Hi, new member here.

One of the reasons that I joined this forum was to meet vintage drum players and collectors and to get your take(s) on the vintage drum scene.

I also had another reason and that was to learn more about my Ludwig Stainless steel set and start restoring bits and pieces that have been neglected through the years.

Okay so for my first assignment is to learn when they might have been made.

The previous owner said the 70's.. cool. So based on the serial numbers stamped on various pieces, I thought that I could figure this out based on the serial number helper page on this forum. For some reason, I cannot find a sequence that starts with my numbers anywhere. Or I'm too dumb to see it in front of me.

I'm not going to list all numbers but as an example my numbers start with 1661056, 1662052 etc, etc. and badges are blue/olive with points on the badges (not round corners).

Can somebody help me figure this out?

Thanks much!

Peace