Ludwig Drums Date Guide

Please note:  Some submissions only included the year and not the full date stamp.  For these I have entered the month and day of January 1 (1/1/xx).  These may have been an actual date stamp of 12/31/xx so that the serial number may appear to be way out of sequence.  It should be also noted that serial numbers were not issued sequentially and that some variations in serial numbers is to be expected.  Even so a general range of numbers for any given year seems to be emerging and can be used for the general dating of Ludwig drums.  Thanks to all who have submitted date stamps and serial numbers so far.  Please continue to contribute so that we can improve the accuracy.  We also don't have much for the 70s and 80s yet!