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2 things: one this kit sounds bitchin. The hits when you broke a stick very much got my attention. This leads to the second thing. Rdavidr second channel where you do drum covers. I’d love to see what kind of songs you like playing to
Darren Hawe id also like to hear him just playing drums. i love these building videos with the talking but his playing style is so fun to listen to i need more of it lol
I was a long-time hater of non-wood drums. But after watching this video and the fibrestar video, i have a newfound respect. Both kits sound really good!
Great videos! I have a 1977 Blue Vistalite and still love it after all these years. I enjoy watching your videos and it inspires me to try different things with my drums.
Ive realized that the quality and somehow homeyness of your content is fantastic. I feel somehow at home watching your videos. You can tell that you really enjoy doing this just by how nice these videos and drums are. Thank you for being here.
@@NEALBABBITT yes they do. We had a clear Ludwig Octa-Plus Vistalite go through our local Sam Ash for $1500 that sounds amazing. We paired it with new CS Dot heads from Remo and a full set of PaIsTe's.
I have a 9 piece smoke Vistalite color power toms single heads. Bass 16x24 toms start 6 8 10 12 13 14 16. Sound is awesome and very powerful. Thought of adding resonate heads but love the way they sound without when miked properly. You did a great job. By the way all Ludwig vistalites came with bearing edges topp and bottom.
Vistalites RUUUUUUULLLLEEEEE! I have an amber set and owned an original set of blue vistalites back in the early 80's- wish I had not sold them. Great video. I love watching the restoration of drums.
True jellybean sets were a factory option. They're pretty rare to find with similar serial numbers (that's how you know they're original and not pieced together).
I so wish there was a channel that did this for guitars. Like budget friendly stuff not crazy vintage gear but rebuild budget guitars and gear. Thanks David great video as always!
My dads ex drummer left a 5piece black smoke Ludwig vistalite (just like the floor tom) behind about 9 years ago. This kit was probably from the late 70s and I fixed it up and cleaned them all up last year, greatest drums I’ve ever played in my life. Vistalites really have this quality to them that make them so much louder than your average maple drums
Good impro.on the modification they sound nice tooooo you also have room for a possible splash with a 1/2 cymbal boom stand, mounted off the bass drum for an option.
I have 2 vintage Ludwig Vistalite kits. One in blue (4 piece) and one Jellybean (Yellow, Red, Blue). No concerts toms in either kit. All original and make a great racket.
That's great. It's amazing what can be done with spare parts from Craigslist and eBay. If I had the space I'd be going around collecting this stuff too. Build set's and sell them.
I have a set of 1970s Ludwig Vistalite.drums which includes: a 10”, 12”, 13”, 14”, 15”, & 16” concert toms as well as a 22” X “16 bass drum. I purchased the kit for $75 from a junk shop. It is in rather rough shape being that most of the drum shells are split at the seems & the rims are all rusty. Additionally, the drums are all in need of a good cleaning. After all said repairs are made, I plan on possibly using rims mounts on the rack toms, converting the 15 inch and 16 inch toms to floor toms, & maybe converting the toms into regular double-headed toms. Since money and time have been an issue recently, the project has been temporarily shelved and the drums are in storage right now. For drumheads, I plan to use Remo CS Clear Black dot heads. By the way, you’re right about Acrylic drum sets having a unique sound. My first drum kit was an old Fibes Crystalite with Ludwig mounting hardware on it. It was a 12” X 8” rack Tom, a 14” X 14” floor Tom, & a 18” X 16” bass drum. Remo Clear Pinstripe Heads on the top & Remo Clear Ambassadors on the bottom worked best on the toms. The only reason I got rid of that kit was because The bass drum was too small and I felt limited by it because I couldn’t expand the kit if I wanted to.
If you want them to be as colorful as possible, you can put remo colortone heads on them and/or some LEDs, and if you want this kit to be a rainbow-like, paiste makes their 900 series also in colorsound version, moreover, they are made from 2002 bronze. Which is sadly only b8.
Paiste has mastered the B8 alloy. In their lineup of cymbals, is shares top tier with the B20’s. Other brands bill them as budget/student cymbals, because they aren’t in the same league as Paiste.
I did the same thing with a Gretsch kit. It had a 16 floor tom with double Hoops with the 12 in the 10 were concert toms. So I converted the 12. To a two-headed Tom and it sounds wonderful next year. I'll probably do the 10 they both had bearing edges on the bottom side already
I have a 70s pointy edge badge smokey vistilite 9 piece 6,8,10,12,13,14,16,and 16x24, 61/2 supraphonic. All power tom concert sizes. They all have bearing edges. Good luck with them.
The unknown zildjian hi hats played in this video, if you were to ask me, were good ol’ fashioned A avedis cymbals. I used to buy these used hi hats and crashes from a local dealer back in the olden days. They all looked the same, there was no visible designation as to what cymbal was what beyond the obvious size and weight. Sometimes they would come in hi hat pairs, often crashes (usually 16 inch), and every now and then you’d see a 20in ride. I remember my dealer having an entire basement full of them, but that was well over a couple of decades ago. The logos, if they ever had ones, were long faded and gone. The only way you could tell they were authentic avedis cymbals was by the stamp, near the center. They all sounded great.
Great video and I'm glad you enjoy these drums. I own a 6pc clear with matching snare and they are fabulous drums. I can't believe you found orphan vistalite shells so cheap!!!😀
Dude!!! 911 EMERGENCY!!! I need a floating snare stand and I don't want to spend $120. There's got to be a solution. My thought is multi clamps, but I can't work it out
Depends on the snare and how you want to mount it, but you can get a multi clamp with adjustable angles, like the Gibtaltar SC-PUGC, and mount basically any snare basket on it to get a floating snare stand.
