Yup, early days.

thanks! I'm trying to figure out what this kit is. It came with "President" badges but the seller said they may not have originally came with the kit.

I have attached some pics. Things of note: 20"x14" kick, 12" rack tom and 16" floor tom, chrome bass drum hoops, no reinforcement rings....any idea on what series/maker and year?

is that painted luan I see? Did someone paint the bare wood on the snare drum to match the wrap on the other drums?

they striped the wrap and painted the whole kit....I'm going to put a silver sparkle wrap on it

FYI - yes indeed those are Pearl made lugs.

ok, thanks! any idea if it is a president series? I'm thinking it is from the late 60's because of the consolette mount. The thing throwing me off is that every pic I find of a old pearl set that has the consolette has an l-rod tom mount like a Ludwig mount, not a tom clip mount on mine.

Every badged 60s President set I've seen has phenolic shells and 'cut diamond' shaped lugs. I think with the consolette mount you are most likely looking at an earlier style (early to mid 60s) or a lower line style. Look at the 68 catalog on pg 6 of the PDF. The Valencia model has that type of mount.

http://www.drumarchive.com/Pearl/Pearl1968.jpg

I had a copy of the 64 catalog, but it disappeared into the ether.

You have any idea what series/year this could be?

Without badges it could be Pearl or any of the stencil brands that Pearl made, so pinning down a series and a year...?!! Considering that snare with the different lugs and wrap-stripped-off-then-painted condition it could be a conglomeration of orphan drums.