I am sorry guys, but you just can't compare this to Grandma's house. Unless grandma had really good taste and friends at Delmar, Flooring Division.

You can keep your stinkin' bowling ball Ludwig. I'll gladly take Star Trek Transporter Satin Flame Slingerland or Leedy.

jmcohen has nailed it!

Those actually were drum wraps, weren't they?

I think it looks really cool.

So John (Levelpebble), I imagine those are yours. What do you think of the sound of those maple Ludwigs?

Josh

Those plastic sheets came with or without opaque white backing. Lots of store displays were made with the unbacked sheet goods. Drums were wrapped with the opaque backing on the wrap. Often times, the shells were painted to make the satin flame more lively with no wood grain peeking through.

Yes they are mine, my first Hollywood. Always had 13 16 22 Ludwig's up to this point. Nothing beats that 3 ply sound! Although I will be selling them after a while, as I can't keep them all.

There were transitional versions of the black and blue "bowling ball" wraps when they first appeared (around 1969-70) where the white areas were still sort of pearl looking and those both still look pretty cool, though a lot different than the earlier all pearl versions. Within a year or so, for whatever reason, they changed again so that the white areas were a solid opaque white and those are the wraps that strongly resemble linoleum.

K.O., I was just figuring that out! I’ve seen some that have absolutely zero “3-Dimensionality” to them - they just look flat. At first, I was thinking that they were just not shiny, but your explanation confirms an opinion I was forming.

John’s drums look spectacular in their depth, with a bit of silvery gray in them.