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Vistalites with long, high tension lugs? Last viewed: 2 hours ago

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Greetings,

Found these while browsing ebay. I'm not a Vistalite owner, and I'm certainly no expert, but I don't seem to recall seeing Vistalites with long lugs like that. Also, I've never seen those spurs on a Vistalite kit and they appear to be factory; I don't see any extra holes. Also, the Ludwig badge is sideways and it's got wooden hoops with gold sparkle inlay. Could these be "do-it-yourself" Vistalites with Ludwig parts on an aftermarket acrylic shell?

I'll let the Vistalite experts chime in on this one.

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Posted on 8 years ago
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It seems to be a frankendrum... the badge layout and lugs are in the configuration for a marching bass drum. Perhaps they took the hardware of an old marcher. I also believe that there were backing plates on the lugs on the vistalites... I don't see any in those pictures...

Posted on 8 years ago
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From this one Youtube expert on Ludwigs (and specifically Vistalites) I think the easiest way to tell if it's an original 1970s Ludwig-produced shell, or a reissue Ludwig from the last 15 years, is the seam design:

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myPaUoASrf0"]Ludwig Vistalite Drums Buying & Selling Part I - YouTube[/ame]

based on this video:

- Shell thickness: Ludwig's originals are around .253 of an inch thick as are the Gold N Times-produced and RCI-produced reissues. (In a different video, this guy notes that the post-2008 Vistalite reissues are not consistently at this thickness)

- 4:42 in the video, the seam differences between 1970s Ludwig (V groove on the inside), Gold N Times (very thin seam with a reinforcement tab on the outside) and RCI Starlite (V groove on the outside)

Chris
Posted on 8 years ago
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Vistalite marching kick with slingerland spurs added to convert to kit use, id say

Posted on 8 years ago
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NOT slingerland spurs, although at first glance they looked similar. Those are some generic stuff

Posted on 8 years ago
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my vote is Ludwig marcher, badge sideways, claws are marcher, gold inlay is correct, as they didn't have vistalite hoops? clear shells had silver sparkle inlays. no extra holes were other lugs may have been. after market spurs.

Posted on 8 years ago
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That drum may have come from my neck of the woods. It was in fact a marching drum when it was offered to me some years ago. It was kind of cool but I had no use for it. This looks just like the same drum but I am thinking whoever purchased it added the spurs.

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Posted on 8 years ago
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