Description: Buy and Research the Ludwig Supraphonic Snare Drum with The Drum Experts. Articles about chome over brass or Ludalloy, Serial numbes and Ludwig Badges. Ludwig Supra Snare Drum History
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Welcome to the Ludwig Supraphonic Snare Drum History web site! This site is dedicated to the Supra. It includes badges , history, catalogs and dating guides .
We have a massive collection of catalog scans and history that will help you determine which era snare drum is best for you. The majority of history is located on our vintage drum archive The Vintage Drum Guide . We have found through our research the the earliest of Supras were badged with the WFL badge and first listed in the 1960 catalog so the drum was around in 1959 or earlier. The Pre-Serial Transition Badge Era Ludwigs are the most desired drums because they originally came with a chrome over brass s
The Supra really is the "King of all snare drums" and has also been called the most recorded snare drum in history! It goes without saying that since Ludwig made 1000's of these drums that they would be the most recorded.