Serial numbers all go 151XXXX on each of the drums. The set is a Big Beat in black cortex with pointy corner B/O badges and round knob mufflers positioned right above the badges on rack toms.
I've checked the guide online and can't seem to pinpoint a year for these numbers.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
I would guess 1977-79 but yes I understand what you mean from guides I've seen also. I am not sure it can be pinpointed.
I would guess 1977-79 but yes I understand what you mean from guides I've seen also. I am not sure it can be pinpointed.
Thanks for the rely. The shells have clear maple interiors so I was thinking early 70's. Also the pointed badge seems to be associated with early 70's, but I'm not too sure.
Clear interiors with or without re-rings?
I have a set from late 1976 that I bought new and has 158xxxx numbers.
I would think yours would be early 1976, there about if we go by numbers but not always true.
Wayne
Yes, they've all got re-rings. You can see the kit in the thread I started called Ludwigs wrapped in leopard fur.
I suggest that drums like yours
1. Three ply shells with re-rings,
2. Clear interiors,
3. Pointed corner Blue/Olive badges with serial numbers in the 151xxxx range, and
4. Tone controls mounted above the badges on the toms
are from the 1976 +/- time frame. This is consistent with the information that I have gathered.
Thanks, Wayne, Mlayton, Zach, KCDrumdad and whatshisname and whozit. Thanks everyone who commented. I'm happy with 76. Rocky, Taxi Driver and The Omen would have been showing in theatres. A good year. Good drums too. Cool1
