Definitely 3ply

Based on everyone else's replies I guess I am mistaken, but I thought those artist models were single ply maple shells.

James

So I just double checked Rob Cook's Slingerland book and based on it the artist model was a solid maple shell. I agree that in the posted picture the shell looks to be three plies though.

James

Agreed it's a 3 ply shell.

3 ply for sure. I'm also looking for a older single ply maple Artist, I think Hollywood Ace's were also 1 ply maple up until a certain point as well?

In the '59 catalog the Hollywood Ace model became an 8 lug (as opposed to 16) drum with a three ply shell.

You can't always go by what it says in the Slingerland book. It's great, but there are some errors.

I'm always surprised when people can't see plys. Here's what I see:

Agreed re the catalogue lagging production..

And yes... Same here, my preference is the ringed 3 ply version..

Cheers

John