to restore to close to new.

Posted on 6 years ago
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Thanks Vibes. I would like to sell these and have them live on and be appreciated (and played).

I've been doing some research and I'm seeing prices anywhere for $850 to $1,400 for similar sets of roughly the same age.

I don't want to undervalue them, so I may go the Craig's List or e-Bay route with a reserve.

I also don't want to ship them if possible, so local pickup only.

Chris

Posted on 6 years ago
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Was crawl concrete or mud lol

April 2nd 1969 scarfed pink champagne holly wood and 65/66 downbeat snare, and , supra same year very minty kit old pies
66/67 downbeat with canister
Super 400 small round knob
1967 super classic obp





once the brass ceases to glitter, and the drum looses its luster, and the stage remains dark, all you have left is the timbre of family.
Posted on 6 years ago
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A nice, conditioned space with concrete floor. They sat on carpeting. :)

Posted on 6 years ago
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