I could be wrong, but I think one has center lugs and the other one has individual lugs...not sure which is which, though.

Thanks for the reply.

I always thought the lugs were the same except for the strainer. I'll see if I can find some pics.

The strainers are different. But I think the biggest difference is the Hollywood Ace's are 3 ply drums, whereas a Radio King is one ply. I think that is really it.

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I stand corrected

There must be a tremendous amount of confusion, misunderstanding, etc., etc. about which model is which. This link shows Ace models that look like Radio Kings or just the reverse. I asked the question initially because I could not figure out the difference.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XUlc0mZwXNUJ:www.vintagedrum.com/category/Drums-Vintage-Drums-Vintage-Snare-Drums/brand/Slingerland+slingerland+ace+model&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Well, back to the drawing board for me. I found several places online that said that the Hollywood Ace was a 3-ply drum with a certain strainer, which is why I thought what I had was a Hollywood Ace. Now, I don't know again. I only *kind of* care...either way, it sounds stellar!

I believe the Gene Krupa Radio King in the catalog would have individual lugs in the deeper shell depths.

Here's the cat page from '51, showing a deeper depth Gene Krupa Radio King with individual lugs, and specifying center lugs for the shallower 5.5 inch shell.

In '55 they offered a 6.5 inch depth to boot, as well as 5.5 , 7, and 8.... got no idea if they would be center lugged on the 6.5 depth or not.

By '59, it had changed to a 3-ply, according to the catalogs in the Drum Guide.