Ok I just found the B/O repro badges from myoldkentucky drums on ebay.

for $26.50 each. Doed anyone know whee to get them any cheaper/

Blue/Olive badge drums from 1969 to about 1972 shells would have a natural maple color interior. From about 1972 until the end of the three ply shells in 1976 they would have the granitone interior.

Ok then, These standards have a stamp on the inner shell date 1969. On my 69 Silver sparkle kit that the interiors of the shells have been painted black, It seems like an almost impossable task to remove all the black paint, especially around the reinforcement rings. Have you ever done this?

Thanks and glad your back!

I personally don't see any harm in converting them, since the original wrap is toast anyway, they will be known as a re-wrap, devaluing them as Standard series drums since those wraps are not currently available. However, being rewrapped in classic series finishes, using classic hardware and badges is technically not "counterfieting" classic drums, since they are real Ludwig shells (as I stated before Standard and classic series drums used the exact same shells) you are just upgrading them to what they should have been from the factory to begin with. Also, it may actually increase the value over what they were from the factory.

Yes, I am saying a rewrapped/upgraded to classic spec Standard drum will be worth more than a totally original Standard drum, so it may be worth it, especially if the finish is toast and the badges are missing.

Besides, if for example, you buy a stripped shell off of Ebay with a granitone interior and no badge, how would you know if it was a classic series or a standard series?

You can remove the black with Citri-strip. It takes the paint off a layer at a time and is easy to work with and is environmentally friendly. Its not easy work stripping paint, but it's worth it in the end.

These have been rewrapped in yellow cortex or something. I pulled the wrap off of one of the toms and it looks like some sort of simulated natural finish

I have a bunch of slingy beavertail lugs Im gonna try to trade for the luddy classics

Check this out. This is what's under the wrap. You can also see an impression where the original badge used to be. Is this the original finish on these drums?

I am planning on removing the wrap off of the rest of the shells tomorrow, but I have to go to my fiancées dad's birthday party tomorrow too :(

Looks like the original finish to me.........

What is it called? Its not strata is it? It looks like simulated natural walnut or something. Its definatly not a wrap. Are these maple shells?