What was the name of this Ludwig finish?

Axe

Axe

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I ordered this 8" tom many years ago and the name eludes me...anybody?
Thanks!
 

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green glass drum said:
Blue Strata
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I respectfully disagree. Blue Strata goes around the drum, not vertically, and it's much less evenly spaced than this finish. This looks like the Blue Makassar finish that Ludwig first used on the Signet Line.

Blue Makassar on the left, Blue Strata on the right.
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Thanks for the responses - it's definitely not the Signet finish though... and I was wrong I ordered a 6" tom not an 8...it's a little more green than is showing up in the pics...
 
Looks like Alpine Blue
 
Axe said:
Thanks for the responses - it's definitely not the Signet finish though... and I was wrong I ordered a 6" tom not an 8...it's a little more green than is showing up in the pics...
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Ah, Your right, it’s not….. I should have paid more attention to the lugs.

It could be the Electrostatic Green finish that came on the Classic Maple line? Or Blue…..
 

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Alpine Blue is what I come up with un a Google photo search as well.
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Those are not Signet badges on OP drums in question Not Signet lugs, either.

Signet finishes, if I'm not mistaken was actually the outer ply not a wrap.
 
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It's the Signet veneer, but coated for a smooth feel and richer look. I'm not sure if that was considered an Electrostatic finish, which included multiple colors that weren't Signet veneers.

Of course the Signet veneers were 'manufactured' finishes, so Ludwig could have created more colors in those grains.

I like the Ebony Macassar. (Note: I installed the tom mount on the kick.)

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My drum is 100% Electrostatic Green, Classic Maple not Signet...ordered a 6" Aquaburst and EG at the same time... thanks for all the replies
 
Axe said:
Classic Maple not Signet...
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The Signet line came & went quickly and Ludwig had a lot of outer finish ply leftover, so they started to offer that in a coated version on other lines. I'm not absolutely sure that it became the Electrostatic, but it would make sense. Ludwig didn't waste anything. The Signet iso mounts ended up on the Neusonic line a few years later. :)
 
bermuda said:
The Signet line came & went quickly and Ludwig had a lot of outer finish ply leftover, so they started to offer that in a coated version on other lines. I'm not absolutely sure that it became the Electrostatic, but it would make sense. Ludwig didn't waste anything. The Signet iso mounts ended up on the Neusonic line a few years later. :)
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Ah, so what you're saying is EG might just be the Signet finish with some gloss added...
I wish I had ordered an entire kit in EG, really dig the finish.
 
This is from the 1968 Ludwig catalog... would it be that old and you added the Atlas mount?
Yours looks like the second color from the left:
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