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6 Ply Ludwigs stripped down and re-wrapped in black glass glitter. 24 dual spurs, 16 and 13. Ludwig Supraphonic 6.5x14 from the 90s.....BOOM

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My recent resto mid 60's Super Classics, and another couple ***els from my collection. Good Lord! You can't say j e w e l S!!!

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First photo is my '67 Hollywood kit minus the 12" tom. The snare in that pic is my '65 Jazz Fest. Second photo is my '67 LM402. Third is my most recent acquisition - early 20s Ludwig "All Round" NOB.

Lynn

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The focal point of my young collection.........

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Cool drums!!

Cheers

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Nice kit! Can I ask about the two round bolt heads on the 12"? Looks like it'd been drilled for something. Either way, it's still very much on the totally gorgeous side of excellent!

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It looks to me like that's where the original tom mount went. I see that the 12 has a lug/tom holder combination. Just my thoughts until he chimes in. Beautiful!

Mike

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Good thought. But isn't it on the wrong side of the tom? The mufflers would be facing out, Gretsch-like. Unless it was for a cymbal stand mount tom holder? I don't know, I'm not the cuckoo expert, I'm just the cuckoo...:D
Lovely bit of gear though!

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Ludwig Club Date 1965

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late 70's B/O built with pieces and parts... total salvage yard kit... best sounding/playing kit I've ever had! And defiantly the least expensive

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Ludwig has been known to put their mounts on the wrong side of the drum, leaving the badge facing the player.

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Here is my contribution-1967 Ludwig Psych Red with rare 14" floor tom. All original, serial numbers begin 552XXX, white interiors, snare drum has date stamp of Nov 3 1967. First drum kit mom every bought me-I think she paid $200 for it and that included the heaviest 21" Zildjian ride you have ever seen!!!

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Here are pictures of my 3 ply sets.
Black / gold Duco 1961. 22/12/14/14 pioneer
Unique finish 1965. 20/12/14/14 pioneer
Black panther. April 1970. 22/12/13/16/14 Supra

Wayne

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A couple more pics of the panthers

Wayne

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Some great additions to this thread!! Any others?

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My 20 13 16 Ludwig Blue Oyster, all orphans.
First I got the 1967 bass, and later added a 16 floor, also 1967, and then the 13 rack from late 1966.
Sorry about the lack of front head on the pic, it just records a lot better like that. In the room I like it better with the front, but what can you do.

As soon as I had restored these and put them together for the first time, it all just sounded right straight away.
Did quite a bit of work to the bass, the interior had been painted black (as usual), and the hoops were worn. 13 needed quite a bath and a shine too...

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Here is my most recent Ludwig project. I already had/have a 17/12/14 kit in natural maple finish. I had most of the stuff to do a mahogany one next. Was my last unfinished project and had them for a while. But instead, I sold the orphans and bought a Ludwig Transition badge 12x17 tenor tom to put this set together. Absolutely loving this set of drums. Don't normally drill drums. But I decided to add period correct hardware to the 12x17 tenor and also on the 12x15 tenor for the legs, giving the marchers some new life.

Transition badge Ludwig Gold Sparkle 12x17 for the bass. It has 48-52 Wfl hoops with newer inlays. Clockface rail mount and dual disappearing spurs. Original Playon Plastic on the reso. Waiting for a Ludwig head decal from a friend at the moment. Left the original school Id decal on it for a little nostalgia.

Ride tom is an original 9x13 Green Flash Pearl. 40's oval Ludwig & Ludwig Elkhart badge with Imperial lugs. Used a Ludwig Atlas mount to mate the original tom mount to the rail with no extra holes. Period calf head for the batter and older Remo Diplomat on the reso tuned tight to give this drum a beautiful tone.

'65 Ludwig 12x15 tenor for the floor tom. Has classic style leg mounts that you see on a few. Like them with the straight Club Date legs though. Original parade drum batter head on it sounds just right.

Modified a Ludwig snare stand to go low enough to be able to add my '69 Ludwig 6.5 Red Sparkle Symphonic as a snare to bring all the colors together. The sound from this set is just amazing.

Mike

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Love that Mike, reminds me of my Old school jellybean set.
Here are a couple more of my Ludwigs just for fun.
Amber is a 74 probeat setup.
Champagne is a Fab four 09 setup.
Red Mahogany is an 75th anniversary power tom catalog kit.
Faded red is 2x22/14/15/18/coliseum snare. 1984 anniversary set also.

Wayne

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What a great way to keep the orphans together. Awesome set Mike!!

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Nice sets here. Mlayton's jelly kit is incredible. That floor tom really pulls it all together, colorwise. Not too many drummers could even see the possibility of putting a kit like that together. Strong work, Mike!.......marko

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Thanks gents. Yeah Marko, the tri color floor tom gave me the insight to use those colors. I love the fact that the green on my floor tom is faded to a shade that I like much better. I can't stop playing this kit. So surprising in sound. Those white nylon spacers on the bass claws are driving me crazy though. Needed those with the original claws to be able to use the Club Date t-rods. Ludwig makes some black spacers that would look better. Maybe i'll stumble onto a deal with the correct claws.

Beautiful drums Wayne. Don't know which ones I like the best. Almost bought an amber Vistalite Combo Kit a few months back. Had never seen one that color. Love the silver dots and the canister.

Dig those orphans Sweet!

Mike

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Here is a 65' 22/ 13/ 16 all original that i picked up recently...

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Nice original kit...Not sure what it is Classic?, or what model but it sounds killer.

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Another awesome kit, and all original too !!

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That is a beautiful super classic set up. I'm guessing from either 1966 or possibly early 1967. Looks to be in fantastic shape too!

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1966 Ludwig Jazz Festival Model. I hang onto it because as far as I can tell very few Marine Pearl white JF's were made in 66 for some reason. Before and after is a different story. All original right down to the heads. I would love to know why finding this color in 66 is so hard. Anyone? lol Well here's my baby. By the way it was a garage sale find.

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Very nice drums added to this thread!!

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I have not really seen this to be the case. I have seen more than my share of 66 jazzfests in WMP. I used to have one just like yours and I wish I still had it! Beautiful drum!

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There must be more out there!!

Cheers

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Wow, too many to list them all, but here are a few of my favorites from the collection.

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What do you guys make / think of this. 8 lug, possible chrome plated acrolite. Still trying to unravel the mystery. And the people on this forum have been really helpful so far! KO, Bowing

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And CTmichaelVBowing

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3ply with re rings clear interiors

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1920's Ludwig and Ludwig bass drum with factory artist painted head signed "Ludwig"
There is a string of modern white Christmas mini-lights to illuminate the
painted image on the inside .

'I know these particular lights are obviously non-original
but the concept of back lighting the image is most likely original
I have read that most of these old bass drums used lighting just to warm the calfskins

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Here's my recently acquired late 30s WFL set in sparkling green pearl! I posted this in the "image gallery," but I figured I might as well post them here as well.

View all of my pics here if y'like: http://imgur.com/a/H4SGT

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Cool drum! I have the same drum with gold hardware and the same painting.

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Hello Kurt
Thanks for the reply
I took the liberty of re-posting your bass alongside my own
just to try and compare the details in the two paintings

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You got a time machine?? Looks brand new!

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Very nice, guys!!

Cheers

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My '96 kit, 4-ply shells. I bought it used at Guitar Center (sorry) about 3 years ago. It was 12, 13, 16 & 22, like new w/original heads. Date stamp on interiors was 3/96. About a year later, at a different music store (locally owned), i saw what looked like a new 6 1/2" supra. Turns out, it was used, also like new with original heads. And the date stamp was 3/96. I'm thinking that the original owner sold the toms & bass to GC, and the snare to the local store (they're about 2 miles apart). The configuration as a 5-piece corresponds to a kit in the 1994 catalog, with the supra snare. The 12 & 13 toms had RIMS mounts from the factory, with no mounting holes in the shells. I originally had it set up as a 5-piece, but the toms were just too high because of the extra depth. I decided to make it a 4-piece with the 12" tom on the original bass drum mount, but on a floor stand, not on the bass drum, as you can see in the photos. The tom mount fit exactly into the base section of a dw cymbal stand. I put the top tier of the cymbal stand off to the side of that with multi-clamps, which provided better balance for the whole thing.