Have you forgotten the granitone inside finish period? Or was it something else you think is fake?

Not only is that drum legit, those granitone shell jazzfests sound GREAT! I recently rewrapped one for a friend of mine. Killer sounding snare drum.

John

"Another fake"?...looks legit to me.

I remember that brownish granitone being on some of the Rocker drums, but not on the thickish 6-ply maple shells from the rounded b/o badge era. It looks odd to me on that drum. For that matter, I don't recall ever seeing grey granitone on shells without re-rings; they're either plain maple, or Rockers with the brown coating. Hmmm...

Bermuda, Mark - I recently rewrapped one of those 80's J-fests for MLayton. Same heavy shell, no re-rings, Granitone interior. It may in fact be a drum that was cobbled together from parts, but I have seen that shell before with an 80's B/O badge, just like that one - and recently too.

John

mine looked/looks just like that on the interior. 84 ludwig catalog has the chrome wrapped one listed as a 4ply though. mine is just like that but wrapped in galaxy sparkle reissue.

mike

I have a 80"s Ludwig S/L 8 lug snare that has the exact same shell. The only difference between that drum and mine is the lugs are Standard style lugs and the badge is black and white.