MJD
Silver Member
When i was a teenager i found a vintage Ludwig kit on the street. The bass drum and rack tom are silver sparkle and the floor tom is a strange burgundy pearl type wrap. the bass drum hoops are the same color as the floor tom. It sat in my room where i had first my yamaha 7 piece and then my Tama 5 piece which was eventually lost. when i joined my new band the Ludwig was my only kit. I had never really fixed it up. Just put new heads on it. It sounds amazing and i had it set up in my room not going anywhere. So i got a cheap Groove percusion bop kit and it sounds perfect but only looks halfway passable. I intend to get it rewrapped but i need to fix the Ludwig up first. Then a thought struck me, i could get the Ludwig rewrapped so all the pieces match. Then another thought struck me, these are vintage three ply drums, from the 60's judging by the floor tom finish, might not restoration be the way to go leaving the original wrap intact? I cant decide and thought i'd share my dilemma with my fellow drummers and see if they had any thoughts on the matter