Originally these would have had chromed injection molded plastic lugs on them. Unfortunately, they crack and break very easily under tension and are quite rare to still have them in place. Most of the drums were either retro-fitted with classic series lugs or were scrapped.

I'm sure yours have been retrofitted by now, so to answer your question, the lugs and badges were different but the shells were the same on the combo vistalite drums.

I can tell you this...in theory it was a great idea....in practice not so much. I bought a combo snare drum earlier this year and it was all there, plasic lugs and all. The shell was a molded plastic rather than acrylic like the vistalites, but otherwise the same series. As far as playable the way it came from the factory? Nope, Zilch, Zero! The lugs cracked easily once ANY tension was put to them and the shell started to cave in and collapse on itself! So, it was basically a shelf display piece. I sold it not long after.

You should have no problems like this if your drums are the vistalites and have been retro-fitted with regular lugs though.

Plastic lugs? Lol. This one seems to have all metal ones on there, so we sould be OK.

I'd love to see the stupid plastic lugs... that is just plain pathetic.

I bet with today's better made and stronger plastics, the idea could work.

ive got a vistalite combo kit as well. mine has the original plastic lugs. some even came from the factory with metal classic lugs. probably the last ones i'd guess. mine spent their life in cases and are almost perfect,original heads. they did come with an acrolite. i am missing the floor tom for my kit though.

mike

I started refurbing mine...... and the FT had the dreaded plastic lugs... 2 were cracked. Ludwig Classic lugs fit... and that's what was on most of them.. so I'm going to get a set for the FT, and one for the kick to replace the quite damaged one.

After a lug swap, this set is going to be like a normal Vistalite set then eh?

A little more on these drums..Ludwig Combo sets were made and sold in 1979-80 ludwig ran out of shells,when Ludwig change to the 6 ply maple shells they had alot of the older shells left over the 3 ply with rings the ones that had the white and gray paint inside the shells the classic shells and the vistalte shells..Ludwig offered these in two sets 22,13,16 and 22,12,13,16 both sets came with a acrolite snare with the lite stands.The wood shells Ludwig would do them in any color they had in the catalog and all colors of the vistalites..The mounted tom and floor toms were always concert drums the drum had double lugs but did not come with a front head ludwig used those spacer hooks to hold on the front rim..The tom mount,floor tom legs,and bass spurs were the same ones that ludwig used on the classics even the lugs..The plastic lugs were a very short lived way to many problems with them cracking Ludwig change to the classic lugs in mid 1979...Mikey