Digging through the closet and came across my Oyster Black Pearl 1962 Ludwig Downbeat set. I was really surprised to see them after many, many years. But there they were, 20x14 kick, 12x8 tom, 14x14 floor tom and the matching, 8 lug 14x4 snare.
They are white inside and stamped Sept 20, 1962 and the badges have no serial #. They also have the red baseball bat mufflers and the original wires on the snare. The "kicker" was finding the trusty Speed King pedal and my tuning key and wrench for the rail system along with my old stick bag.
I don't play anymore and I haven't kept up with the vintage drum crowd in over a decade, I am the second owner to my knowledge.
Here are a few pics of the snare (On a Gretsch Techware stand) the rest of the shells are in identical condition.
Enjoy!
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