Hey robyn - Guess what red thing just arrived with an internal date stamp of April 14, 1964.

LOL

John

And what ??? No photos? How dare you post this without a photo?

robyn!

I only got it this morning, slow your horses! LOL

It's been taken apart for detailing. So far, I cleaned up the shell, the lugs and the strainer/butt plate. Next is hoops, the T-rods and a round of fresh heads. When I reassemble it I'll take some shots for you. It does have a clear and legible ink stamp inside the shell with the April 14, 1964 date easy to read... which is unusual! Most of the ink stamp dates I've seen always have a smeared, or barely visible digit or two missing. This one is sharp and easy to read.

The drum is cleaning up looking like new. When I'm done with it, it'll be a spanking looking snare.

John

Well fine then, guess ill just have to wait, huh. Dont get it too shinning john, it wont match the kit lol. Thanks for detailing it, i was gonna tell ya not to worry about doing that, but guess its too late now. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

robyn - I should have asked you, or you should have said something, I didn't know you wanted to do the clean-up on the drum but I do understand why you wanted to. Sorry, I just didn't think of it. I wanted to hand you a shiny, new looking drum. Eye candy.

Next time it needs detailing... it'll be -your- turn! :p

John

No worries john, im sure you will shine er up very sweetly, probly better then i would. Looking forward to that eye candy. You do er up good john, gives me that much more to brag about :)

Here you go, robyn...

BTW, this one has a 5 1/2" shell! It's a good one alright.

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I'm going to carefully pack it for shipping tonight so that it stays safe until you're ready. It's a real beauty, robyn. I tuned it perfectly for you and it'll be ready to rock right out of the box.

John

O my my....beautiful! That looks superb. Man look at the shine on them rims, i can see your reflection. Thank you so much John. It is gorgeous!

Just got the new heads on the toms. So do you think the other drums will look ok with that snare?

New heads....

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My Ludwigs...

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ps the april 64 date is cool, as long as it is a 64. I can tell every body when Mr.Ludwig built this snare for me, he wanted to make sure it was done and ready for my birth day. LoL HaHaHa.