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Ludwig Bracket Questions Last viewed: 1 day ago

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I recently picked up a 1965 Ludwig Downbeat kit. The 12" rack tom has a serial number of 122567 and a date stamp of April 5, 1965. The 14" floor tom has a serial number of 121420 and date stamp of March 27, 1965 while the 20" bass drum has a serial number of 127175. I can't seem to find a date stamp on that one.

My questions concern the brackets mounted on the three drums. The rack tom's got a Ludwig P-1672. The brackets for the floor tom legs are also P-1672s. For some reason the brackets for the bass drum spurs are a P-1672 and a P-1216D. The bracket for the cymbal L-arm on the bass drum shell is missing so I'll have to pick one up.

From what I've read in Rob Cook's publication, "The Ludwig Book" (see pics), a kit from 1965 should have either P-1216A or P-1216D brackets. Am I correct? If so, I'm wondering what the P-1672s are doing on this particular kit. Since I've also got to pick up a bracket for the cymbal L-arm on the bass drum I want to make sure that I purchase the "period correct" one. If any of you Ludwig gurus out there could be kind enough to supply me with some "words of wisdom" I'd greatly appreciate it.

THANKS in advance for your time and your help!

Posted on 14 years ago
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When it comes to the ludwig brackets on the older 60s sets they always seem to get mixed up maybe by someone at ludwig putting the drums together or the someone else...To me on your set the mounts on the bass drum should be all matched what i fine the bass drum legs brackets should not have a insert just the wing-nut that goes into bracket..The tom bracket and the L-arm bracket should have inserts same for the floor tom..But then again i have some sets that have all the brackets with no inserts and others with all inserts..I know ones with out inserts are hard to come by....Mikey

Posted on 14 years ago
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