Anyone have a pic of world max snare seam?

PorkPieGuy

PorkPieGuy

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Im looking for a picture of a world max (or other bb copy such as the pork pie bob et. al) seam where the shell has been welded. My phone updated and all I get is ads and when searching. Thank you!
 
Al Strange said:
I’ll have to take my head off (!) and come back to you; may I enquire as to the purpose?:unsure::)(y)
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I may or may not have bought a used Black Beauty sight unseen for a stupid price from Guitar Center. When I bought it, they hadn’t even posted pics of it yet, but it was such a great price in the exact size I wanted I could not pass it up. I did call them, and it does in fact have the brass badge instead of the blue/olive badge, but the salesman wasn’t a drummer and couldn’t tell me much more about it. It was listed as being in great condition. I wanted to find a pic of a seam so I can make sure it’s not a decoy when I get it. I’ve never seen a seam in a world max, so I just wanted to see what it would look like and to see how obvious it is.

It should arrive on Monday.
 
PorkPieGuy said:
I may or may not have bought a used Black Beauty sight unseen for a stupid price from Guitar Center. When I bought it, they hadn’t even posted pics of it yet, but it was such a great price in the exact size I wanted I could not pass it up. I did call them, and it does in fact have the brass badge instead of the blue/olive badge, but the salesman wasn’t a drummer and couldn’t tell me much more about it. It was listed as being in great condition. I wanted to find a pic of a seam so I can make sure it’s not a decoy when I get it. I’ve never seen a seam in a world max, so I just wanted to see what it would look like and to see how obvious it is.

It should arrive on Monday.
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I couldn’t get a good pic through my Remo snareside as it was barely noticeable so you might have to take the batter head off to check the seam…good luck!:)(y)
 
Here you go. You'll definitely see it.

Also, at least on my pork pie big black, the bearing edge is a little narrower and sharper than Ludwig's.
 

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PorkPieGuy said:
I may or may not have bought a used Black Beauty sight unseen for a stupid price from Guitar Center. When I bought it, they hadn’t even posted pics of it yet, but it was such a great price in the exact size I wanted I could not pass it up. I did call them, and it does in fact have the brass badge instead of the blue/olive badge, but the salesman wasn’t a drummer and couldn’t tell me much more about it. It was listed as being in great condition. I wanted to find a pic of a seam so I can make sure it’s not a decoy when I get it. I’ve never seen a seam in a world max, so I just wanted to see what it would look like and to see how obvious it is.

It should arrive on Monday.
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If it's a Ludwig Black Beauty it will not have a seam, as least as far as I know they're seamless.
 
lefty2 said:
If it's a Ludwig Black Beauty it will not have a seam, as least as far as I know they're seamless.
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Exactly. That’s why I wanted to see a pic to see if the seam was obvious and what to look for in case I received an imposter.
 
Now this is interesting. As I recall, the seam on my Worldmax snare was a little hard to find because it was finished so well. Now I have to get it out tomorrow and take off the head just to satisfy my curiosity.
 
boomstick said:
Now this is interesting. As I recall, the seam on my Worldmax snare was a little hard to find because it was finished so well. Now I have to get it out tomorrow and take off the head just to satisfy my curiosity.
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Al Strange said:
I couldn’t get a good pic through my Remo snareside as it was barely noticeable so you might have to take the batter head off to check the seam…good luck!:)(y)
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Yep mines the same as you guys. The finishing is superb on ours by the looks.

Maybe an older version of a Worldmax?

I can see how someone might pass a Worldmax shell as a black beauty, they are very easy to customize, and to the untrained eye!
 
Ok, it must have been low light the last time I looked, because in bright light, I spotted it right away. This is from a Worldmax-branded 5x14 shell.

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