Thanks to my best friend "Craig List", I picked up this Ludwig Standard kit tonight. It's missing a couple of minor parts, but the wrap is nearly perfect. Granitone interiors and date stamps that look to be April 1969. What's the color called?
Thanks
jim
Oh yeah... Ruby Strata...
IMHO Avocado Strata is the BEST color, but I am biased, since I own the same kit in A/S.
A VERY close second would be Ruby Strata. That wrap is just very, very cool.
Congrats! The Standards are indeed fine drums, you'll enjoy them.
IMHO Avocado Strata is the BEST color, but I am biased, since I own the same kit in A/S.
I'd like to see a picture of those. I had never seen a Standard set in person, so I was really quite surprised at how deep the color is. This one has a fair amount of pink/purple in it. It may be called red, but I sure don't see a ton of red. Of course 1969 was a long time ago....
jim
I really dig Lemon Strata, Yea I own a set! But I must say those would look good in my house too.
I'd like to see a picture of those. I had never seen a Standard set in person, so I was really quite surprised at how deep the color is. This one has a fair amount of pink/purple in it. It may be called red, but I sure don't see a ton of red. Of course 1969 was a long time ago....jim
Well, we're lucky. They made Standard kits in many finishes, including the common sparkle finishes. The 'strata' finishes are the best I think.
That Lemon Strata just above this is a fine kit as well. I've never seen the L/S in person.
Here's a link to a picture here on the forum gallery, and also, if you click on my sig you'll go to my website where there are a bunch more pix of my kits.
http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=8977
The down side to having any relatively rare wrap is adding additional drums. Way back in the dark days of yore I switched to one up and two down, or two floor toms. I FINALLY found the matching floor tom in good enough condition for restoration and inclusion with my kit just last month. I had been looking for one at an affordable price for a couple years.
One word of caution: These wraps tend to be 'thinner' than the regular Ludwig wraps. Not stupid thin like the MIJ stencil stuff from the same era, but still a bit thinner than what you may be used too. So be careful if you gig the kit, and bag it or case it before you start to move it in and out of places. This is not blue sparkle, you just don't see these wraps everywhere.
Oh yeah... Ruby Strata...IMHO Avocado Strata is the BEST color, but I am biased, since I own the same kit in A/S. A VERY close second would be Ruby Strata. That wrap is just very, very cool.Congrats! The Standards are indeed fine drums, you'll enjoy them.
I agree!...but I am also biased, A/S Standards were my first "big boy" drumset. Get a little misty whenever I see them posted.
I agree!...but I am also biased, A/S Standards were my first "big boy" drumset. Get a little misty whenever I see them posted.
Yup, once you've been avocado, you can never go back...
Yo,
Nice set man! I'm the guy who recently scored a Ludwig Standard set in Avocado Strata finish. I love em. Congrats!
