hello, yesterday was memorial day and the thrift shop down the street was having a half off sale...so i went. I saw a ludwig snare there and I looked at it and it seemed to be in nice condition and all so I bought it for $18. I'm just wondering what kind of snare it is and details about it so heres some pictures. its just for curiousity, i think i'm just going to keep it to practice excersizes and such but any help would be cool. thanks!

*edit: sorry about the large sizes, i could have sworn i resized all of them














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YES!!! those are pretty sweet snares. i'd get it and use it as my main. that is an amazing deal. huge congrats on your fine there!!!!

Looks to be aluminum does a magnet stick to the shell?

hell yeah, you got a deal.

even at full price it was a steal.

those badges were used in the 70s if memory serves me correctly...

its a 70s ludwig acrolite 5x14 aluminum snare. if you dont want it talk to me and ill see if i can take it off your hands because ive been wanting one for a while. you got a killer deal on that snare and if the throwoff and dampener work well then it even better. those snares are one of teh most recorded in history and i can tell you that they are loud beasts. tune that thing well and it will sing.








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Real life doesn't work that way, and one day he's gonna pull a stunt like that and they'll put a cap in him. At that point it won't matter that he was fat in high-school and couldn't get laid.

i haven't tried putting a magnet to it but i think it is aluminum just because of how it looks...but i'm not expert. and yeah the throw off and dampener work. i actually really liked the dampener i haven't had one of those on a snare since my old cb snare which has been gone for a long while.

but anyways thanks for the quick replies. i'll have to try it out with my whole kit next time i go to practice.








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DO NOT BUY IT, THEY'RE RIPPING YOU OFF!

That's a terrible deal, trust me.

But buy it and send it to me, i'll send you the money for it.

>=D

$18 for an Acrolite - an excellent snare drum and you got a great deal. The Blue and Olive badges were used in 1970s and the 1980s. I looks to have the orignal heads! This was a pretty good find and it looks like it is all there!








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Someone obviously did not know what they had! Great deal...hold on to it!








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Man, what some people have just kicking around their basement or closet.... amazing. One man's trash is another man's treasure. I have a friend who bought a mint Wurlitzer piano (200A?) for 100 bucks because the guy didn't know what he was selling. Good deal man.








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you stole that snare what a amazing price for a amazing snare. way to use your periferals

You find any more deals like that, make sure you let me know! Great find.

Hahaha good work! Just seen a 1960's Acrolite on Ebay in the UK for £90, given the exchange rate that's what, about $180 and the auction hasn't even finished yet!








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