Ludwig didn't necessarily stick to a set in stone "recipe" on their drum production. Generally they did use mahogany/poplar/mahogany for wrapped drums. They used maple/poplar/mahogany for the drums that were destined to be stained or painted as the smoother maple as the outer ply gave a better surface for paint or stain (unless, of course, it was a natural mahogany finish drum which obviously still had a mahogany outer ply).

So they had maple in the plant and sometimes it did end up as the outer ply on wrapped drums and occasionally it was also used as an inner ply. Drummers of the time weren't particularly concerned about what sort of wood was being used so it didn't really matter from a marketing standpoint. Later on they did start to paint the interiors white, likely primarily so all the drums would look the same inside whether they had a mahogany or maple interior.

Thanks for the info. I would imagine both shells would probably sound quite similar. This particular drum is wrapped. My drum is being shipped and I haven't actually heard it yet, but have been told it is a great sounding kick and is recording ready. Thanks