I'm interested in eventually acquiring one, but it's a want more than a need.

I like the look of the black ones ... are there any sound differences or is it purely cosmetic?

Please, no more Accrolades for Acros for a while .. after the past couple of weeks of questionably ? devoted threads... the price here has gone thru the roof..

They are hard enough to nail down as it is.. in the past week one (with 4 extra Holes) , went for well over 300 "buckaroos" in OZ..

Cheers

( I want one )SHHH..

the black galaxy acros are more dry sounding than the others in my opinion.

mike

I have run across good acros and bad ones. I had a mid 70's that was crisp and snappy. I loved it. The other ones I had played sounded mediocre. I like the older ones that came in the molded thin, hard-plastic case with the buckle. The newer 70's and 80's ones had a heavier case that had two clips to fasten the case shut and was thicker plastic with Ludwig molded on it. I am not a Luddy expert but I think the one I am talking about is from the late 60's/early70's. I know there are guys that use them. I remember seeing Wilco in concert and Glenn Kotchke played one. That was almost 10 years ago though. What do you guys think about the Gretsch aluminum shell and the Slingerland aluminum shell drums? Do you think they compare? I have never had one of either kind so I can't say. I am sure they are similar. I agree with the poster who said the stock Acro is the best with the plastic snares. I have had a few that I used to borrow from my high school and one of them was a friends who let me have it. His was the one that had the thin, hard-plastic case. It had a Ludwig or Remo coated ambassador weight head on top and a Ludwig smooth white or opaque snare side head with the plastic ended snares. It was just so crisp and poppy. If you tuned it up it would sound like a piccolo almost.

i find that it sounds quite nice with the rezo head tuned a 4th lower than the batter, which is a C#. Not many overtones and quite fattish.

I used to tune the heads in unison, or rezo 4th or 5th higher; but with this drum that didn't work well.

I routinely tune my snares 'A' on the bottom/reso, and C# on the batter. If it needs tweaking from there I do it. But that's where I start out from. Nine times out of ten, I tune em up and they sound perfect right there.

John

so your rezo is major 3 down, right?

i'll try that.

Actually it is very useful to know the precise notes people tune their drums to. This way one can arrive to same results, provided the drum is the same and the owner knows how to tune.

All this nonsense "i tune the batter about medium high and the rezo super tight" shows incompetence :)

I don't know much about Ludwig drums, however after reading this post, the Acrolite sounds similar to this Sling I have, all aluminum shell, the guys in my band say its the best sounding snare they ever heard, this is a pic of one like mine

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Slingerland-Ribbed-Aluminum-Snare-Drum-60s-70s-/190616777665?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c61a533c1

I acquired my first Acrolite this year and it is a mid 70's model. Great shape and it sounds as good as any snare I own. I drive myself crazy every week

choosing which snare I am going to use. I will swap out 4 or 5 different snares trying to settle on the flavor of the week and the Acrolite ends up getting a lot of on stage performance time. Especially in the small lounge venue. Since I put new heads on my Supra I swap it out with the Acro a lot.

Both great sounding drums. Peaches & Pears

With all due respects. My Sixties Supra Chrome is excellent, my Seventies

Supra's chrome is flaking. Ludwig dropped the ball ( maybe they contracted the shells out to be chrome plated) I respect your vast knowledge, can you

enlighten me?

Regards. (still looking for the B/O badge. No joy with the other members)

Adrian