1978 (Approx) Ludwig Big Beat Drum Kit in Blue Vistalite. B & O Pointy Badge. Overall kit is in excellent condition and includes the 14 X 5 Vistalite snare.
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22” x 14” Vistalite Bass Drum.No serial number. Correct mount and tom post with all the right fittings. All the T’s and claws are original. A few claws shows discoloration/pitting but most in excellent shape and straight. Lugs in good shape with minor pitting on a few. Bass drum hoops have correct inlay and have been carefully refinished with the right color black paint. Gaskets are present on all of the lugs. Bass drum spurs holders are correct with the right backing plates but note that one of the screws to hold the spur in place is stripped and will need repair. Both spurs are present and the correct length. There's a minor crack behind one of the spur holders but doesn't appear to go all the way through the acrylic. Minor spider webbing behind a couple of the lugs. Remo Powerstroke 3 on the back of the head. Ludwig Clear Head on the front. Some minor scratches and swirling on the blue acrylic but not noticeable from 6/7 feet away.
12” x 8” Vistalite Mounted Tom, Serial number 1358680. Overall great condition. Small classic lugs. Original hoops and tension rods. Bottom hoop shows some small areas of discoloration and pitting. Shell in good shape with minor scratches to the outside of the shell, no serious structural cracks. Original muffler all intact. Ludwig Silver Dot heads on batter and resonant side.
13” x 9” Vistalite Mounted Tom, Serial number 1358883. Overall great condition. Original tom holder and original lugs with minor pitting on some of the lugs. One minor crack behind one lug (pictured). Original top and bottom Ludwig hoops in decent shape, tension rods and washers all original. Original muffler. Remo Pinstripe head on batter and Remo black dot CS head on resonant side.
16” x 16” Vistalite Floor Tom, Serial number 1356687. Overall great shape. Leg mounts are all original with correct legs. Lugs are in good condition with minor pitting on a few. No cracks on the drum, light scratching on the outside of the shell. Correct ludwig tension rods and hoops on both batter and resonance side. Correct muffler in place. Ludwig Silver Dot heads on top and bottom.
14” x 5” Vistalite Snare, Serial number 1356613. Overall excellent condition with some minor pitting on the bottom hoop. Lugs overall reasonable cosmetic condition with some pitting to many lugs. All lugs having plastic backing pieces, no crack behind any of the lugs, throw, or snare butt plate. Tension rods unoriginal but correct length of 1 ⅝”. Snare wires are also unoriginal. Evans Clear Level 360 on the batter head, Remo Hazy Ambassador on resonant head.
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