Ludwig No. 983-1 Hollywood (1960s)

About the Ludwig No. 983-1 Hollywood (1960s)

The Hollywood outfit's 8x12 and 9x13 rack tom pairing alongside a 16x16 floor tom and 14x22 bass drum gives a four-piece configuration built from the same 1960s shell construction methods drummers and collectors credit with Ludwig's most warm and resonant vintage tone. As with Ludwig's other kits from this period, the specific combination of shell materials, ply count and reinforcement hardware used in this era has never been exactly replicated by later production changes.

Owning a genuine 1960s Ludwig outfit like the Hollywood means owning a piece of the exact manufacturing era most closely tied to Ludwig's rise to prominence during rock and pop music's most commercially explosive period - a historically specific instrument rather than a generic old drum set, valued by both collectors and working drummers who want that particular vintage voice.

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Sound character of the Ludwig No. 983-1 Hollywood (1960s)

Like other original 1960s Ludwig outfits, these shells were built thin by later standards, letting them vibrate more freely for an open, resonant tone with a softer, less controlled attack than a modern reinforced shell. That thin-shell vintage voicing is a defining part of the classic 1960s Ludwig sound heard on countless period recordings.

Technical data for the Ludwig No. 983-1 Hollywood (1960s)

The history of the Ludwig No. 983-1 Hollywood (1960s)

This Ludwig Hollywood outfit dates from the 1960s, sharing the celebrated shell construction of the brand's most historically significant production era.