Ludwig Black Beauty Blue Olive Badge
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Ludwig black beauty blue olive badge. Originally intended as an inexpensive drum for educational purposes in the golden era of the60s. Anyone can sell on Reverb. By trying that hard they managed to actually be completely un-hip.
It has Imperial lugs a P-88AC throw and die cast hoops top and bottom. 1971 and the Model Number is written 420. The classic Ludwig snare offered in an aluminum shell with matte finish.
It features Imperial lugs and triple flanged hoopsTwo differences I can thin. List your Ludwig No. This is from the 1969-1980 era when Ludwig put BlueOlive Badges on the drums.
To understand the cause of discrepancies lets go back in time to the Ludwig factory of the 1960s. 417 Black Beauty 65x14 Brass Snare Drum with Pointed BlueOlive Badge 1977 - 1979 1 used from 900 Sell Yours Now What is this. The Ludwig Acrolite snare drum is a classic piece of the Ludwig product lineup.
The Vistalite kit I bought in 1973 and used until I sold it in 1982 had blueolive badges and I always thought they along with the mod logo Ludwig introduced in 1968 looked like they were trying way too hard to be hip. Its a nearly new B-stock blueolive badge 65 BB 417b from a seller on Reverb. Vintage Ludwig Acrolite Snare Drum-USA BlueOlive Badge 5x14.
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