Pics of the Chrome Ludwig's

[ludwig-75]

Here are a few shots of the double bass Chrome Ludwig set I used at a show last night. The first couple shots are after the show, at around 3am, so i'll blame the late night for the poor picture quality and one shot of the drums stacked at home.

I'm working on getting all the sets to the school I teach at to take some quality pics on the stage. Hopefully I'll have some good pictures of all the sets in a few weeks.

Brandon


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Specs:

24x24 kicks 10x12,11x13,14x14,16x16
12x14snare (converted marching drum) 8x10 snare (converted rack tom)

The drums are Ludwig Rocker Elite , circa 1999. They were orphan drums from previous set projects, I re wrapped them and had 2 keller BD shells drilled for Ludwig hardware. I had a couple extra badges so each drum has the same style badge. The reso. heads on the toms are Remo Starfire's and the BD heads are from Vintage Logos.

[Deathmetalconga]

"BLIND-ed by the light ..."

My first ever was a Ludwig chrome 5 piece, plastic shells with real chrome metal wrapping.

[harryconway]

Man, that kit takes me back to 1974 at the Long Beach arena, Albert Bouchard with the Blue Oyster Cult, driving a Ludwig chrome-o-wood kit. Sweet lookin' stage kit. Be careful with the lazer beams.

[drummerchick435]

"BLIND-ed by the light ..."


haha! yes, it is quite reflective.

[BoxcarDrummer182]

those badges are accents, they make 24X24 kicks? and chrome drums? where'd you get it, the only solid chrome set i know is the bonham re-issue. but thats at least 5 grand and not that huge!

[harryconway]

where'd you get it, the only solid chrome set i know is the bonham re-issue. but thats at least 5 grand and not that huge!
Bonham kits are stainless steel, not chrome-o-wood. Ludwig was making chrome-o-wood waaay before you were born.

[BoxcarDrummer182]

i bet. way way way before

[ludwig-75]

Thanks for the reply's.

DMC, I've seen a couple drums from the 70's that had the true riveted metal covering, pretty darn heavy. If I recall correctly, they wrapped a bunch of white vistalites in an effort to help sell them.

And the badges are Rocker Elite, a series of drums introduced in the late 90's. The had the Rocker series (wrapped finish), Rocker Elite (stained finish) and Rocker Pro (birch shells). These drums were eventually phased out to make way for the various drums in the accent line around 2000. The badge design was carried over.

Brandon

[maddrummr]

TALK ABOUT BOOOOOM!!!

24x24 TIMES TWO!

sweet man sweet, love the resos on the bass to.

[Ozzy Biz]

24x24 TIMES TWO!

1152?............................................. ............

[Timekeep69]

Very nice! I'm a little partial to chrome. :)

[bighaibigdrums]

One of the nicest kits Ive seen.

[The popes love child]

You gotta post some sounds clips. I'm dying to hear how that 12" deep snare sounds!

[Sirwill]

As a Ludwig fan I tip my hat to your Sir.