Help me be a good dad.  

A young drummer in the house is about to have a birthday and I obtained a 67 Acrolite snare (I hope this is spelled right).  What heads and snare wires should I obtain to complete the set-up?

Snare wires probably are not the right term - but, hey, I am a 52 year old guitar player and I am doing the best I can here.  You get the picture.

Thanks for the help!

Lazysdad

You'll be glad to hear that you got the terminology right.

I, anyway, would just get a set of 20-strand "snappy snares", to begin with.  There's a quite a following with 42-strand snares, but, while many appreciate their fat sound, they may not be for everybody.  Is he or she fond of a fat snare sound?  If so, maybe you might try those.  In any other case, just get the 20-strand wires; I feel that they are most versatile.  You can change them later on if needed, anyway, for relatively cheap.

For heads, again, I would just go basic as far as setting this drum up; namely, a medium-weight batter head (like the Remo Ambassador, Aquarian Texture Coated, Evans G1) and a medium-weight snare side head.  Of course, if your young drummer is a hard hitter, you might even try a head with a dot in the center.

In any case, the Ludwig Acrolite is a fine instrument, no matter what sort of drummer will be using it—is he or she a beginner, by the way?

Wow Dave- you really surprise me sometimes.

I'm into ludwig heads on ludwig drums- but that's me.  Here's a linkski in case anyone would care to peruse the ludwig head selection:
http://www.ludwig-drums.com/content/products/accessories/wm_drumheads.php

Even better.  With those heads it'll be just like new!

Wow! We have all kinds of celebrities here at the D.C. .....

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Tom Waits!

So if I wanted to put my '68 Acro back to original (as possible) heads, the WeatherMaster medium batter and med snare side heads would do it?  I'm not a particularly heavy hitter, so I'm not worried about denting them--I still have my G2 batter and Hazy 300 snare which have been on my snare for over two years (and still going strong).  What about the Aquarian modern vintage heads-has anyone tried these on your snare?

Yeah, I know they're 2 ply-I just didn't know ply thickness.  I have G1's on my toms, which have been on for over a year and the only dent on my tom-tom is from when the nylon tip fell off my drumstick and I didn't notice until I already hit the tom a couple times. I'm just trying to get as vintage a sound out my snare (and eventually whole kit, although they're Pearl Exports-they're close with G1 coated tops and bottoms)

...the things my dad does while i'm at camp lol. Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I'll go with a coated and clear ambassador for a more versatile sound. I might try  the snappy snare 20 strand also.  

Thanks again