Forum: Vintage Drums
11-06-2022, 09:13 PM
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Replies: 16
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Re: Ply overlap in 70s Ludwig shells?
My high school band toured the Chicago Ludwig plant in 1976. I was 15 at the time. Based on that experience and what I saw I think you'd have been very hard pressed to find a single worker below...
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Forum: Vintage Drums
11-03-2022, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,062
Re: Ply overlap in 70s Ludwig shells?
That's how they were made at the time. The plywood was made as a flat 3 ply board, then a scarf joint was cut into the two ends and it was bent into a circle. In your second photo I don't see any gap...
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