The writer of the original post says that he has a hard time believing that this drum set was a "stock kit". To me, it's like fingernails on the chalkboard whenever someone posts in a drum forum something to the effect that "this assemblage of drums could not possibly be legitimate because it is not pictured in a catalog, and given a name as an official outfit". I think that there's a great likelihood these drums came out of the store stock where the drums were sold or were ordered from Ludwig's warehouse stock.
That sucks that you were offended by my post. I guess I have to be careful with my terminology... by "Stock kit", yes, I did imply a catalog item. But I did also say there's the possibility it was custom ordered, etc.
Basically, my reason for posting and asking the question, was for two reasons. One, because the shop that is selling these is usually insanely overpriced because of the location and I like to validate that the "expert" that works there on that particular day did his homework before listing the item, and two, because I know someone who might have an interest in the kit, and at that price, I think it's fair to question anything I want to know about it including if it was an original purchase all together like that as pictured, or was it put together from pieces acquired from the same time frame. Is the shop going to even know? Is the consignor going to be honest about it when they are looking to unload them? Probably not. That's why I posted it here to get some opinions from the real experts...
,the bass drum is a classic model,and the term downbeat applies to a drum set configuration,like 20/12/14/14.
Yeah, I know that - what I meant was, based on what I have researched on BD sizes, it looked like it came from a parted-out Downbeat kit, if you will..
