Another vote for the Slings. I love silver sparkle, and the extra virgin bass drum would fetch a few bucks if you find you never use it.

i believe so. not included with the kit though. he wants an extra $350 to include the snare.

and what exactly do you mean about the 14 FT?

If it was a 14x20 8x12 14x14 it would officially be a down beat your far a way from it but the ft could be the money if u leaned toward the luddys get him to throw in the snare I just sold a pre serial bdp and it was a sweet sounding kit even if the edges are cut it should still b a good players kit the slings could make 2 kits piciking up some orphan drums theses sound good toO ,even if the slings factory was in upheaval at that time...

what do you mean?

How much do you think i could get for the bass drum?

That's a tough one especially since silver sparkle and virgin bass drums are so appealing. Even though I tend to lean towards Slingerland over Ludwig, And SS over BDP, I would have to go for the Ludwigs. (Slingerlands) 1) The 13" rack tom with a 20" bass drum looks way out of wack, it's too large and out of proportion...also 20" bass drums are really tiny unless all you play is Jazz in small clubs. Or unless you are built like Blakey and shop for clothes in the boys dept...2) Not all of the Slingerlands appear to have the same amount of fade on the wrap...(Ludwigs) 1) BDP looks much better in person, under lights, and not as good in pictures. 2) With a 22" bass drum and the option of the 5x14" snare drum, all you would need to add would be a 16" floor tom which are fairly easy to come by in BDP for a really great one up two down set up... Also the 14x14 is probably a Mahogany/Poplar/Maple. Get him to throw in the snare drum, or at least meet you half way... Last but not least. IMO Unless you plan on turning those 20s, the value of drum kits with 20" bass drums, is going to drop like Enron stock, or a used dirt bike in another 10 years....With 77 million reasons why...

Slingerland, but you knew that already. :)

Another vote for the Slingerlands! First, the Duet outfit is very rare. Change out the first generation Setomatic mounts for the second generation chrome mounts and it will look even better! Has as been previously stated, I'm also not a big fan of Black Diamond Pearl.

I have a beautiful 1967 Slingerland kit that was actually a Duet, but was missing the second bass drum. My kit had the original dual 8x12 rack toms, 14x20 bass drum and 16x16 floor tom. Also, included the original Artist snare drum, all in Sparkling Silver Pearl. Sure would have loved to have that second bass drum! You've got the chance to acquire all the drums... go for it!

Mark

the slingy factory had a poor reputation for proper serial # on drums they just reached in and grabbed and had no organization, and quality control sucked, there is more info on that here in the archives

I don't think 20" bass drums are at all tiny. I have a Slingy setup similar to this (20,12,13,16) and that kick drum is extremely punchy and cuts through very well. Easily equal to my modern Yamaha 22" kick drum. What may look out of whack to your eyes now looked very normal back then and still looks fine to me anyway.

Steve