Hello everyone! Due to a post on the forum and a bunch of emails about certain Ludwig drums I thought it was best to create special pages for them.
Here is a nice Black Beauty time line based off of catalogs and flyers. This is for the re-introduction in 1977, not the original early 20's version.
This shows that in the late 70's the shells were brass and around the time Selmer takes over in 1981 they switched to bronze. There are probably cross over drums during the time the switch was made in 1981. I guess that goes without saying for Ludwig using up inventory and getting drums out the door.
I did talk to BIII about this last week (July 2009) to pick his brain a little and he did say it was purely a cheaper metal and Selmer was holding the reins.
Then based on another few posts here and many emails about serial numbers, badges and finishes I put together a section for the Ludwig Standard line of drums.
I think 3 more special sections are in order and I will probably work on those in the coming weeks. I like to take as much catalog and flyer information as possible. Since we all know that Ludwig has a bunch of cross-over drums and drums that should not really exist but do.
1. The Jazz Fest
2. The Acrolite
3. The Supra and Super
David
