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70's Cut Badge Supersensitive Last viewed: 11 hours ago

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Hello everyone! First off, let me say that there has been some great reading on here lately, so I send out a big THANKS to you all for keeping the vintage drum world fun and exciting! Cool1

So, here's my latest aquisition - I picked up this cut badge supersensitive in a trade last night... I just couldn't resist. It was a great deal as far as I'm concerned, and the drum is all original (aside from heads). Sorry for the bad pic, but I can tell you that the chrome is absolutely flawless, aside from the fingerprints , which I will get to cleaning off in the next few days. So, my quesiton is this - I know that Ludwig did the whole cut badge thing during the transition period between keystone and B/O badges, but are these models any more / less sought after? This is my first cut badge snare, so I'm all of a sudden much more interested in this topic. Regardless, I'm loving the drum already! Yes Sir

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Posted on 13 years ago
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This is a terrific drum,(hope your supersensitive mechanism works smoothly). The cut badge doesn't command any special attention or extra $$ value.

Posted on 13 years ago
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Aren't all the cut badge drums COB?There was a cut badge supra that went for over 800,last week on ebay.I'm pretty sure those drums are worth at least 3 times what a ludalloy supra or supersensitive sells for.

Steve B

Posted on 13 years ago
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Is your snare Brass ?? The cut off badge was used on the snare shells that were made during the keystone badge era transitioning to B/O. Most of them were Ludalloy. ( A brass shell would be an extremeley rare bird for this time).

Posted on 13 years ago
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Congrats!

From tamadrm

Aren't all the cut badge drums COB?There was a cut badge supra that went for over 800,last week on ebay.I'm pretty sure those drums are worth at least 3 times what a ludalloy supra or supersensitive sells for.Steve B

I agree.

This is the last one, but it was not SS but Supra.

Posted on 13 years ago
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Thanks for the replies guys. I was wondering whether this drum had a COB shell since the chrome is absolutely spotless. I checked the interior paper badge and it has no date, only the model number 408. The bearing edges / snare bed don't seem to be crimped like I imagine a COB shell should be and unfortunately I don't own any COB Ludwigs to be able to use as a basis for comparison. I don't think they were using the anti-galvanic stamp at this time yet, were they?

Posted on 13 years ago
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How about a "B" stamp & weight?

[IMG]http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff449/createpop55/70sSupra.png[/IMG]

Posted on 13 years ago
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Thanks Yoshi, you just made my day! I had my suspicions that it was COB, and I've been wanting a brass shelled Ludwig snare for an long time, and you just helped me confirm that this is exactly what I have! That tiny little 'B' stamp was hiding exactly where your picture showed it. Here's a picture of mine. Thanks again for helping me confirm this!

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Posted on 13 years ago
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well done. youve got something really specail there. i thnk i had read that the cut badge models with the b were some drums made or held especially for certain ludwig endorsers. congrats!!

mike

Posted on 13 years ago
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He shoots, he scores! That is a great drum,congrats. Btw, have you checked for COB hoops?

"Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail". John Wooden

Blaemire / Jenkins-Martin drums.

http://www.jenkinsmartindrums.com/
Posted on 13 years ago
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