Kind of weird, I have a 13'' Damen era badge WFL ride tom that has
5 lugs instead of 6. Just got a WFL vintage catalog, #51, and it shows
only the normal 6 lug styles. Anyone else ever see or hear about Ludwig
making 5 lug toms after WW2? Wondering if my tom is a fluke or some
sort of cost saving feature WFL was doing. Wish I could also just
look at some earlier catalogs up close like #49 or 50 . . .
Thanks
Kind of weird, I have a 13'' Damen era badge WFL ride tom that has5 lugs instead of 6. Just got a WFL vintage catalog, #51, and it shows only the normal 6 lug styles. Anyone else ever see or hear about Ludwigmaking 5 lug toms after WW2? Wondering if my tom is a fluke or somesort of cost saving feature WFL was doing. Wish I could also justlook at some earlier catalogs up close like #49 or 50 . . .Thanks
Eric does it have zephyr lugs on it??
No, it's a super classic kit with the cheaper nickel plating. Hoops are all
nickel over brass which is cool, but some of the nickel is coming off
on just the ride tom. I posted some pictures last year, but just got
this super cool WFL #51 catalog and was hoping to see a mention
in there about a 'budget' line that had fewer tension lugs, but didn't . . .
this is one I've never heard of,, post a pic will you!
Was digging up the picture, posting it -
Dang E, you come up with coolest stuff in them woods up there...
Yeah, this was my first super killer craiglist deal from last spring. :)
Only found this and another super killer deal in 18 months, so it's pretty barren really, seems like other dudes are getting way more cool stuff from CL in
other parts of the US...
eric, man that's way cool!! maybe wflkurt will chime in on this?
Not around here...it's a barren landscape, fraught with idiots and flakes. Every SP or GP or whateverP kit that sold in the last 5 years gets on and stays on for 300-400 when they aren't even worth 100. So, they sit and get re-listed week after week for 2-3 months and finally the seller gives up and they go away for a couple of weeks then they are back again...POS and no one wants them. As for real vintage anything, we get maybe one or two a month and the prices are stupid because the seller first consults Horn Trader in OKC and he fills their heads with huge dollar signs. Imagine a mismatched 70s Ludwig for 2000, or another for 1200, both in no better than average condition, neither of which I would give more than 800.
I think that is a late 40's drum. I think that wmp pattern probobly appeared around 1949 but the small lugs would seem to indicate something WFL did on the very early classic lug drums. Also zephyr lug drums had five lugs sometimes so this is kind of strange. I am wondering if WFL had some five hole hoops left lying around and they did this just to get rid of them! They never wasted anything so you never know! Nice set!
