Ludwig Vistalite

Barbie · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 10:21 pm Post subject: Ludwig Vistalite

I was looking for a 18 inch floor tom on ebay and ran across vintage Ludwig Vistalite. Are these things really that loud and that great to be worth $400 or more? The light blue really looks nice.

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rawrock · Posted: Fri May 28, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject:

Yeah they look cool. And yes they are quite loud. Although that particular one looks in excellent shape, I wouldn't pay $400 for it. I've seen some with some scratches(alot of old vistalites have a couple scratches) go from $125 and up. Blue and clear are not as rare as other colors(such as red, yellow, green) so they are usually a little cheaper than the rarer colors.

gdawson44 · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:50 pm Post subject:

the old vistalites (and maybe the new ones) never could hold their tune well. I would definitely avoid the vintage ones and certainly would check to see if this problem still exists with the new ones.

Barbie · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:57 pm Post subject:

Thanks. Actually my objective now is just to get something a little louder for a floor tom. They look so darn cool too.

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merrit08 · Newbie Alert Joined: 16 Jun 2004 Posts: 1

I play on a 70's Vistalite set and I love it. My band mates and other people are always telling me that my set sounds better and louder than any drumset they've heard. I use it for Rock, Jazz, Metal, really anything. They are definatelly louder and work really good in live applications. I throw a coated head on the snare, 2 ply heads on the toms, and now a powerstroke 3 on the bass. I haven't even had to mike the snare yet!!
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DWcannibal · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:59 pm Post subject:

B...

you can still buy acrylic shells if you wanted to build a kit....you could easily do just a floor for less than 400 bucks
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Nullin of Void · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject:

I wanna get me one of those Bonham reissue Amber 5 piece drumsets. *nods head...* Yeh...they're expensive....but ...worth it...

OH... I just remembered.
Did you all know that theres a website dedicated to Vistalites?

www.vistalitedrums.com

It's flat out awesome.
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Nullin of Void · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:39 pm Post subject:

Sorry to double post...

The link is to a different site.

Here's the better website.

www.vistalites.com
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paintballer687 · Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 5:50 pm Post subject:

my drum teacher has a pearl free floating snare and he ordered a custom shell thats made out of the same material as the vistalites. its cools cuz its clear but it kinda sound weird....
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Nullin of Void · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:00 pm Post subject:

It's Acrylic?
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Tenkoytuoku · Lion King Joined: 12 Jun 2004 Posts: 1067 Location: eh?

My teacher has a black acrhylic on too. Its louder then the small pearl jazz kit that I play on when im there, but its really old and dout of tune, BIG as well for a 2 piece, Its big, a nice 18" floor tom, now that baby is loud. Im sure that blue one sounds great though.
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Barbie · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:55 pm Post subject:

Update:

I have an 18" floor tom now as of last weekend. $50 from a friend of a friend of a friend etc. The depth is 16" but I'm not sure. A few minor scratches and the crome needs some polish but no cracks or anything major. It's clear (no color tinting) and has some old crappy, no lable, single ply I think) on top. Real loud but sounds pretty awful with that head. David suggested an Evans Hydrolic on top to get it under control so I'm going with that.

I already have 14" and 16" mount toms on the right so I'm not sure where I'm going to put it. The joys of expensive Lego... I mean drum kits.

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rawrock · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 6:12 pm Post subject:

sounds like you got a pretty good deal Smile

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