As O-Lugs pointed out, the Nickel throw offs were very popular back in the day. Heck, I even used it on a few drums! I'm also thinking the same thing about the label. As to the shell itself, it certainly doesn't appear to be a Ludwig. What is it about this drum that is generating so much interest? Personally, I don't get it!

-Mark

I have a Gretsch new Classic snare that I bought cheap because it had a broken Nickel throw($60 bucks).

Put on a Dunnett.

Not great ,but usable.

I concur with everyone else. The only Ludwig part on that drum is the sticker.

Might not be a bad little drum but it would have to be a lot cheaper. Probably $100 tops.

The Nickel strainer should have been made of metal. Ronn Dunnett used them and had lots of problems with them breaking so he made his own metal version with enough changes to stave off a patent case.

100 series model numbers were used on Standard series drums. #110 was the model # for a Standard 8x12 tom tom. Someone swiped the sticker out of a 12" tom to put in this drum. As the snare in question isn't a 3 ply shell, nor 12" in diameter, it's pretty apparent that the sticker is the only part of the original drum involved here.

Kevin!

Thanks for finding that information. I had a feeling that "110" might be from the standard series, but I couldn't find a catalog with those numbers. Well done! Still, why would someone bother with this sticker, except to deceive? I could be wrong, but this whole sticker thing is just odd.

-Mark

Sold for $224.50 plus $30.00 shipping. Buyer has a feedback score of (0).

Man, if this works, I'm going to search around for some Ferrari emblems to stick on my Honda. ;)

Well, at least the buyer didn't waste too much money. The obvious issue for me was the sticker itself. The inside of that drum was in really clean condition, but the sticker was damaged and torn, and looked dirty. The buyer (and the other few bidders) needed to look closer and not accept the seller's description as accurate......The buyer is brand-new to ebay, and the seller has over 10,000 transactions and 100% positive feedback. That's powerful, but still.......

The buyer needs to join the VDF, before he wastes more money. But maybe wanted that drum for other reasons...

To each his own....Whatever floats your boat.

I looked at the pictures again and can't believe the amount of tension rod splay on the batter side! The use of tube-style lugs requires that tension rods enter nearly straight in, otherwise they will bind. I have a feeling this is going to be a tough drum to tune!

Also, as Marty Black mentions, the buyer has no feedback yet. I saw that he bid quite often to acquire this "Ludwig" snare drum. I sure hope he's happy with it!

-Mark

First thing that popped into my mind was it was the sticker from a Standard snare but they weren't #110 then I saw the 8x12.

The amalgam of parts here was probably worth the purchase price and if the drum sounds good that wouldn't be a bad deal. Hopefully the buyer wanted it for that reason and not because he thought it was some ultra-rare Ludwig drum.