1 3/4". These drawn brass lug casings were prone to breakage.
Camco (& George Way)
Camco George Way Tuxedo Lug
2"
Camco 847 Aristocrat turret lug
1-3/8". Drum Workshop turret lugs continue to use this hole spacing to this day.
Camco by Tama tom lug
4cm
Camco by Tama bass drum lug
6cm
Carlton
carlton snare drum lugs, 1960s-70s
1 5/8"
Carlton long bass drum or marching snare lugs, 1960s-70s
4 15/16"
CB700
CB700 "wristwatch" bass drum lug, 1970s-80s
2"
CB700 "wristwatch" tom and snare lug, 1970s-80s
1 1/2"
Fibes
Fibes/Corder/Darwin lugs casing, 1970s-80s
1 7/8"
Frank Wolf
Frank Wolf snare lug, 1930s
3/4"
Gracy
Gracy bass drum lugs, 1960s. These lugs have the appearance of oversized Gretsch lugs.
35mm
Gracy snare lugs, 1960s. A close copy of the classic Gretsch lug design
51mm
Gretsch
Gretsch rocket Broadkaster lugs
2 1/8"
Gretsch 5474 large lug
1 11/16"
Gretsch 5473 small lug
1 5/16"
Gretsch 5472 snare lug
2 1/8"
Hayman
Hayman lug, 1968-1976
35mm
Hoshino Kougyou
Hoshino Kougyou stencil bass drum lugs, 1960s. Identifiable as Star factory parts by the 5mm mounting screws, these lugs resemble bulbous Slingerland lugs.
1 3/4"
Hoshino Kougyou tom lug, 1960s
40mm
Hoshino Kougyou bass drum lugs, late 1960s-70s
45mm
Hoshino Kougyou center bass drum lug, 1960s-early 70s
2 13/16"
Hoshino Kougyou snare drum lug, late 1960s-70s
44mm
Hoshino Kougyou snare drum lug, 1980s
1 7/8"
John Grey
John Grey tom lugs, 1960s-70s
1 1/8"
Kawai
Kawai tom lugs, 1960s-70s
1 1/2"
Kent
Kent 1940s tapped tom lug
1 1/4"
Kent 1940s-early 50s tom lug
1 5/16"
Kent tom lug casings, probably late 1950s-60s
1 1/16"
Kent 1950s double-ended lugs, 1950s
1 9/16"
Kent double-ended lugs, 1950s, a minutely different casting than the version above
1 1/2" (very slightly different than the similar version above)
Kent coffin lug, 1960s
1 5/16"
Leedy
Leedy #50 Self-Aligning lug
1" vertical
11/16" horizontal
Leedy single tension eyelet guide bass drum lug, 1920s-30s
5/8"
Leedy Box/X lug, 1930-40
1 5/8"
Leedy tapped tom lug, 1937-38
15/16"
Leedy Airline lug casing, mid to late 1940s
1 3/16"
Leedy large beavertail lug, 1940-55 (continued after Slingerland's purchase of Leedy)
1 1/2"
Leedy small beavertail lug
1 3/16"
Leedy Dreadnought bass drum lug
7"
Leedy Dreadnought tom lug
1 5/32"
Leedy Slingerland era bass drum lugs
1 1/2", as pre-Slingerland large beavertails were. The Slingerland era Leedy lugs take 8-32 mounting screws, as opposed to the Conn-era 10-24 screws.
Leedy Slingerland era snare drum lugs
2 1/4"
Ludwig
Ludwig & Ludwig Imperial lug (1930s)
1 15/16"
Ludwig 2243 large Classic lug
1 11/16"
Ludwig 2246 small Classic lug
1 1/4"
Ludwig 2239 Large bowtie lug
3 7/8"
Ludwig 2240 bowtie lug - notched version for metal shells is the 2234
2 3/16"
Ludwig & Ludwig/Leedy & Ludwig Large Imperial Lug, 1940s-50s
6 15/16", with flush screw housings
Ludwig 2206 Large Imperial Lug, 1960s-80s
6 3/8"
Ludwig 2230 Imperial lug
2 3/16"
Ludwig Modern High Tension or, later, Long Classic Lug. 1963-present
2 3/16", with a 2 3/4" space between the middle holes
Ludwig Modern High Tension or, later, Large Classic/Mach lug (short version), 1963-present
4 5/8"
Ludwig 2231 Mach lug
3 1/4" with 3 1/4" space between center holes
Ludwig Standard snare lug, introduced 1968
2 3/16"
Ludwig Standard tom lug, introduced 1968
1 11/16"
Ludwig Combo plastic tom lug, late 1970s-early 80s
1 11/16"
Ludwig PC1041 Accent tom lug
1"
Negi
Negi tom lug, 1960s-possibly 70s. Negi is a company that makes drums for the domestic Japanese market. These lugs are close copies of the classic Gretsch lug style but without striations.
1 1/4" - not quite the same as the Gretsch lugs
Pearl
Pearl was forward-thinking in their lug design. All Pearl lugs beginning sometime in the 1960s are standardized at 1/2-inch increments in their mounting hole measurements. They are generally interchangeable between eras.
Pearl bass drum lug, early to mid-1960s
2 5/16"
Pearl tom lugs, 1960s. A near copy of the Slingerland style of the same era, Star made similar lugs as well. The slot head mounting screws on these mark them as mid-60s vintage.
1 1/2"
Pearl Thunder King tom lug, 1960s
1 1/2"
Pearl Thunder King snare drum lugs, 1960s. Star made very similar lugs with a different hole spacing. Early versions has flush screw holes, later versions had protruding ones.
2"
Pearl "battleship" tom lug, 1960s-early 70s
1 1/2"
Pearl President bass drum lug, late 1960s-early 70s
2"
Pearl President lug, late 1960s-early 70s
tom 1 1/2"
bass drum 2"
Pearl classic tom lug, 1970s-90s (and copied by countless low-end import kit makers)
1 1/2"
Pearl classic snare drum lug, 1970s-90s
2"
Pearl 2-way tom lug, 1980s. This version has a much thicker casting than the later similar lugs used on Export Series drums.
1 1/2" between holes at each end, 4 5/16" between inner holes
Pearl split tom lug, 1980s-90s. These were optional on MLX, BLX and other lines in place of the usual long 2-way lugs. They are not shown in most catalogs.
1 1/2"
Pearl International Series snare lug, 1980s-early 90s
2"
Pearl International Series tom lug
1980s
2"
Pearl World Series snare lug, late 1980s-early 90s
2"
Pearl World Series bass drum lug, 1980s-90s
2"
Pearl Export bass drum lug, 1980s-90s
Premier
Olympic by Premier 843756 bass drum lugs, 1960s-70s
2 7/8"
Olympic by Premier tom lugs, 1960s-70s
9/16"
Premier 1049-20 lugs
3.25"
Premier 125-20 lugs
5.25"
Premier 4020 lugs
1 15/16" between each screw boss
Premier B6158 70s lug, originally a Beverley design
1 1/8"
Premier RD843756 70s tom lug
1 7/16"
Remo
Remo Quadura tom lugs, 1990s
1 1/2"
Remo Mastertouch lug, 1990s
2"
Rogers
Rogers "casket" lug, 1950s. These may be from toms or a bass drum.
1 7/8"
Rogers bread and butter tom lug, 1960s. Probably the smallest B&B version.
1 3/16"
Rogers 3917R Bread & Butter Lug
1 5/8" - there were many versions of the bread & butter lugs, each with somewhat different measurements.
Another version of the Rogers 3917R bread & butter lug
this one is 1 11/16"
Rogers 4947R bread & butter bass drum lug
2 1/8". These holes appear slightly farther apart due to cracks in the frame.
Rogers 4850R large double ended beavertail lug
3 3/16"
Rogers 4854R large beavertail lug
2 5/16"
Rogers 4856R small double ended beavertail lug
1 15/16"
Rogers 4858R/4859R small beavertail lug
1 3/4"
Slingerland
Slingerland 548 Streamline bass drum lug (549 when used without inserts)
3"
Slingerland 547 Streamline lug
2 3/16"
Slingerland 564 small beavertail lug. Later versions had a flattened base at the front.
1 1/2"
Slingerland Rolling Bomber bass drum lug
1 5/8" (approximate). The 8-32 threads were cut directly into the wood.
Slingerland Rolling Bomber tom and snare drum lug
7/8"
Slingerland 561 large beavertail lug
2 3/16"
Slingerland 566 Sound King bass drum lug
2 3/16"
Slingerland 565 Sound King small lug
1 1/2"
Slingerland 567 Sound King snare lug
2 3/16"
Slingerland 569 lug, 1970s-80s
3 7/8"
Slingerland 568 long lug casing, 1970s-80s
2 1/4" | 2 3/4" | 2 1/4" - 7 1/4" total
Sonor
Sonor teardrop lug
1 1/4" | 30mm
Sonro Swinger lug, 1970s. Thise plastic lug may be from a tom or bass drum.
46.5mm
Sonor Phonic Era tom lug, 1970s-80s
1 13/16"
Sonor Phonic snare drum lug, 1980s
55mm
Tama (Star, Hoshino Gakki)
Star/Hoshino Gakki snare drum lug, 1960s-early 70s. A copy of the Slingerland lug design, these are distinguishable from similar Pearl factory lugs by their hole spacing and 5mm mounting screws.
2 1/4"
Star stencil snare drum lugs, early 1970s
2 1/4"
Star Tama bass drum lug, 1960s-70s
2 3/8"/6cm
Star Tama tom lug, 1960s-70s
1 1/2"
Star Tama tom lug, 1970s
1 1/2"
Tama RoyalStar tom lug, 1980s
1 1/2"
Tama Rockstar bass drum lug
2 3/8"
Tama RockStar long lug, 1980s-90s
1 1/2", 7" total between outer holes
Tama RockStar DX snare drum lug, 1980s-90s
Tama SwingStar tom lugs, 1980s
1 1/2"
Tama SwingStar snare drum lug, 1980s, red label era
1 15/16"
Tama SuperStar tom lug
1 9/16" | 4cm
Tama SuperStar snare drum lugs, late 1970s-80s
49mm
Tama SwingStar snare lug, 1980s-early 90s
49mm
Tama ArtStar and GranStar bass drum lug, 1980s
2 3/8"
Trixon
Trixon tom and snare lug, 1950s
40mm
Trixon 60s-70s lug
1 7/16" | 36mm
Tromsa
Tromsa bass drum lugs
1 1/16"/27mm
Tromsa tom lugs, 1960s
23/32" / 18mm
WFL
WFL streamlined (first) snare and tom lug
1 13/16"
WFL large Zephyr snare/bass drum lug
4 1/16"
WFL Zephyr lug
2 3/16"
WFL small double ended Zephyr snare or tom lug
2 1/8"
Yamaha
Yamaha "Y badge" bass drum lugs, 1960s-70s
2 1/4"
Yamaha tom lug, late 1960s-70s
44mm
Yamaha 5000, 7000 Series tom lug, 1980s
1 3/4"
Yamaha 8000 Series Tour Custom bass drum lug, 1980s-90s
58mm
Yamaha 8000 Series tom lug, 1980s
1 11/16"
Yamaha Recording Custom U0030545 lug, for toms 8-9" deep. 1980s-90s