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Any chance that this Craigslist ad is true??

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Just wondering if this craigslist ad could be true. It is for a 62 Acrolite snare, the seller says there were on 400 of these made....can that be true??

Here is the link.

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/msg/1575859372.html

Give me some opinions....

Posted on 16 years ago
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First of all....its not a 1962....it has a serial number, and its much later than 1964, the year they started using serial numbers. I can't read the serial number itself, but going by the number of digits, I'd say its somewhere between 1966 and 1969. They made thousands of these. They guy is waaay off. Its about a $100 drum all day long.

Posted on 16 years ago
#2
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From Ludwig-dude

First of all....its not a 1962....it has a serial number, and its much later than 1964, the year they started using serial numbers. I can't read the serial number itself, but going by the number of digits, I'd say its somewhere between 1966 and 1969. They made thousands of these. They guy is waaay off. Its about a $100 drum all day long.

ludwig-dude is 100% dead on the money, rare only 400 made more like 400.000 i saw this ad myself on cl, where are these people coming from???Kleening

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 16 years ago
#3
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My "eye" certainly isn't the sharpest but the badge appears to have a six-digit serial number beginning with a "7".

If this is true, it would date the drum sometime in 1969.

Posted on 16 years ago
#4
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I think they made only 400 per day !

Jeff
Posted on 16 years ago
#5
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I wonder what its like to be so clueless.........Sumo Dude;)Eye BallLoLoLoLo

Posted on 16 years ago
#6
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That is what I was thinking. I emailed the seller to fill him in on the facts and offered to have him email me back with the serial number so I can help provide him with the true production year. If he has a negative response, I will post my own craigslist ad to make sure nobody gets suckered into buying a $400 snare that is worth $100 at best. I did an eBay search for them and they can be had very cheap. Thanks for your help guys, I knew his information was WAY off base.

Rich

Posted on 16 years ago
#7
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I think the guy may have based his information off this auction on eBay because it has the limited number of 400 units in the description.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ludwig-Acrolite-Prototype-Snare-Drum-Aluminum-60s-RARE_W0QQitemZ160394495827QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item255841c753

Posted on 16 years ago
#8
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I wouldn't like to have that drum, but the stand is cool. What I gig with and every time I see one I grab it.

Posted on 16 years ago
#9
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The seller of this acro must have taken lessons from the seller of this supra.

If insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results, is it insane to practice?
Posted on 16 years ago
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