I've heard the term "crimped bed" several times in the past week now...what exactly does this mean, and is it just the pre-serial brass drums that have it? Thanks!

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Thanks for all your responses: wether they were on track with the actual question or not!

So even though I would love to find myself a nice mid to late sixties Supra and a hefty price tag to boot it looks like a newer one with a nicer price may be the winner (for now). All I have to do is keep hold of it for another 30/40/50 years and there you go instant (!!!) vintage.

caddy this one is an early 20's model, but they had some ludalloy crimped shelled but they are super rare, the crimped shells and acousticperfect shells are as different as if they were different manufactures check the pic this is a crimped shell.

The crimped snare bed version is USUALLY the very early Supraphonics with the first of the aluminum aka Ludalloy shells (1963-64ish). The 60's COB shells weren't considered Supraphonics by the factory. The actual model of those was known as the Super-Ludwig.

Thanks! That answers everything! Bowing