Ludwig Standards from the 1968-1973 era can be found with Resa-Cote, Clear Varnish or Granitone interior finish. The Resa-Cote drums tend to have earlier dates and lower serial numbers. There are many of them. Clear Varnish interiors are fewer (in the information that I have gathered) but the ones I have recorded are in the 1970/71 time frame. Although Granitone started with fairly low serial numbers, it was not dominant until later and then became almost exclusive in the 1971 time period. If you have read that all Standard drums had Granitone interiors, the information was incorrect. This is another vintage drum myth.

There are Granitone drums with date stamps, but I do not think that one could strip the Granitone and not affect a date stamp underneath that utilized water soluble ink.

I was only aware of Standards with both Resa-Cote and Granitone interiors. I had a kit with Resa-Cote. I wasn't aware of clear varnish! Thanks for the history lesson, KC!

-Mark

Thanks for the thorough response!

Forgive my ignorance, but could you provide me an example of Resa-Cote? I'm not recalling what that looks like.

Resacote is the name Ludwig used for the white painted interiors.

Here is a Standard snare with Resa-Cote interior.