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Ludwig Black Diamond Pearl Jazz Festival Snare #55831 NICKEL COLLECTOR +

Estimated price for orientation: 1 200 $

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Brand: Ludwig Country/Region of Manufacture: United States


Ludwig Black Diamond Pearl1964 Jazz Festival SnareBADGE #55831____________________The wrap has ZERO fade/darkening as can be seen from the photos. Bearing edges are clean & the drum is in the round.All hardware has been removed, cleaned & polished with Cape Cod Clothes & Simichrome polish. Hardware shows light wear; hoops have a few nicks & some tarnishing (mainly on the inner portion of batter-side hoop as shown).I polished the wrap with NOVUS 1 & 2 and it is extremely smooth, as close to new as you will find; this polishing does in fact improve the appearance even when a a snare is in otherwise very fine condition. A few light nicks/wear remained after polishing.If you purchase the snare the first thing to do is FEEL the wrap. It will be the smoothest wrap on a vintage drum you've ever felt.Please ZOOM in on all the photos to see the condition.Both batter & reso heads are 60's heads. Snare wires are new Puresound.MOST IMPORTANTLY: THE SNARE SOUNDS PHENOMENAL!!! AND NOT ALL VINTAGE LUDWIG DRUMS DO. GRADING VINTAGE DRUMS TAKES A BIT OF COURAGE AS IT IS A SUBJECTIVE AT BEST. THIS BDP SNARE IS WELL OVER A 9 (ON A 1-10 SCALE) & A LITTLE BELOW A 10. A TEN WOULD BE FACTORY NEW WITH ZERO DEFECTS.AS STATED BEFORE ... THERE ARE FEW NICKS OR SCRATCHES IN THE WRAP. BUT - A BIG BUT: THIS IS A 49 YEAR OLD SNARE IN UNCOMMON CONDITION, DETAILED TO GET IT AS CLOSE TO FACTORY AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT DOING ANY MODIFICATIONS TO IT.PRICE REFLECTS ALL OF THE ABOVE.