Ludwig Vistalite 50th Anniversary w/Jon Theodore

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • Make way for the latest explosion of color as we celebrate 50 years of Vistalite Drums!
    Decades of unrivaled power, performance, and innovation - Unrestrained style with an individualist spirit that took drums to new heights. We celebrate a milestone of innovation and drum manufacturing for the next era of thrilling musical moments.
    We are honored to feature Ludwig artist Jon Theodore to kick-off the showcase with us - Slamming through a live recording of "Last Letter" by One Day as a Lion. Jon has spent a big part of his playing career behind Vistalite drums, performing on some of the biggest stages and celebrated records of the last 2 decades.
    The celebration of Vistalite 50th brings back collector favorites as well as alluring one-of-a-kind varieties. Red and green finish options make a return for the first time since 2009 as standard colors for the 2022 production season. Along with the expanded color options, we have five new limited production pattern options that playoff familiar rarities with a new twist!
    Join us for the next chapter of Ludwig Vistalite drums! Proudly made in the U.S.A since 1972.
    🥁: Jon Theodore
    🎚: Robert Carranza
    🎼 by: One Day As A Lion

Комментарии • 220

  • @AgentHEKTAH
    @AgentHEKTAH 2 года назад +105

    Damn, this guy is a powerful drummer.
    The reason I loved TMV so much.

    • @jchez0962
      @jchez0962 2 года назад +13

      It hasn’t been the same since he left. I have a soft spot for deloused and Frances the mute

    • @milo8796
      @milo8796 2 года назад +3

      I love the Theodore albums, and think Bedlam is a masterpiece with some really cool song endings. I prefer their B-Sides album to their last two records, though.

    • @stevenmonte7397
      @stevenmonte7397 2 года назад +1

      Hell yeah! TMV is why Jon is one of my top 5 ever. Such a badass!

    • @adityarifqi5286
      @adityarifqi5286 7 месяцев назад

      @@stevenmonte7397 what TMV?

    • @stevenmonte7397
      @stevenmonte7397 7 месяцев назад

      @@adityarifqi5286 The Mars Volta. He played on first two albums.

  • @chrisbrown-lu7cj
    @chrisbrown-lu7cj Год назад +12

    I often wonder how different bedlam would sound if he was playing on it. I love TP, but JT’s bombastic kick patterns are otherworldly.

    • @oui2611
      @oui2611 9 месяцев назад +3

      not many people know he also played the drums in red dead redemption 2

  • @NotMyWar
    @NotMyWar 2 года назад +52

    Love Jon Theodore! He makes me want a vistalite. Your marketing ploy is working Ludwig.

  • @daffyshakilfur3563
    @daffyshakilfur3563 Год назад +18

    His grooves on the Lion album are infectious. Technical in away u can’t deny but also very listenable and not completely over your head .

  • @racefrspace
    @racefrspace 2 года назад +16

    Huge fan of this dude. Feel extremely lucky to be floored by him when seeing him a couple times live with Golden in early 2000's . Deloused is a high water mark by any musician's standard in my opinion. Hoping he stays w QOTSA and is allowed to run free. Awesome

  • @redinger44841
    @redinger44841 6 месяцев назад +4

    It was the mid-70s and I was about 13 years old. I was able to buy a brand new five-piece vista light set with the money I made from gigging. Back then I was too young and too naive to realize just how fortunate I was. How this video brings back memories. Thanks.

  • @grayknight836
    @grayknight836 2 года назад +38

    Now that’s how you do it Ludwig ❤️‍🔥! Got to keep the classics 🥁 rocking and rolling, sets the brand apart. Quality old-school is the way to go! 🤘🏻

  • @ztiberiusd
    @ztiberiusd 2 года назад +28

    What a killer demo. Couldn't think of a better drummer and track to show off these drums. Absolutely fantastic!! Best drummer alive.

  • @matthewjames206
    @matthewjames206 2 года назад +21

    One of the best. I really wish One Day as a Lion would put out some new music 🤘🤘🍻

  • @stevenmonte7397
    @stevenmonte7397 6 месяцев назад +2

    My friend had the red, white and blue kit growing up in the 70's. It was badass! Jon is such a banger. One of my faves.

  • @a_d_s5361
    @a_d_s5361 2 года назад +49

    Greatest rock drummer to ever breathe.

    • @brookmelee5983
      @brookmelee5983 2 года назад

      Shut up.

    • @Childofbhaal
      @Childofbhaal 2 года назад +15

      @@Qixo_ Jon Theodores work on the first Mars Volta album is better than anything Bonham has done and I’m a huge LZ fan

    • @ericmsandoval
      @ericmsandoval 2 года назад

      You clearly have never heard of Metz

    • @maxcrowe
      @maxcrowe 2 года назад +5

      Jon is great but Danny Carey exists so I'm not sure about this statement...

    • @maxcrowe
      @maxcrowe 2 года назад +5

      @@Qixo_ I'm so sorry to hear that, I hope you get well soon.

  • @Hectordirector
    @Hectordirector 2 года назад +2

    I played loud again and again and again. My favourite drummer ever.

  • @Adolfo_drummer
    @Adolfo_drummer 2 года назад +15

    Absolutely love it! Ludwig Drums and Jon Theodore, so cool, classy and modern. Yes!!

    • @bebobalula
      @bebobalula 2 года назад

      No!! Theodore is boring. He sounds like machine: a lot of noise, but no soul.

    • @TC-lk2ev
      @TC-lk2ev 2 года назад +1

      ​@@bebobalula lmao. No.

    • @Childofbhaal
      @Childofbhaal 2 года назад

      @@bebobalula You clearly never heard him in The Mars Volta

    • @adityarifqi5286
      @adityarifqi5286 Год назад

      Soul ? what a joke you're not know the mean of music @@bebobalula

    • @adityarifqi5286
      @adityarifqi5286 Год назад

      he don't have taste in this music bro@@Childofbhaal

  • @thedimensionchannel
    @thedimensionchannel 3 месяца назад

    One of the best songs ever made, mixed with one of the best sets available! Brilliant! That'll be the next set I buy!

  • @milo8796
    @milo8796 2 года назад +4

    This is one of my favorite Jon Theodore beats! If he did “Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt” or “Viscera Eyes” I would’ve lost my mind…

  • @alexanderjamesINC
    @alexanderjamesINC 2 года назад +17

    There is just SOMETHING about Jon. Something that makes him so unique and interesting to listen to.
    I could listen to a whole album of just him. When The Mars Volta had him, it was truly a special mix. Now that he does his own thing that is not really my bag, I would still listen just because of the way he plays the drums. He is truly an amazing musician .

    • @0.f.p.313
      @0.f.p.313 2 года назад +2

      I think exactly the same. In my opinion, when Jon plays the percussion, for me he is the drums, not the drummer, but the drums. a little fucked up what I wrote, but I can not describe it otherwise. He is my inspiration from the moment I saw the Golden concert. I love him 🤧🤧🤧😃

  • @davidmacdonald7634
    @davidmacdonald7634 2 года назад +1

    This guy is awesome - power, control and class... My Ludwig Vistalite kit is ordered.

  • @cesarperez-cardenas97
    @cesarperez-cardenas97 2 года назад +7

    That striped red/yellow kit looks absolutely fabulous. 😱

  • @tristansnowdon-poole1905
    @tristansnowdon-poole1905 2 года назад +2

    Phenomenal drummer and phenomenal drums. Superb ad, Ludwig

  • @Hectordirector
    @Hectordirector 2 года назад +2

    Im going to buy one just because him

  • @R3TR0R4V3
    @R3TR0R4V3 2 года назад +8

    Sickkkk! 50 years, how 'bout that! One of my favorite drummers of all time too, at least from the modern era. Been a big fan since Deloused by The Mars Volta came out. 🤘 Always wanted a set of Vistalites, but not necessarily vintage ones. My pops had a blue set, but they had issues. That's so cool you guys reissued the spirals and tricolored shells too! Hopefully the solid colors are seamless. Anyway, great to see these brand new! 😎

    • @Brewkowsky07
      @Brewkowsky07 2 года назад +2

      One of my top favorite albums there. His playing on Deloused is perfect

  • @davemieze9021
    @davemieze9021 2 года назад +5

    It’s apparent early on in a track if a drummer is “single stroke based” or “double stroke.” And this dude kills this. Single stroke heaven

  • @neerbronoc
    @neerbronoc 2 года назад +3

    i know this an ad, but god damn ludwig really knows how to get me to want to buy something.

  • @martindalby1365
    @martindalby1365 Год назад +1

    I freaking love this video. John Theodore is such a great drummer and he really inspires me. On top of that I’m ready to buy a Ludwig Vistalite every time I watch the video - untill I see the prices. But maybe one day.

  • @rhythmista7707
    @rhythmista7707 2 года назад +1

    I was a year old when vistalites came out. First time I saw vistalites was on Zeppelin's Song Remains The Same. Then it was solid color acrylic with black and white stripes with Alex Van Halen. There's no more to be said. Sound speaks for itself.

  • @thebudiodrummer
    @thebudiodrummer 4 месяца назад

    Dudes a beast, top 5 drummers in my book

  • @Guitarisforgrins
    @Guitarisforgrins Год назад

    Jon Theodore and a Vistalite kit is fucking awesome! That is THE sound.

  • @BrenainnJordan
    @BrenainnJordan 2 года назад +3

    hell yeah Mr Throdore absolutely killing it again, really love those heavy hitting rudiment grooves, sounds beastly on those vistalites!

  • @ghostnotes3457
    @ghostnotes3457 2 года назад +181

    Nobody watched that just one time

    • @AlejandroMartinez-fr6hj
      @AlejandroMartinez-fr6hj 2 года назад +1

      For sure!

    • @JuanMartinez-vu3cc
      @JuanMartinez-vu3cc 2 года назад

      I did it... but it's because it's the first time I watched it....

    • @virgil5650
      @virgil5650 2 года назад +2

      I did because I about had a damn seizure!…I listened to it more than once though lol

    • @vincenzoantonelli9772
      @vincenzoantonelli9772 2 года назад +2

      You are correct sir, it is indeed my 15th time watching this

    • @billyjackoff
      @billyjackoff 2 года назад +2

      I would straight up just listen to all his Mars Volta drum stems on repeat if they were available. That's the sign of a truly great drummer.

  • @clarknova7331
    @clarknova7331 2 года назад +2

    Excellent work - a superb advert. Great kit(s), great track, great drummer. Really well put together with some lovely graphics. Also bonus points for the pun at the end.

  • @LaceChaser
    @LaceChaser Год назад +1

    JT is the main reason never put another rack Tom on my kit again once I reduced it to 1. It truly showed me how to use the kit with your talent instead of spending hours tuning vs practicing and becoming a better drummer in the end. Top 3 drummers of all time in my book.

  • @BayouMaccabee
    @BayouMaccabee 2 года назад +3

    Yes...I want ALL of them.

  • @Rockin_Ross
    @Rockin_Ross 2 года назад +3

    Beautiful. For me, anything less than a 24” kick in a Vistalite is criminal! Go big or go home with this set up!🤘🏻🤘🏻

    • @JoeSorrentino
      @JoeSorrentino 2 года назад

      I think the same thing!26 or nothing!

  • @nikshevamusic
    @nikshevamusic Год назад +1

    What a drummer!!! Absolutely loved your performance, amazing energy!!!!! :)

  • @chadrummer
    @chadrummer 10 месяцев назад

    the best of the best. Ludwig tu su sabes promocionar tu producto.

  • @Kung_Fu_Jesus
    @Kung_Fu_Jesus Год назад

    Intense!! Congrats at 50 years of this iconic design.

  • @Brent-l8m
    @Brent-l8m 22 дня назад

    Those switchups r 🔥

  • @ForrestBells
    @ForrestBells 2 года назад

    Always my favorite

  • @af7119
    @af7119 2 года назад

    Something about smooth jazz that just makes me relax.

  • @mdrmrgrl9622
    @mdrmrgrl9622 2 года назад +1

    Excellent Ludwig &Jon Theodore!🥁😎🥁

  • @pedroandrade7426
    @pedroandrade7426 2 года назад +8

    Sick groove, seems simple at first but the hi hat accents are tricky and awesome

    • @NotMyWar
      @NotMyWar 2 года назад +3

      Jon Theodore is a ghost note master, my friend. Love how he makes it seem easy and then you try to play what he’s playing and you immediately notice something is missing.

    • @r.folkefiende
      @r.folkefiende 2 года назад +2

      @@NotMyWar as someone trying to piece together the ghost notes of the "my hands secrete a monument" beat on the Mars Volta song Day of the Baphomets, I couldn't agree more.

    • @r.folkefiende
      @r.folkefiende 2 года назад +1

      @@NotMyWar he is also almost always keeping time with the left foot, no matter how complex the beat - or if he is playing on the hats with his right hand or not!

    • @NotMyWar
      @NotMyWar 2 года назад

      @@r.folkefiende I wish you the best with learning that.

  • @erickcr8778
    @erickcr8778 2 года назад

    Such a powerful and heavy and heavy as metal, but in its own way. The goat for sure

  • @nathanwalsh3028
    @nathanwalsh3028 2 года назад +7

    I had to click on this one because I knew with John and Ludwig he was not going to do the Bonzo thing. Every time you see a Ludwig vistalite kit it's always Bonzo Bonzo Bonzo. Jesus already he was great but enough!!!

  • @matthewgonano636
    @matthewgonano636 2 года назад +28

    man i miss mars volta

    • @JoshZeiglerdrums
      @JoshZeiglerdrums 2 года назад +13

      Real Mars Volta with Jon right??? Me too man me too.

    • @matthewgonano636
      @matthewgonano636 2 года назад +1

      @@JoshZeiglerdrums just mars volta ion general every era. all their music is aweomse

    • @DesignRhythm
      @DesignRhythm 2 года назад +1

      Hell yeah, saw TMV live with Jon @ The Greek Berkley 2005 -some epic jams. He has such a unique combo of power / soft touch.

  • @fernandoalvaradojr.95
    @fernandoalvaradojr.95 2 года назад

    The best drums🥁 ever!
    Ludwig Drums

  • @robertdemaree2165
    @robertdemaree2165 2 года назад +1

    Ludwig' best drums ever

  • @balddrummer8736
    @balddrummer8736 2 года назад +3

    Hell yeah!!!!🥁🥁🥁🥁😎😎🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @robbrown39
    @robbrown39 2 года назад

    This deserves the widely known and highly coveted, the ultimate compliment to any rhythm section musician....STANK FACE

  • @queenpurple8433
    @queenpurple8433 2 года назад +1

    I already have a set of amber vistalites but I reallly dig that red white and blue set 😍 🇺🇸

  • @allistercooper8765
    @allistercooper8765 2 года назад

    Green looks clean, lean, and mean!

  • @miwipaul
    @miwipaul 2 года назад

    Defenetly good!💪🏼 Theodore top🙏👌🏻

  • @patrickpalma8345
    @patrickpalma8345 2 года назад

    Jon Theodore man.

  • @billyjackoff
    @billyjackoff 2 года назад

    Just an absolute beast.

  • @kiwimaccomboattack9765
    @kiwimaccomboattack9765 2 года назад +3

    When is one day as a lion putting out a full length album?

  • @robbrown39
    @robbrown39 2 года назад

    God damn man! Fkn badass!!

  • @AsiaStreet365
    @AsiaStreet365 Год назад

    Great sound and colours, I want a set now🙏🏻

  • @thomasmoje5926
    @thomasmoje5926 2 года назад

    Love Vistalite drums..always wanted a set and picked up a 1976 vintage 4-piece kit a few years ago in clear blue my favorite Vistalite color. (no matching snare..just the bass, two rack toms and a floor tom). Hope they've solved the shell cracking issues with the 'reissues' I found a shell crack in the 9 x 13" tom it still plays well. This guy is a heavy hitter I've read that the reissue series are much improved as to durability.

  • @AMHAPPY
    @AMHAPPY Год назад +1

    BEST

  • @bello__
    @bello__ 2 года назад

    red/white/blue look incredible omfg

  • @GIGMUSIC-o6z
    @GIGMUSIC-o6z Год назад

    Excellent Like and Subscribed here.

  • @chrisvalleqatsi
    @chrisvalleqatsi Год назад

    OK, that was dope.

  • @juanluiselzurdo
    @juanluiselzurdo 2 года назад

    I love my Vistalite ❤️👏

  • @thestormlscoming
    @thestormlscoming 2 года назад

    Dope!

  • @stephenwhite5658
    @stephenwhite5658 2 года назад +1

    That's what's Up!!!

  • @cathydrums2846
    @cathydrums2846 2 года назад

    I love this!!!! 😎👍🏻🥁

  • @AnthonyColomboAppliedMath
    @AnthonyColomboAppliedMath 2 года назад

    legend

  • @Baker504
    @Baker504 2 года назад

    Love the Red, White and Blue kit!

  • @drummerchappell
    @drummerchappell 2 года назад

    Right on! It would be kool to see a fogged acrylic, or a shower door style acrylic kit like what Fibes had. Or a sparkle over whatever colour, still being see through. Though I’ve always wanted to put a wrap over an acrylic kit.

  • @tomthebeam
    @tomthebeam 2 года назад

    last letter❤️

  • @patdeniston3697
    @patdeniston3697 2 года назад +1

    I really like these.
    Been thinking about acrylics for awhile and that video was awesome. Think a little less strobe would have been better to see all the different shells which would be the hardest part in choosing because the all looked incredibly sexy.
    Love Ludwig drums and I ain't ever changing that.

  • @AddiKolb
    @AddiKolb 2 года назад

    AWWW YEAH!!!

  • @Ludwigbeatmarket
    @Ludwigbeatmarket 2 года назад +2

    🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @DesignRhythm
    @DesignRhythm 2 года назад +1

    Absolute Beast, Hell yeah. I have a 6.5x14 Hammered Brass Supraphonic, it'll put a hole in your chest.. saving up for some of these acrylics, they sound incredible live.

  • @Bradwick1
    @Bradwick1 2 года назад +3

    No LED kit to light them up from the inside?

  • @fredly71
    @fredly71 2 года назад

    Beast

  • @racefrspace
    @racefrspace 2 года назад

    Only wish Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs was still around to do the second Vistalite video. RIP

  • @roganmcgarry7455
    @roganmcgarry7455 Год назад

    Nice one, what's the cymbal setup?

  • @HydraulicSandwich
    @HydraulicSandwich 2 года назад

    did he play vistalites with mars volta? i thought it was a DW acrylic not ludwig. Pridgen plays DW's, i know that.

  • @karapetiansdrumschool.667
    @karapetiansdrumschool.667 Год назад

    👍🤘🤘

  •  8 месяцев назад

    One day as a lion.

  • @williamcardin3634
    @williamcardin3634 2 года назад +3

    If you haven’t ever listened to “one day as a lion” you are really missing out. Zack (RAGM) side project.

  • @SeemoreDunkan
    @SeemoreDunkan 2 месяца назад

    Is he playing a 26 inch Kick drum in the recording? Do the Pro Beat Vistalite drums sound the same with the 24 inch Kick?

    • @LudwigDrumsHQ
      @LudwigDrumsHQ  2 месяца назад

      The drum audio was recorded on a 22" kick vistalite. The Pro Beat 24" in not only larger in size but sound as well. Much rounder and resonant.

  • @jacobsmith1877
    @jacobsmith1877 2 года назад

    My favorite Jon Theodore groove, but why are there not any close mics on the kit?

    • @Ludwigbeatmarket
      @Ludwigbeatmarket 2 года назад +3

      Kit was pre-recorded for a cleaner look and color alternations. Jon is that much of a machine that he got it exactly right for every take after for the visual.

  • @ThomasMTV
    @ThomasMTV 2 года назад +3

    One the best drum track ever! Love this 🙌🏻 who have a drum notes or tabs? Please answer here 🗿

    • @R3TR0R4V3
      @R3TR0R4V3 2 года назад +2

      Just do it the old school way.. Play along, with some headphones on. 😉

    • @ThomasMTV
      @ThomasMTV 2 года назад +1

      @@R3TR0R4V3 it sucks approach in our time. many tracks not having notes or tabs many can 't play. for the reason that there is not having notes or tabs. your advice is a stick in the wheel from a loser. I'm sure you don't know how to play this track yourself. and even using your advice you won't show it

    • @TheBadburning
      @TheBadburning 6 месяцев назад

      Which drum track is it?

  • @grizzlywhisker
    @grizzlywhisker 2 года назад +2

    Why did that One Day as a Lion group never make anymore music? I mean I wish Jon would have stuck with TMV and made more material with them, but they still ended up making some cool shit with Pridgen after Jon left. I just wanted at least something more than an EP! Does Jon play with any groups now that make good music?

    • @billyjackoff
      @billyjackoff 2 года назад

      He's been in Queens of the Stone Age for a while now. He's a perfect choice for QOTSA, but a little underutilized.

  • @vincecastelli9831
    @vincecastelli9831 Год назад

    why have i not heard this before

  • @ricardopalma3976
    @ricardopalma3976 2 года назад

    🙌🏽🔥❤️😍💫🥁

  • @rhythmista7707
    @rhythmista7707 Год назад

    BEAST- ALITE..

  • @BRADSLINKMAN
    @BRADSLINKMAN 2 года назад +1

    The green one sounds better. :-)

  • @timcloutier3729
    @timcloutier3729 2 года назад

    Niiiiiiiccccce!!!! Question.......Are the Ludwig acrylics their own making, or are they crafted and made by RCI acrylic drums? Also, were they able to eliminate the seam like Pearl did with their acrylics?

    • @Ludwigbeatmarket
      @Ludwigbeatmarket 2 года назад +1

      Ludwig acrylic made in the USA. RCI has nothing to do with it. All vistalites have re-inforced seams.

    • @timcloutier3729
      @timcloutier3729 2 года назад

      @@Ludwigbeatmarket
      Thank you for your input. I was asking because I heard that RCI was also making acrylic shells for other drum companies. I had recently checked out Pearls Crystal Beats acrylic drums. Was told they were a poured seamless solid mold. Curious how these new Ludwig Vistalite acrylics solved the problem with the seam breaking loose, as they were sometimes known for having that problem in the 70's.
      They look incredible, and sound outstanding!!!
      🤘🏻🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🤘🏻

  • @ninjajedistuff
    @ninjajedistuff 2 года назад +1

    When can we start ordering them?

  • @madhatter8508
    @madhatter8508 10 месяцев назад

    Any time you see a 90s iMac or a Nintendo 64, just remember Ludwig did it 25 years earlier.

  • @namlu9979
    @namlu9979 2 года назад

    😍😍

  • @ColinJarrett
    @ColinJarrett 2 года назад +1

    Can someone please form a decent band with this guy. Such an imaginative player.

    • @gumshake689
      @gumshake689 2 года назад +2

      he is being wasted with the dad rock band queens of stone age

  • @ЮРИЙФИЛИППОВ-й6е
    @ЮРИЙФИЛИППОВ-й6е 2 года назад

    Б Р А В 🍥 !

  • @cliveramsbotty6077
    @cliveramsbotty6077 2 года назад +1

    you can buy his exact drum kit but you'll never sound like the man himself

  • @Claes_Isacson
    @Claes_Isacson 2 года назад

    🥳🥁🎉

  • @bilhamcobbly2957
    @bilhamcobbly2957 2 года назад

    Fun! Can I has?😃

  • @troyelliott390
    @troyelliott390 2 года назад

    👊

  • @biggreasy1221
    @biggreasy1221 2 года назад

    Getting that Capt America kit