You asked for pics: took these at a gig last night. They look great from 5' or more away, especially with lights on them, but up close you can see the scratches and scuffs. Pretty sure they'd never seen the inside of a case before last night. Anyway, they're cleaned and re-assembled and actually sounded pretty good! The floor tom is the "Star" of the set; rack tom is a little muted on that clip mount... Might open up a bit on a snare stand or with a RIMS mount. Also, all new and matched heads might help, but I used what I had around to keep costs down. Used a wooden hoop I had lying around to get them up and running. I might dig up a matching wood hoop for the other side rather than bother finding another metal hoop to match; opinions? I have a Premier Super Ace I recovered years ago in Blue Satin Flame that'll match, but it wasn't ready to go last night, so I dragged out the Ludwig Standard seen in the photos. Got two snares with the set, both no-name chrome jobs (1 MIJ, 1 MIT) that I plan to sell to offset the cost of the kit. Also, some misc hardware, a homemade cymbal case and a blue-sparkle MIJ 13" tom with no name. All for the Princely sum of $30 on Craigslist. That was no typo- thirty dollars. Can anyone give me confirmation on year of manufacture for the set? I guess around 1970. The HH stand I got seems to match up with the catalog pics elsewhere on this site (which is also where I got the [incorrect] notion these were made by Pearl.) These have grey-painted interiors and seem to be of 8-ply construction. Pleasantly surprised with the quality of the hardware/plating; previous MIJ experience (years ago) was much cheaper crap.
