The drums sound amazing .suprishingly warm. Your playing is so great too. thanks for doing this one.
@NewWorldFungus
4 жыл бұрын
This guy's like the Jay Leno of drums. Dig it
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
NewWorldFungus Thanks!
@Cloud9MediaTv
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevemaxwelldrums where on the website can I find a picture of this drum set. Thankx in advance
@Cloud9MediaTv
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevemaxwelldrums where on the website can I find a picture of this drum set. Thankx in advance
@Avedis-G
4 жыл бұрын
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!
@gabrielszarose5640
Жыл бұрын
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.
@SeaMonkey137
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnwells5314
4 жыл бұрын
Sweet... I love the sound of the snare and the 16" & 18" floor toms.
@Sundaydrumday
Жыл бұрын
You ARE A KILLER PLAYER!!! Sounded great, love Ludwig drums
@daffyshakilfur3563
4 жыл бұрын
Really sounds great but that snare has to be one of the better sounding acrylic snared I've heard in a while
@widows-sun-369
4 жыл бұрын
needs to take the damper off it tho!
@georgebaggy
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it sounds fantastic considering it has a ring on the head
@ghostdrums
3 жыл бұрын
@@demonicsweaters for an acrylic shell it sings like hell, on my speakers. But the toms sound quite dull to me ....
@gabrielszarose5640
Жыл бұрын
Agree this set up suits a metalic snaredrum but because it's deep acrylic i'd adapt .
@WisconsinPeaches
4 жыл бұрын
Ok, that needed to be about 10 minutes longer. And I decided I need a set of Vistas.
@NMRK91
4 жыл бұрын
Great playing as always Steve.
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Nmrk91 Thanks! That’s a big kit but was such fun to play it!
@alanduncan1980
4 жыл бұрын
It's like the salesman sample of vistalites. Very cool! 👍
@guillermojimenezcastelblan8456
Жыл бұрын
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.
@rudytoth
4 жыл бұрын
That's a neat looking drum set . You play it real good too. 🔥👍😎👍
@yoshstudio
4 жыл бұрын
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 😍
@WhyTheHorseface
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this piece of drum history!
@glenmallory9982
Жыл бұрын
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.
@cybrunel1016
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@tonydir5673
4 жыл бұрын
Steve makes every drumset sound great
@geraldhartley
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool. I had a friend with a kit like that back in the '70's. Good to see one again! Sounds nice too.
@thomastucker5686
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for that visit into history. I like the solo as well.
@rogerwelsh2335
2 жыл бұрын
Always love the sound of vista lite toms
@GeorgeKam
5 ай бұрын
Amazing kit sounds so tight and warm. thank you sir your rock!
@chuckgamatoria8357
4 жыл бұрын
Great demonstration. They also came in blue. Our drummer had a set back in the day.
@roybeckerman9253
4 жыл бұрын
A packet of candy...fabulous 🙂 Imagine Ronnie Tutt playing these with two bass drums, behind Elvis in the 70s..
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Roy Beckerman THAT would be cool!
@SAS-hz5ek
2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic kit. Thanks for sharing.
@mikec7176
4 жыл бұрын
Very vool kit!! They sound good too! I remember when they came out years ago!👍🥁
@alvarocordova5533
4 жыл бұрын
Steve always surprising and entertaining us beautiful spirit of the 70s vistalite Ludy there rock on ! ! ! ....
@headman1953
4 жыл бұрын
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.
Steve love that mean rock beat man on that kit and that set is incredible.
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
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!!!!
@poodius7
2 жыл бұрын
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!!
@SocialistDistancing
11 ай бұрын
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
@bill72pa
9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the demo. Awesome kit!
@danjuric622
4 жыл бұрын
Just found your channel. Great stuff, thanks for showcasing such cool kits.
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dan
@demonicsweaters
4 жыл бұрын
wow, the matching canister throne!
@polara01
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@blakegowan6623
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@chrispile3878
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible blast from the past!
@Crankerny58
4 жыл бұрын
Killer sounding kit! Nice solo!
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
James Ferraro Thanks James!
@davidmcleod1098
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, we are talking about a 1970's kit. Sounds pretty good!
@tmaddrummer
4 жыл бұрын
Man they sound good Steve and they look fabulous too! Nice ending..... Thanks and Blessings!
@nautica7084
4 жыл бұрын
He's got that buddy rich thing going on. Did anyone notice?
@georgebaggy
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah the blistering fast single strokes
@dougsignorovitch1493
4 жыл бұрын
Very very cool Thanks Steve 👍😎
@timothymckenna1702
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome Steve! Very entertaining to watch you play! Great skills!👍
@rhythmista7707
4 жыл бұрын
I suddenly have a hankering for a lifesaver...
@wriker36
4 жыл бұрын
This was shot really well. Nice!
@donscott763
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, baby. I had a clear vistalite octaplus 1976. Too bad for me it's long gone.
@crissreznor
3 жыл бұрын
I can taste lifesavers when he is playing the drums
@BONHAMOLOGY
4 жыл бұрын
Steve , what size is the bass drum? Didn't hear you say in the video.
@starspangled2206
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah! The Portillios brothers strike again ! George & Terry What up dudes ? !!!
@elmoomle4565
4 жыл бұрын
Loved your playing...thank you Steve!
@AlbertMoyerJr
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful kit! Lifesavers. I love it.
@jglasernyc
3 жыл бұрын
I love the sound of this kit, nice!
@nram3930
4 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@chadstokes6532
9 ай бұрын
That Snare sounds amazing
@vistalite-ph4zw
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
vistalite 1972 Very cool!
@BEElaine1008
4 жыл бұрын
What a cool kit!
@Danfromoverthere
4 жыл бұрын
Love the drums but loved watching you jam out on them man!!!! Awesomeness!!!!!
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@GUIDESPERSPECTIVE
4 жыл бұрын
Those are priceless, what a beauty. I will give my first born for that kit.
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
GUIDESPERSPECTIVE It is a cool set! Blew me away. I didn’t think it would sound as good as it does. Steve
@matthewpaluch777
4 жыл бұрын
Da "lifesavers" vista kit! Cherry was my favorite flavor.
@toxievope3617
Жыл бұрын
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?
@ItsJustMeMcKee
4 жыл бұрын
My first kit were some vistalites that were striped with orange and yellow. They are still in my parents attic.
@johnkingii4511
4 жыл бұрын
THE DRUMS SOUND AMAZING... I LOVE THE SNARE.. YOU GOT THEM SKILLS STEVE...
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
John King II Thanks John!
@crlaw75
Жыл бұрын
I know that production of these got expensive when the oil crisis hit. Is there a Vistalite kit on KZitem 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.).
@korgull8448
4 жыл бұрын
Thats a lovely kit
@teleemonsta
4 жыл бұрын
You sound great, Steve! And ...OH...would I love to buy that LifeSaver Ludwig Vistalite kit. SO choice!!!
@sparrovski
4 жыл бұрын
Yes. What a great kit.
@drumdog
4 жыл бұрын
Love that kit and great demo 👌
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@pawelmorrison
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds great!
@meptune
4 жыл бұрын
Ha! That's the coolest freaking kit!
@scottyg5403
4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very freaking cool! Excellent video!
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@charliecontrino1626
4 жыл бұрын
I had a 75 Quadraplus In Tequila sunrise that i gave away! Nobody wanted them back in the 80's. I wish i held on to them!
@afischer9540
4 жыл бұрын
Bad move. Worth lots now
@dorian2112
4 жыл бұрын
quadraplus? do you mean octaplus?
@romp6969
4 жыл бұрын
I know how you feel. I traded a 10 piece vistalite kit and a small Gretsch kit plus $100 for a seven piece set of Tama swing stars in 1989. You are correct, back then, you could barley give vistalites away. With the 20/20 vision hindsight offers, everyone can see now that it was a bad move (especially considering the drums were the swirl pattern like the kit in the video but in the tequila sunrise colors!) but that is the reality of wheeling and dealing drums in the very late 80’s.
@charliecontrino1626
4 жыл бұрын
@@dorian2112 No Qaudra plus was with 4 concert toms I had 12,13, 14, 15
What does having opposed to not having heads on the bottom of the drum for the sound qaulity etc.?
@gretschludwigdrummer209
4 жыл бұрын
You were cooking on that kit Steve !!!
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Gretsch Drummer Thanks!
@hippydippy
4 жыл бұрын
So Cool. I'd love to hear those mic'ed up. WOW!
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
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.
@dorian2112
4 жыл бұрын
wish those concert toms were a little more cranked, ala Neil RIP Professor.
@MultiSkyman1
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Would have been amazing with a 6" tom!
@MrRichiekaye
4 жыл бұрын
I expected it to sound like a toy, but it sounds really very good. 1974?
@acidbath3226
4 жыл бұрын
man this is so beautiful
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@barberjeff67
4 жыл бұрын
That's a cool kit!
@flatbushfox
4 жыл бұрын
ON FIRE.....................I Hear ginger, buddy, panama and louie and steve
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Joseph Fox Thanks !
@flatbushfox
4 жыл бұрын
Keep Pounding !
@matthewbreeden7748
4 жыл бұрын
My mission now is to get a set like this but the red white and blue one if I can find them
@albitcapinigro1107
2 жыл бұрын
ah.. the memories
@matthewedwardhall
4 жыл бұрын
This is Now Possibly My Dream Drum Set. I've Been Thinking About Non-Wood Instruments Lately. If its Not A Toxic Production, & Recyclable, it May Be A Great Step Forward. But At The Same Time Wood is Bio-degradable. Been Studying Plant Consciousness. Regardless, The Design Alone is Art.
@rhythmfield
3 жыл бұрын
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
@RiccardoPearlman
4 жыл бұрын
The candy stripe is cool, but the way the see through quality gives the stripes a helical effect. Maaaaaaan...
@Musikmusikmusik
6 ай бұрын
Sir you have a tuning video ? the drums sounds perfectly
@Henry-uv9xu
4 жыл бұрын
Snare drum sounds amazing!
@afischer9540
Жыл бұрын
What would it take to convince you to let these go to a new loving home?
@0Imtheslime0
4 жыл бұрын
That snare though..
@habanerat
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice playing Sir!
@donaldswink6259
4 жыл бұрын
Steve, your a very professional player. Enjoyed your video.
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@scotturban54
3 жыл бұрын
I love this one
@tfs4499
4 жыл бұрын
Sweet kit!
@robertdirocco1885
4 жыл бұрын
And a red kickport!!
@RC-gf8cs
4 жыл бұрын
Still hav my 67 marine pearl ludwigs ..
@oddeagle1968
4 жыл бұрын
Nice...original hardware?
@johnsoos6907
4 жыл бұрын
Great kit! Great hands! Great playing & sound! I have a late 70's Red Vistalite. Ever get your hands on a Ludwig Tivoli Vistalite?
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks John! Tivoli kits are hard to find with the light system working. Funny story: Way back in the late 70s I used to hang with Barrett Deems, who was an incredible drummer and played with Louis Armstrong for years. Anyhow, Barrett had a steady gig at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. He was a Ludwig Astro’s at the time, and Bill Ludwig Jr (The Chief) wanted Barrett to play a Tivoli set. Barrett HATED the thing. Not the drums, but the lights. He never put the lights on. If I was at the gig with him he’d always ask me to “look out for the old man (Bill Jr) and if you see him coming let me know and I’ll put the lights on”. I used to sub for him from time to time and once I subbed for him at the Blackstone and played the Tivoli kit. I turned the lights on for the fun of it, and the fist thing I thought of was that this looked like I was on a carnival ride. It was weird!
@tomkelsey2303
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the drums would be very loud and harsh, but they are actually pretty "tubby."
@kosycat1
4 жыл бұрын
the thrown is sooo cool. Nice planing man.. I have one of the re-issue Ludwig 7 ply maple salesman sets
@stevemaxwelldrums
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@frankE91210
4 жыл бұрын
golly.. the throne is the icing on the cake..
@ChristopherSmithNYC
3 жыл бұрын
GORGEOUS!
@misfit2022
4 жыл бұрын
Nice kit and nicely played but any rock drummer I am assuming would go for the amber vistalite for obvious reasons
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