Rescuing a Ludwig Vistalite Bass Drum! 

What do you all think about me making a jelly bean Vistalite kit? 🤔 *The plotter is a Cameo 3 & I used Goof Off Graffiti Remover to remove the logo. Links in the description!*

You should put evans red hydraulic heads on a blue vistalite kit and make it an "imax kit"

Its good to know how you did this but...... BRING BACK DOLLAR TREE DRUMMER!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH the series was so good

I'm a guitarist that just dabbles in drumming, but I really dig this channel.

I LOVE THAT FLOOR TOM

That bass drum is KILLER.

A blue Vistalite kit was one of the things that turned me onto drums in the first place! Thanks for rescuing this bass drum!

5:46 MIND BLOWN. Had no idea it was that easy...

9:33 love the text you added at the end of the Rogers "R"

Dude, you are a wizard!!! Loved watching this restoration, especially with all your personal touches.

Dude your drum tones have gotten so much better in the last few videos. These things sound great!

Big fan of all your restoration videos! It's great to see well-used shells and drums being restored and even upgraded from what they may have been originally. You do great work, keep it up!

The vinyl cutting is the most pleasing thing I’ve seen in awhile. Amazing when shit works out

Awesome job! Dig the playing at the end, particularly that linear-style tom groove.

Your work inspires me over and over again to find new uses for the gear that I have. Thanks!

Cool, I play the vista-lites everyday,love them so much.1978 was when I started on the blue set and we still have them today. Got the Bonham set 16 years ago and never looked back/Let Us Rock On

Great vid! I love how you made the Ludwig logo a RdavidR logo with the same looks! Way to go David!

Rdavidr why are you so cool! your videos are entertaining as heck man. I can't stop watching. plus your camera skills are impeccable.

This video is sick dude, I love the new content you are putting out man keep it up

That looks so nice! I love see-through drum shells, they're so cool to me.

Watching these vids have made me a Ludwig lover..

Really dig the more active editing during your playing. I think it adds more excitement to the shots. Great work, as always.

It all comes down to sound and you’ve got a totally solid kick drum! Great work!

Ok love the linear groove and fills at the end. Gonna have to steal that!!

I love the slappy thud sound. Great job on getting it up and running, no one turns lost property into gold like you do, as always great video.

An awesome Video!!! It was great to see you playing something different during the demonstration as you usually would play. I would love to see different songs in your future videos 😊

Your series is amazingly wonderful! What a great hobby and your woodworking/mechanical skills are interesting. In addition, I always enjoy and appreciate your jam sessions at the end of the episode. Nice work all the way around!

We need to see an rdavidr version of every drum company logo now that you've done this, you do realize?

That bass drum sounds phenomenal!

I bought a four piece shell pack of this same kit from my uncle years ago and managed to restore three of the shells :) old late 70's model in the same blue. Great sounding set, you did a great job bringing her back to life!

I had a blue Ludwig 1977 Vistalite for 35 years great Kit. & You got groove too.

You know, cool projects aside it's really awesome watching you get better and better at playing drums.

Man you’re sounding great in this video! Mean bass and snare combo

Not sure how I got this, but I truly enjoyed it... your passion is appreciated. Back in the late 70’s when I started playing I was practically given a Vistalite Ludwig set, and I sold it and bought a nice Slingerland set (I’m a huge Bill Ward fan)... I kept the snare and the pedal tho... it did have a nice hard sound that I could never find anywhere else. I haven’t played for years but I love your passion. Thanks again...

I love seeing your uploads! Good video man.

Sounds and looks great! Fantastic job on the hoops as well.

A good friend and I completely reconditioned a full set of Vistalite clear drums he purchased. No missing parts but we polished out every (dam) mark on all of the shells, (no cracks or spider webed holes, wow). That included some wet sanding the worst of the marks, then used Novus 3, Novus 2 and Novus 1 (great stuff) to bring them back nearly like new. Hardware started off in good shape (replaced the worn out tom mounts) so a round of polishing with a bench mounted machine to get them up to real good. Anyway, like new now..... er.... took a LOT?? of hours. Super nice guy, fun to work together with a friend and he LOVES them. He had to try lots of different heads and tunings until he was happy with that aspect, but I'm no drummer and couldn't help with that.

Modern day genius you are my friend ! Great work as always

Awesome upload! Very creative use of the vinyl cutter!

such a cool drum, and i love the rdavidr ludwig style logo!!

Great sounding kit

Man that was a sick beat you played near the end

David great Job my friend sounds great and your playing too!

Making your own custom kit, very impressive 😍

Super nice Chanel! You deserve at least 1 million subscribers ,cheers mate

Cool! I recently did pretty much exactly this with a 1965 Ludwig super classic bass drum shell (3ply with reinforcement rings). It also turned out pretty great. I went with the “new” atlas mount spurs though... I kind of regret that. Otherwise I’m super happy with how the drum came out. Welcome to the Ludwig rabbit hole David! 😁🥁

Sounds great!

That beat you were playing in the end was dope I'm totally learning that

Nice job, and nice vid. That snare sounds incredible.

Sounds killer, bro!

Diggin’ that RdavidR logo. Love it!

Ludwigs are awesome! When I was 15 I asked for some drums, but we couldn’t afford much. So we got the cheapest, most embarrassing used kit from our local shop.. A 70’s Ludwig cortex 3pc with 24” kick. I used to be teased for having such an uncool setup haha! I’m so glad I kept it, they’re the only shells I’ll ever want.

Nice restoration I love doing these in my free time

great drum recording at the end niceeeee

Wow this is awesome!

Is never too late to jump into the Ludwig mania, i had borrowed a beautiful c pattern Vistalite clear and orange stripes, the 22 kick drum with a blanket inside was the bomb, the best kick drum i ever played

Sweet kick drum. Sounds good

Nice work Dave!

YES FINALLY ANOTHER DRUM RESTORATION VIDEO

Like Vistalite drums..I have a 1976 vintage Ludwig Vistalite kit in pretty good shape alas the 9 x 13" tom has a vertical shell crack in line with the muffler mount and shell tag. Still plays well so I just live with it.

Nice sounding bass drum!

When my original spurs for my 76’ Vista finally bit the dust I went for those DW mountable ones that go right on the hoop. now that I know the ones you got...I may switch them out. Also that decal is fantastic! 👍🏻👌🏻

Wow luv what you did!!!👍

love the time change fill.

Dude oh my god tight logo on the bass drum it’s perfect

That kick sounds epic. My dad has a full custom vistalite set and that kick looks just like ours

Wow almost went to bed before seeing this uploaded 8 minutes ago.

I really like the sound.

Really cool drum solo at the end, rdr.

Logo is tight!!! 🤜🏼🤛🏼

sounds like thunder, well done man!

I just did the exact same thing with a Slingerland Bass drum. And then toms, and floor toms. Ended up with a complete kit.

Great Videos. Keep It Up. You inspire me to refurbish my drumset.

I think the bass drum spurs you used are an upgrade, as far as stability. I never liked the curved legs...too much wobble. Great work, beats, and video, as always!! So glad I subscribe!

It sounds massive, wow.

Really good work on the floor Tom I love your name on white snare 🙏💕💕💖❤️💕

It's almost better you just got the shell, now it's really YOUR drum and all the personal touches etc. Looks sick

I love the Chicago Music Exchange!! I go there all the time because I live close and it is my most favorite music shop! Also while this is potentially being read, I love the channel!

That Floor Tom though....😊

Great video and amazing sound on the bass drum! Could you make a video on tuning a Vistalite set?

Sounds good too

Why was I under the impression that this whole process is highly illegal? Oh wait, it was the mysterious backing track! I loved that.

He's crafty!

Your the man!

Awesome. Love the rescue videos. There's just something about old Ludwig stuff. I found a 70's thermogloss kit in a buddys basement. It was alot of work but it sounds so freakin retro and sweet! I didn't like the price of the spurs online either. I find those spurs shitty anyways. I pieced together a few old ones and I took the rubber feet right off and staright up sharpened the metal so it grips the carpet.

Was worth putting together just to play that beat cuz it sounded killer!!

the demo at the end reminded of some john stanier battles type shit lol v nice mr david

Awesome!!

Groove at 8:00. I’m stealing it. Vintage Vistas look great, we’re a beast to keep dust free, stage eye candy, sounded pretty good, add some shell lights…hated the feel! (Just me.) Your amazing! Loved the RDavidR logo.

Awesome video! Just a little tip from someone who spends a lot of time finishing wood, you should look into using a grain filler when staining wood. If you stain/dye the filler a fair bit darker than you want the final finish to be, let it try then stain the wood, it just gives it so much more depth and looks like the woods coloured that way instead of having that "looking at it through coloured glasses" look. Also, buy the filler bare, and stain it yourself, just much cheaper that way and is obviously more versatile as you can stain it any colour. Also, really don't be afraid to stain the filler really dark. When I do mahogany (mahogany is almost a pinkish orange from nature, that brown red look your use to when you hear mahogany is purely stains and dyes) I still stain the filler black, and it comes out amazing and does not make the mahogany look too dark or anything.

nice video man!

Maybe you mentioned this and I just missed it, but what size is it? It looks like a 24. Take out the laundry, put a felt strip across the front and let her BOOM!!🤘🏻🤘🏻

My buddy has a blue Vista kit and his bass drum has probably about a 15 inch vent hole in the center and that kick drum will punch a hole in your heart if you're standing close to it

clear as day!!!!alllrighhht

Would love to have that kit!

Nice bro! I love it!! I am a bassist but i love playing drums. But.. Every time ive owned a kit, ive either had someone steal stuff or have had to get ride of it. But damn. I love drumming.

That’s a pretty kick drum

ThT floor Tom sounds killer.

For tho i love that Rodgers tom

Yo bro this shit is getting next level!