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vintage sonor drumset help

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I picked up this vintage sonor drum set. Its a 4 piece. 3 shells are sonor. They have the mallet logo on the lugs. was wondering what year these were. Are they worth anything????????. It also came with a ludwig Ghost pedal. The smaller rack tom is not a sonor. Also was wondering about the snare.If it was a sonor also.. Also was wondering where i could find a serial number or marking of what year these were. I was told these were late sonors shells were 1970s and were rosewood shells. Should I restore them, sell them ect.

SCOTT

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Posted on 15 years ago
#1
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Give here a try - Sonor board

http://www.sonormuseum.com/forum/

Posted on 15 years ago
#2
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Thanks for the info

Posted on 15 years ago
#3
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There should be a badge on the drums.One thing i do know is that the Ghost pedal is worth like $50.


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Posted on 15 years ago
#4
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No bagdes I looked for a serial number nothing. I know the pedal is worth 50.00 or more. Also I know I can get me 65.00 back. May be a good lit to fix up and use

Scott

Posted on 15 years ago
#5
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They are Swingers...German made budget drums from the early 70's. Good solid beech 3 ply shell with rounded bearing edge. Plastic lugs. Nice vintage sound. They were originally wrapped. Someone has removed it and refinished the shells. Not the original snare. One of the toms is non-matching. I would not pay more than $150 even with the Ghost.

Posted on 15 years ago
#6
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Only paid 65.00 for everything. I had a guy wanting to trade me a ludwig accent drum set with out hardware. Also a Epiphone Vaive JR guitar head. I may trade him. Thanks for the info

scott

Posted on 15 years ago
#7
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Great deal! Congrats.

Posted on 15 years ago
#8
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If you want help dating them, then give us better photos of the insides, some of the hardware on the drums and maybe a shot all the way around one of the drums.

I have a bunch of Sonor literature, but from the photos I can't tell much

The Ludwig Accent is not the same quality of drums!!

Up to you on the photos..

David

Posted on 15 years ago
#9
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Actually, there should be a 3 digit date code stamped inside the shells. The way to read it is...

First digit is the last digit of the year.

Second two digits are the month.

therefore...207 would be July 1972 for example.

Take a look.

Posted on 15 years ago
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