Looks like a keeper to me! I have a mid 70's kit as well and it's definitely a winner. The luddy snare is as well. If I recall correctly the Standard series has the same shell as the top of the line Luddys. Just a hardware difference.

Please correct me if I am wrong folks.

Started taking apart the bass drum and cleaning all the parts.

The finish is in great shape with no fading.

Good find. What did you have to pay?

$100! Came with stands and cymbals too. 18" Zildjian Medium Ride and 14" New Beat Hats, no cracks, mid to late 70's I think. Also a more beat up Sonor cymbal + cowbell, tambourine, woodblock, two remo roto-toms, old ludwig kick pedal, pretty much only good for parts. Slingerland hi-hat stand and cymbal stand, fairly rusted and a Tama boom stand.

Both the kick and 2nd rack tom are missing 1 hoop, but all the lugs are there. Have spent the last 4 hours taking apart the kick drum entirely and giving everything a good soak and scrub, some chrome corrosion and a bit of rust here and there but cleaning up real nice. The shells and finish appear to be in excellent shape.

Any idea what this kit is worth. Probably will sell the cymbals and hope to raise enough funds for new heads and a bottom hoop for the 2nd rack tom at least.

Ive found those cymbals go for around $100 no matter what size they are. $100 for a set of hats, $100 for a crash, $100 for a ride....as long as they are in nice shape in terms of no keyhole/cracks. Obviously if you get up to 22 or bigger that pricing scheme changes.

Sell the beat up hardware as a lot for $50 or something...

$250 should buy you a hoop, some heads, and you might even be able to keep your $100 investment. Nice one!

Oh yeah...probably get $80-$125 for that snare too if you aren't into that. You're coming out WAY ahead on this free drum set!!!

-Adam

If you complete the kit Id say its worth $500-$750 right now depending on the right buyer.....more realistically $750 if you have a krupa or something with it in terms of a snare.

-Adam

Do you sell the ride or the new beat? I could be interested in them!

Andrea

Thanks for the info guys. Looks like the 2nd rack tom is also missing the lug screws. Is there a good place to get these..? or will the current standard thread work?

Also, don't think I am going to bother fixing up the snare, been working all day on just the Kick and the first rack tom and they are looking great, but I already have a 70's acrolite snare so am just not motivated to mess with this one. Will probably try to sell it at a reasonable price and let someone else put the elbow grease into it. Same with the two roto-toms, don't really have any use for those.

Planning to keep the kit though, sold my full sized kit a few months ago and have been gigging with a mini kit I put together (carries in one-load), you can check it out here, but have been looking for more of a vintage full-size kit like this and it is in good enough shape I can't bring myself to part it out, got heads ordered today!

Here is a link to pic of the kick all finished, sans head and hoop.

Slingerland Kick - Cleaned

Oh and .andrea. , I will for sure be selling the Ride, and potentially the New Beats. There is some light keyholing on the ride. Shoot me a PM and I will get some pics linked up.