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Ludwig Acrolite shell material?

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I was always under the assumption that what made an Acrolite and and Acrolite was the aluminum shell. I work at a music store and I had a customer come in that was dead set on the idea that Ludwig changed the Acrolite later on to a steel shell to save money. I did see that the two that we had in stock were different in finish--but, so are the new Galaxy finished Acrolites and those are in deed aluminum.

Is there any truth to this?

I also did "The Magnet Test" on the shell and it didn't stick like a steel shell should.

Posted on 16 years ago
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The Acrolite was the same shell as the Supraphonic when manufactured from 1963-1993. Only difference is the Acro was 8 lugger, the Supraphonic 10 lugger and chrome plated. The Acro was anodized to a light grey color. During the mid-80's Ludwig powder coated which caused a lighter color of grey. In 1993 the powder coating was changed to a black metal flake finish called Galaxy. Not aware of them changing to steel shells, although I have heard of Ludalloy, which I believe is the same shell as mentioned earlier.

For what it's worth

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Posted on 16 years ago
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Great--That's what I thought. Thanks for the info.

Posted on 16 years ago
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