Are these Drums ludwig??

[msblaze]

Are these drums ludwig or do they just have a ludwig head's on them? cause the owner said that they were from the 70's and they had no other markings on them aka-ludwig pearl ect....so what do you think they are?? here's a pic >> http://imagehost.vendio.com/bin/imag...jzman/LUD1.jpg

[dr.colossus]

Completely uneducated here, but I think thats a later addition. From Memory the really early Ludy Logos were printed really small, and in a "script" type font. You'd probably also have the keystone bagdes on the vents.

Another thing to consider is the minimal number of lugs! Most Ludy's I've seen have a lot more lugs than that.

[Brad_C]

I think they are the cheaper japanease made models but are not ludwig, they would of been mad e by companies such as Pearl and Tama. Any age on them?

[PhilGood]

The rims are the old Slingerland die cast rims! So are the lugs! My bet is very old Slingerland - early 1950s. Someone put on Ludwig Heads.

[dr.colossus]

Yeah, I don;t think they are tama's, I have a couple of sets of the first run of Tamas (1965-66) and they look a little more Modern than the ones in the pic. Can you see what colour the inside is painted? if its grey then it may well be slingerland, or a japanese copy.... depends on the wood.

[true-eurt]

http://www.vintagedrum.com/category/...tage-Drum-Sets

[PhilGood]

Originally Posted by true-eurt

http://www.vintagedrum.com/category/...tage-Drum-Sets

True-eurt, you should hang around here more, instead of the visitor feedback forum.

[Brad_C]

Originally Posted by dr.colossus

Yeah, I don;t think they are tama's, I have a couple of sets of the first run of Tamas (1965-66) and they look a little more Modern than the ones in the pic. Can you see what colour the inside is painted? if its grey then it may well be slingerland, or a japanese copy.... depends on the wood.

I have a set that was made by Tama that are identical to them and they have the same lug system and everything, they are not under the tama name though.

[MadAudio]

Melodic toms are cool......

[dr.colossus]

Originally Posted by Brad_C

I have a set that was made by Tama that are identical to them and they have the same lug system and everything, they are not under the tama name though.

Interesting! What name are they under?

[Brad_C]

Originally Posted by dr.colossus

Interesting! What name are they under?

Sorry they are not tama but pearl, i have a tama snare under some weird name but the name these drums made by pearl are under the name coronet, when i got them they had a ludwig head on the bass drum and look just like his but are a pearl color.

[cobradenim]

Originally Posted by PhilGood

The rims are the old Slingerland die cast rims! So are the lugs! My bet is very old Slingerland - early 1950s. Someone put on Ludwig Heads.

They are not "die cast " hoops but "stick saver hoops". Slingerland and old Pearls have those hoops as well as japanese nock offs.

[PhilGood]

Originally Posted by cobradenim

They are not "die cast " hoops but "stick saver hoops". Slingerland and old Pearls have those hoops as well as japanese nock offs.

Well, my bet based on the lugs is that they are Slingerland. The shells kind of give it away...

Still looks like standard Slingerland rims.