Vintage 1970's Ludwig Hollywood 4 Piece Drum Shell Pack White Marine Pearl

Description

Early 1970's Ludwig Hollywood 4 piece shell pack. 3-ply shells with re-rings and clear coated interiors. Original white marine pearl wrap. 12x8, 13x9, 16x16, and 22x14. Coated ambassador batter heads have minor wear. Clear ambassador resonant heads are in good shape. Coated Emperor and Fiberskyn on the bass drum have only minor wear. Overall these drums are in great shape for their age and recently had a full restoration. Each drum was fully disassembled. At some point someone installed a Pearl bass drum tom mount and pearl mounts on the toms. These were removed and extra holes were plugged. The wrap was compounded and polished. All chrome hardware was polished. The factory bearing edges (which were horrible) were professionally leveled and re-cut to accept modern heads (1/4" round-over with a 45 degree inside cut). Any non-Ludwig tension rods were replaced with period-correct matching Ludwig tension rods and washers. Correct Ludwig tom mounts were installed. The bass drum hoops were repainted. And finally each drum was reassembled and tuned. These drums are complete, fully functional, and ready to play. There is nothing missing or broken.
That said, they are 50 years old and player-grade. There is minor pitting on lugs and hoops. The floor tom legs have some chrome failure and the rubber feet aren't original. The badge was missing on the 13" tom so another pointy B/O badge was installed. The double tom mount has pitting and some chrome failure. The wrap has some fade but still shows very well. There are a few spots of (minor) stubborn seam lift that I'm still working on (see pictures). There is a small piece of wrap missing at one of the seams on the bass drum (see picture). As previously stated there were pearl tom mounts that were removed. The plugged holes are visible only upon close inspection. The bass drum tom mount bracket is a new Ludwig mount. The internal dampener on the 16" isn't original. There are a few other minor details, but overall these are beautiful drums.
It is never my intention to misrepresent anything, so please message me for additional info. I can also send a link for the folder with pictures of the entire restoration.