Stupid double post. Sorry about that.

He's probably got $75.00 in those Drum Foundry lugs alone.

It's not og but it is still a nice drum. :)

I think he did a nice job BUT I would have left the drum stock and just stripped the shell and buffed it. That said it's hard to justify restoring a Supra when you can just buy a better one for less than the cost of restoring one. I play mine with warts and all which means a lot of flaking chrome!

I've got a pitted Supra shell & am looking for a place to strip & polish it just like the one shown here. I guess I'll still call it a Supra when it's done, & if I knew the date it was made, I'd call it by that.

I really am a fan of all-original drums, but have room in my life for a few that I've modified. They're fun projects, & are usually with drums that would otherwise be useless. I really like what the guy did with this one, & have no problem with what he calls it, what he did to it, or what he asked for it. It's all good as far as I'm concerned.

I'm a little surprised at the reaction to this one. Seems you guys are being a little harsh to a fellow drummer. Didn't seem to me that he was tryin' to mislead anyone. Live & let live..........marko

Ditto and Amen!

Well-spoken, brother.

John

I can't see the link as I'm at work, but I'll say this going on BBK's word that it is our mutual friend. I've known him for years and he is the absolute last person who would even think about ripping anyone off.

Is it original...no, but he never claimed it to be....

Is this drum offensive to the purists because they feel that the refurb was too radical and that the Ludwig Supra (or any classic drum) should never be altered in this fashion? Or is it the fact that the seller is calling it a Supra? If the seller presented the drum differently like saying "this drum started out as a mid 60's Ludwig Supra" would that be less offensive?

That`s exactly it !i

No-one has called him a crook or said the workmanship was bad. It`s a great piece. It`s the marketing ploy. When some kids mom want to buy her boy or girl his wanted 60`s Supraphonic for their B`day or Christmas, types it into ebay, this drum will come up. Being in great shape and low price, she buys it and to the recievers surprise,..it doesn`t even resemble, let alone be a 60`s Supraphonic !i If you take the strainer off a Supersensitive, and put on a universal throw, should you call/market it what it was ?

Customized Ludwig Snare or something,...would be fine !i

Personally, I think this is a great drum! It's still uses a Supraphonic shell, which means you can expect "THAT SOUND". The improvements were done very well and I've no doubt the drums sounds great. What's wrong with having an "alternative" Supra? With all the Supras out there with flaking and pitted shells, it's not going to kill us to modify some of them. Yes, I love my original 1970 Supraphonic, mainly because it has a MINIMUM of flakes!

As to the lugs on this drum, they are from Drum Foundry. They're excellent lugs!

Mark