Ludwig Enormous Vistalite Kit
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- Опубліковано 19 тра 2020
- A fun kit here that sounds really good, check it out!
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The drums sound amazing .suprishingly warm. Your playing is so great too. thanks for doing this one.
When I was in high school I had an old red, white and blue Vistalite set with six mounted toms. My bandmates joked that we should get Uncle Sam suits to match them. But those things looked absolutely awesome under stage lights. Wish I still had them.
My first kit was a blue Vistalite at 12 years old. Saw it sitting on a riser at a drum store and begged my mom for it. 40 years later... still going. I thought I knew a lot about gear but I’ve never seen one like this. Very cool!
Had the blue 5 piece also but tom stress cracked the kick drum at the top, lost money before i realized the drums are very delicate.
This guy's like the Jay Leno of drums. Dig it
NewWorldFungus Thanks!
@@stevemaxwelldrums where on the website can I find a picture of this drum set. Thankx in advance
@@stevemaxwelldrums where on the website can I find a picture of this drum set. Thankx in advance
You ARE A KILLER PLAYER!!! Sounded great, love Ludwig drums
Ok, that needed to be about 10 minutes longer. And I decided I need a set of Vistas.
Superb and terrific drum kit, big, punchy sound that cuts amazing as well. So remarkable the fact about how the Ludwig`s craftsmen could glued the stripes so accurately. Magic hands, to say so. Vistalites for ever, dear drummer friends.
Thank you so much for that visit into history. I like the solo as well.
I was saying " Life Savers " in my head just before you said it. I 've seen these once before about 40 yrs ago and thought the same back when. It's all in the tuning in the end. What a nice kit, wow.
Amazing kit sounds so tight and warm. thank you sir your rock!
Great playing as always Steve.
Nmrk91 Thanks! That’s a big kit but was such fun to play it!
Really sounds great but that snare has to be one of the better sounding acrylic snared I've heard in a while
needs to take the damper off it tho!
Yeah it sounds fantastic considering it has a ring on the head
@@demonicsweaters for an acrylic shell it sings like hell, on my speakers. But the toms sound quite dull to me ....
Agree this set up suits a metalic snaredrum but because it's deep acrylic i'd adapt .
Sweet... I love the sound of the snare and the 16" & 18" floor toms.
Thanks for the demo. Awesome kit!
Awesome Steve! Very entertaining to watch you play! Great skills!👍
Man they sound good Steve and they look fabulous too! Nice ending..... Thanks and Blessings!
Loved everything: drums, playing, sound. Thumbs up!
Thanks!
Very cool. I had a friend with a kit like that back in the '70's. Good to see one again! Sounds nice too.
Loved your playing...thank you Steve!
Steve always surprising and entertaining us beautiful spirit of the 70s vistalite Ludy there rock on ! ! ! ....
That's a neat looking drum set . You play it real good too. 🔥👍😎👍
Thanks for sharing this piece of drum history!
First saw this set when I was 10yrs old in my towns only music store. After that I had to learn how to play drums. When I turned 16 my pops got me a 5 piece black Vista lite kit with the remo black dot heads and James Brown greatest hits cassette tape 😍
Fantastic kit. Thanks for sharing.
Very vool kit!! They sound good too! I remember when they came out years ago!👍🥁
Steve makes every drumset sound great
Great demonstration. They also came in blue. Our drummer had a set back in the day.
Incredible blast from the past!
I love the sound of this kit, nice!
An old friend had a rainbow-colored kit, not sure who made it but it sure reminds me of this kit. It was huge!! Like a 12 piece or something with Paiste cymbals!! He bought it new and sold it within a year as he figured he wasn't progressing much as a drummer. I kick myself to this day, not to have purchased it. What a beauty!!
Wow does that kit take me back to the 70s. Sitting in front of the TV watching some early glam band from Europe. Someday I’d like to find this museum. Thanks.
Stunning looking kit. Loved the sound....especially the bongo/concert toms. I saw a Triband Vista kit from 2017....Clear-Smoke-Black.....that would be my choice for Vista kit.
Very very cool
Thanks Steve 👍😎
Always love the sound of vista lite toms
It's like the salesman sample of vistalites. Very cool! 👍
You sound great, Steve! And ...OH...would I love to buy that LifeSaver Ludwig Vistalite kit. SO choice!!!
Gorgeous kit
Beautiful kit! Lifesavers. I love it.
Yes. What a great kit.
Wow! Very freaking cool! Excellent video!
Thanks!
THE DRUMS SOUND AMAZING... I LOVE THE SNARE.. YOU GOT THEM SKILLS STEVE...
John King II Thanks John!
That Snare sounds amazing
This was shot really well. Nice!
Brings back memories of my 7 piece blue vistalight set back in 1973. The only problem I had was the high pitched ring when you struck the toms. Micking them was hard and playing in small bars was hard. Still wished I kep them.
Love the drums but loved watching you jam out on them man!!!! Awesomeness!!!!!
Thanks!
Steve love that mean rock beat man on that kit and that set is incredible.
Ryan Glick Thanks Ryan! I’m a big band and jazz drummer, but I can really appreciate the sound from this’d set. Huge sound!!!!
Very nice playing Sir!
What a cool kit!
Insanely cool kit, don't see many crazy colours flying about on shells like this... I must admit though that that playing was just fire, sounded awesome :)
Thanks!
I suddenly have a hankering for a lifesaver...
Sweet kit!
Killer sounding kit! Nice solo!
James Ferraro Thanks James!
Steve, absolute fantastic playing as always! Keith Moon would be Green With Envy watching you behind that kit wailing away! This was the configuration Moon had before he left us too early and you really did them Justice. That snare drum sounded really great. it's a really cool looking kit too! I gotta swing by the shop when this craziness finally ends and check out all these awesome kits! Peace, Bob M.
My first kit were some vistalites that were striped with orange and yellow. They are still in my parents attic.
I can taste lifesavers when he is playing the drums
He's got that buddy rich thing going on. Did anyone notice?
Yeah the blistering fast single strokes
Thats a lovely kit
Sounds great!
I remember those kits in the music store in the 70s. As a kid, nothing that I could every afford. But I sure liked to dream about them. LoL
Yeah, baby. I had a clear vistalite octaplus 1976. Too bad for me it's long gone.
Those are priceless, what a beauty. I will give my first born for that kit.
GUIDESPERSPECTIVE It is a cool set! Blew me away. I didn’t think it would sound as good as it does. Steve
That's a cool kit!
Wow, we are talking about a 1970's kit. Sounds pretty good!
Da "lifesavers" vista kit!
Cherry was my favorite flavor.
Just found your channel. Great stuff, thanks for showcasing such cool kits.
Thanks Dan
Ha! That's the coolest freaking kit!
A packet of candy...fabulous 🙂
Imagine Ronnie Tutt playing these with two bass drums, behind Elvis in the 70s..
Roy Beckerman THAT would be cool!
Love that kit and great demo 👌
Thanks!
man this is so beautiful
Thanks!
Wow a complete set of Lifesavers Vistalites! I own a clear set and fortunately it has no cracks. My snare is 5.5x14 CS black dot batter, and Remo pinstripe heads on the toms. I'm not a big Vistalite fan myself but it is the first set of drums I owned.
vistalite 1972 Very cool!
GORGEOUS!
What does having opposed to not having heads on the bottom of the drum for the sound qaulity etc.?
I love this one
wow, the matching canister throne!
Sir you have a tuning video ? the drums sounds perfectly
Steve, your a very professional player. Enjoyed your video.
Thanks!
love it thanks Steve
Michael Curran Thanks Michael
So Cool. I'd love to hear those mic'ed up. WOW!
hippydippy We just had the two overheads and the bass drum mic and it sounds great, so if it were mic’d up completely it would be extra cool.
You were cooking on that kit Steve !!!
Gretsch Drummer Thanks!
Love my vistalite’s
I know that production of these got expensive when the oil crisis hit.
Is there a Vistalite kit on UA-cam that still have the little lights that were in each drum (it was run by a transformer and claimed it was the same lighting that was in the space shuttles. They were known to short out.).
They're some of the best sounding vistalites I've heard. I'm curious if where the colors join to one another,is it a noticeable conection as far as feeling it,or are they smooth or seemless?
My mission now is to get a set like this but the red white and blue one if I can find them
Awesomeness‼️
ah.. the memories
Anyone can direct me to a picture of this drum set..he mentioned it being on the website but i can't locate it..thankx in advance..
the thrown is sooo cool. Nice planing man.. I have one of the re-issue Ludwig 7 ply maple salesman sets
Thanks!
They sound GREAT - I wonder if any serious acoustic jazz players played Vistalite?
The only drum missing the vibe for me is the bass drum, but probably a little extra time tuning/dampening would focus the tone a bit - not to get nitpicky and I really enjoyed the video, thanks guys
Wild kit!!! :)
what was this recorded with audio
want this!
Very cool kit and excellent playing! What shop is that?
And a red kickport!!
Bass drum size was never mentioned, is it 22 or 24?
Fabulous!
Impressive!
The detail of the tom mounts on my 24 inch bass seems unbeatable. And the toms arent moving a bit
Nice kit and nicely played but any rock drummer I am assuming would go for the amber vistalite for obvious reasons
The candy stripe is cool, but the way the see through quality gives the stripes a helical effect. Maaaaaaan...
Snare drum sounds amazing!