So a few months ago there was an ad in my local craigslist for a Ludwig marching snare and bass drum. This caught my attention quickly as they were $80 for both. The snare was a 12x15 70s b/o badge 6 ply snare. The bass drum did not have a badge but I believe it is Ludwig due to the fact that it has Ludwig high tension lugs and no extra holes. Anyways, I was intrigued by the size of the bass drum 14x24 and have always wanted a 24” kick for a drum set. So I thought this would be a great first-time CHEAP re-wrap project for myself as both shells were in fairly decent shape. Pictured below is the final result.
I converted the snare into a floor tom using new Ludwig Elite brackets and some extra legs I had lying around. I added new Ludwig arc spurs to make the kick. The 8x12 mounted tom is a Ludwig Accent CS; had mini-classic lugs that I replaced with new Ludwig Mach lugs so all of the drums would match.
With this being my first attempt at a re-wrap project I bought some cheap green sparkle wrap off of eBay as I wasn’t going to spend hundreds of dollars on real wrap that I was sure to screw up. There are flaws with my wrap job with the most obvious being on the bottom of the kick drum (that’s where I started ‘cause I was sure I wouldn’t get it right). From three feet away it looks presentable (I think) and is now my new player’s/gigging set. What do you think?
