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Ludwig Vintage 72'

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I never realized how good the butcher block wraps coordinate with a hardwood floor. Those are nice and look ready to blow out a few ear drums.

ps. No such thing as a butcher block snare, correct? I've never seen one...curious.

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Posted on 11 years ago
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to me it looks like a 12 and 13 with two 18" floor toms and maybe a 24" bass drum. Really tough to tell from that picture for sure. I'm basing my guesses on the relative proportions of the drums but I may be way off.

It has the thin spurs which would work for the early 70's.

If it is the sizes I think, or if both floor toms are the same size, which they look to be, then it really doesn't line up with any of the catalog sets as far as the configuration. Hollywood and Big Beat were 12/13/16/22 (big beat had same drums with Atlas stands) and the Pro Beat was 13/14/16/18/24. This isn't a huge deal since Ludwig only made one drum shell and all the drums were the same, the set names only referred to the configuration of drums within the outfit, There were no "big beat" or "pro beat" line of drums.

Cortex was the name Ludwig used for a thin countertop type laminate that they used as a drum wrap. It is more durable than the pearl style wraps. They had imitation wood grains and solid colors. Butcher block is kind of a love it or hate it wrap (I'm in the latter category, probably because my chief drumming rival in school had a BB set) but if it appeals to you it wears like iron.

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