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Originally Posted by vandi Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe all pre-serial (blue oval transition badge) and most if not all pre-serial keystone badge supras are chrome over brass "COB" shells. The COB supras are the ones which command top dollar. Once keystone badge supras started showing up with serial numbers Ludwig had begun using alloy shells for their supras. |
This is false. Ludwig made the "Crome over Brass" snare one year and one year only. That year was 1959. It was referred to as a "transitional badge". This badge looks slightly different from the keystone badge. There are not a whole lot of them. And yes, they fetch $800 to as much as $1200 on ebay when they show up. I only know this stuff because a friend of mine has one. I've recorded it a bunch and it definitely has an edge to it. Lot's of midrange! Cuts like a mo-fo!