I Found a Ludwig Vistalite Drum Set And a Slingerland Drum Set in the Woods
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Once in a lifetime find! Granted I'm using my left hand in the video, it's not completely healed and can not make a fist or hold a stick for about a week, the slingerland drums can be salvaged with a ton of work, in my experience it's just not worth the time Vs what they are worth but I'll hold onto the shells in case I want to tackle it later.
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Those Vistalites are just an amazing find. Having all of the hardware is just a miracle!
Right? To find them alone was a miracle! Thanks for watching!
Shawn, this just might be the most amazing drum story of all time. Thank you for sharing this amazing find with us. Who knows what else is hidden beneath the depths of rubbish out there. Maybe wrangle up a few friends and make one more trip out there for one more look-see.❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
Thanks man! It's for sure crazy! I'd be concerned about needles, ect digging around out there. I just wanted to avoid any confrontation, it would be the same even if I had others with me, especially in this state, you could be the one charged even for defending yourself. If there was anything else there I'm sure I would have seen something sticking out.
I’ve used white vinegar soak the parts and I’ve had amazing success removing rust. Killer find man !
I've used that before, it does work and thank you!
Great find Shawn and an amazing story. These drums were meant to be found by you. I hope these drums end up with someone who plays the blues or some sludgy doom as they no doubt have a dark story to tell.
I picked up a set of late 70's stainless steel ludwigs 22,13,16, very happy with them, interesting drums. Also found a rare gretsch shell rogers dynasonic snare which I hope to pick up this week. All the best man.
Thank you 🙏 your new drums sound awesome! Enjoy!
That's so cool!!! That's a great score for sure!! Back in 2010, my sister called me up one day and said "Hey, I found a bass drum and floor tom in the dumpster at my apartment complex." At first I thought "Ok, they're probably some cheap no name drums and I can just maybe salvage the lugs or whatever for spare parts." She then said "No, These look really old." So I went over to her apartment and it turns out they were vintage 1930's Slingerland's with the OG calf skin "Radio King" heads still on them. I cleaned them up as best I could and ended up trading them in at my buddies drum shop for $2,000 worth of brand new cymbals.
That's awesome man! This was so bizarre haha and thanks 🙏
Holy EPIC find, congratulations!!!! I love gear find stories, I’ve been very fortunate myself. I’ll share a drum find story if anyone is bored enough to read this, it’s pretty cool. A friend of mine was driving through an alley in the city I live in, his girlfriend spotted a drum sticking out of a garbage container, my friend turned around and half reluctantly checked it out, it was and old kick drum with a Ludwig badge on it, he’s not a drummer but knew it was cool because it was a Ludwig. He took it home and it sat in his closet for a good 10 years or more. A mutual bass player friend of ours mentioned he wanted to piece together a cheap kit for jams in his basement, so my friend said, “I have this old Ludwig kick I found in the garbage you can have”. So my friend accepted it, got it home and saw that it had been poorly painted black, he carefully and properly removed the paint to reveal a Champagne Sparkle finish, cool. Years later he was playing a bar gig with a drummer from a very famous band, on the break they were
chatting over a beer and my friend was telling him about his kit he threw together and the old Ludwig kick our friend had given him. When he told him the story and described how he’d removed the paint to reveal a Champagne sparkle finish, the drummers eyes lit up and he said, “is there small dent on the top of the shell” etc., there was a dent where he described. Turns out it was his stolen kick drum from his original kit that his father had bought him in 1968, it was stolen 25 years earlier. Obviously my friend gave it back to him, what are the odds of that happening? The drummer plays for a very famous band and that kick has been on some legendary recordings and tours.
wow great story! i've heard of people finding old kits in dumpsters, alleys, ect...thank you and thanks for watching!
Heck of a find. Your one lucky frog dude!! 🐸
Thank you 🙏
Cool story Shawn and an even cooler find! Great work! :)
Thanks Earl! Once in a lifetime!
@@shawnsdrumcave it’s great when that happens… they look amazing!
I would go to the Sketchiest park in the Seediest town in the Crapiest country to pick up some discarded Vistalites .. Damn Great Find Shawn ...
Right on 👍🏻 lol thank you 🙏
That’s insane. Awesome find. Years ago my cousin was visiting some friends who just happened to have an old barn. Inside he found an old rotted Remo cardboard type drum set. Couldn’t save them , But…. Also a near perfect mid 70s 5x14 Supraphonic. One tiny scuff.
He gifted it to me as I was the drummer in the band. Love at first strike.
We never know when God will bless…🙏
Thanks and that's great you got it! 🙏
Karma, my friend! Good things happen to good people. Great story & amazing find! Be well everyone!
Thanks brother 🙏 you too!
Man that was an insane find!! Even more insane is the fact that there are no breaks or fractures in the acrylic after being out in the elements so long🤯🤯
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This makes me happy. Hard working dude scores a block of gold in the woods and a beautiful old Vista is saved from becoming a crackhead's toilet.
Thank you 🙏 and haha
The Bonham '73 kit. Priceless.
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Un frickin believable
A seventies Amber Vistalite
Some folks have all the luck
Enjoy that restoration
You certainly found a gem
thank you 🙏
Dude, that is amazing, congrats on the find! I really wanted to hear you play those Vistalites. (maybe another video!)
Thanks man! Sorry, I still cant really hold a stick in my left hand just yet or I would have!
Wow, man! I saw a poscammed. Free drums in the woods somewhere and just assumed it was a scammer. Maybe not related . Either way, this is absolutely crazy!!! What a killer find. Good job tracking it down, man.
And hearing you say "pahk" and "pahts" so many times just added to my enjoyment 😂😂😂
Had to get a Boston jab in there as a New Yawkah!
So envious on that Vistalite kit.
Thanks brother! Always check it out! Haha and I set myself up for it with this video 🤣
Dude wtf you always come across good stuff.its ridiculous. It'd take 50 years to even find a pair or sticks in the woods
I'm lucky in some ways, others not so much! thanks for watching 🙏
Heck yeah you did great and they look good after they were rebuilt I'd like to play them anything I give you the led Zeppelin sounds
It's fake scripted
Sketchy park, and Boston accent. Definitely thinking Brockton or Fall River 😂
Haha spot on, Brockton! Thanks for watching!
A good friend of mine bought an original double Bass Blue Vistalite second hand in 1978. 2 - 24" Bass Drums, 13" 14" Mounted toms, 16" 18" Floor toms. That set was LOUD and it sounded phenomenal!! That set you found is the Amber color John Bonham made famous in the concert film with Led Zeppelin, " The Song Remains The Same". Or am I stating the obvious...
Awesome 👏🏻 thanks for watching!
Nice job on the find video. It was interesting to watch! I'd be out there when things dried up with a giant leaf blower looking for the cymbals!
Haha good idea 👍🏻 thanks!
CLR will work amazingly with the hardware. Used it with major success many times.
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Great find,! I just saw some vistilites at my local pawn. 2 toms , floor Tom and bass for 1150$. No hardware ,wow!!!
Thank you! That doesn't sound like a bad deal depending on condition!
Glad they ended up with someone who will appreciate em
Thanks 🙏
Wow, what a find. I want to a yard sale and pick up a 1963 slingerland champagne color everything matched in 2012 they are mint and sound amazing and it has the original seat ludwig stands a 20" ride zildjian from the 47 or 50s a amazing price was $50.00 I think that was a Deal of a life time. Ah the sizes 14,12,16,20 kick and the 2 Tom's are not drilled out for the holes. I don't know how much they are worth everything matches.😊
Nice find! Thanks!
I Have a band there with the elves. How are we supposed to practice now ;)
you're welcome to come to the cave for practice! it would make great content! lol
bro!!! your like a drum whisperer, congratulations
Thanks 🙏
Here I was thinking I lucked out finding an old Slingerland snare at a garage sale down the street, then Shawn dunks on me. 😅
luck comes in various shapes and sizes 🤣 you did good! Thanks 🙏
“I wasn’t gonna go trompsin in the woods looking for drums in that kinda weather.” Words never spoken before in all of human existence. NICE !
I think I’ve finally seen it all ! So crazy
🤣 truth! Thanks 🙏
Great find!!👀😎👍 I would do some searching for a re-chrome company for the rims………👍
#worthashot
#greatvideo
#🙂👏👋✌️🇨🇦
Thanks you 🙏
Absolutely incredible story, truly once in a lifetime find. So glad they've been saved and will have a new life with someone who appreciates them. Thanks for posting the story!
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
Duuuude - had to click the video. Congrats. Can’t believe people would throw those away. 2000 grit sandpaper will work on hardware corrosion.
Thank you 🙏
Anybody else remember a time when you couldn't give vistalites away?
Lots of stuff like that! Thanks for watching!
Yup, I've always wanted a set of blue Vistalites. I should've jumped at a 4 piece back when they were still like $400 Lol
Nice score, Amazon will have all new rims + hardware , Show a photo after you rebuild them I'd like to se them,
Thank you 🙏
I’m glad those drums ended up with you!!! It was meant to be!! 👍👍😎😎
Thanks you 🙏
Again just amazing fine,you were meant to have them!
Thanks man 🙏
What!!!! You are one lucky man!!! I can’t believe it… But I believe your good luck 👍 wow I want that set … Trash the shells on the Slingerland set and keep the hardware. Good luck I look forward to seeing for Sale 😊
Thank you 🙏 keeping these tho! Haha
Man, wish I could find cool stuff like that in the woods. All I ever find are empty beer cans and deer shit.
Typically that's all I'd find as well lol thanks for watching!
Me too! Lol!
love it, cool kit! I have orange Ludwigs also that a dude gave me when i drove by and he was putting them at the side of the road ‘cause he had gone to an electronic kit and said his landlord had been giving him a hard time about drumming. I have all kinds of drums i’ve gathered over the years but i mostly play sampled kits that i make my self out of industrial sounds, sound effects, cut up old movies, and samples out of the software, Battery.
that's awesome! thanks!
Wow, literal weather king heads
Yeah man! I think it's actually cool cleaned up just as found, for now anyways haha
Absolutely amazing story. Definitely those are keepers!
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What a score! Congrats on the find. You deserve them for going to the trouble. I'd say someone just tossed them, not realizing exactly what they are.
@@alanduncan1980 thanks man! That's my thought as well, unless you're a drummer people don't really know what they have.
If u live near Springfield Mass would be down to jam with you, I am in simsbury near the line of ct and mass. It seems like your more towards Boston tho honestly
yeah man, other side of the state from me, i'm a half hour south of boston on the coast. thanks for the offer though! and thanks for watching!
@@shawnsdrumcave of course, I figured you were over there but wanted to offer, definitely glad to check out your channel and hear the story of a sweet Ludwig. Going to watch some other vids of yours also, can't wait to hear and see the vista once you have it how you want
Having watched many of your videos over the last several months, this find couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy! Enjoy owning (and restoring) this kit… well deserved.
Thank you 🙏 and thanks for the support/watching! I really appreciate it!
Incredible
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Just Amazing! the story and everything!!
@@garyglynn6124 thank you! I'm still shocked it was out there!
Wow! It was meant to be, Shawn! Not even a crack on those vistalites! Can't wait to see what's next!
Thanks man!!
What a crazy find!
Absolutely! 💯
I am glad you found such an interesting set of drums. Who knows what would happen if they were left any longer in the weather? Glad you have them.❤
Thanks brother 🙏
Killer find!
Thank you! 🙏
The fact you don’t have any cracks on the Vistas is amazing. I mean you could easily flip that, but I hope you’ll keep them, heal up soon and get to kicking it!
Definitely keeping them, Thank you 🙏
Thank you for saving those drums! That hurt my soul lol
Thanks! They're safe now, never to be abused again!
So happy for you, friend! Just WOW!!
Thank you 🙏
Shawn, this is amazing. I have watched this several times and so happy you found them. Thank you for cleaning up our country and saving those drums. That is a keeper kit for sure. I just paid $660 for Ludwig classic lugs for a 24/16/13 project I am working on. I will check out the woods down here in Shelbyville Tennessee, who knows.
Thanks man! Look forward to seeing your project!
Wow! 🤘😎🥁🔥👍
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Great story and great find
@@user-zx8de8op9l Ty!
That was so Awesome!!
Thank you 🙏
Congrats on the amazing find! Im surprised you didn't grab the black bass drum the 2nd time round when you grabbed the snare. Its totally amazing you got the set!
Thanks man! I really didn't need the black bass drum, I did end up grabbing it for a friend tho.
What a blessing. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thank you 🙏
That's amazing. I started taking drum lessons around 1976, and I always wanted a clear 5 piece Vistalite kit I always saw in my local music store.
Thank you 🙏
Why can't people dump shit like that around here? Some people have all the luck...Seriously,great find dude....
thank you!
Amazing! Can’t wait to hear em🔥🔥🔥
Thanks 🙏
I’m obsessed with Acrylic drums, I can’t believe you found these with the original stickers. It’s pretty kool to know that the shells were able to survive out there but the wood shells didn’t, which would have been awesome if they did too
I know right? I'm still in shock! Thanks!
You need to put Die cast hoops on the Vistalite set. I had a set and they sounded incredible after I did that to them.
It's all personal preference! Thanks!
You are truly blessed man. Congratulations. I have a clear vista lite kit with an amber snare, 24,13,16,5x14 I love vista lites. I remember seeing your first videos on YT, you’re living the dream.
Thanks brother 🙏 I am for sure! Thanks for the continued support as well! I love vistalites too! Your kit sounds awesome!
Wow! I’m so amazed. And happy for you. What a find. John Henry is up there smiling at you. Wicked,
Best,
Mark
Thank you 🙏
As an RN please don’t go out there again, at least til the hand is completely healed and preferably with safety measures😗
@@MP-ju4ol no plans on it! haha i think i got the only good stuff out there and thank you!
God shows its love in mysterious ways. You were blessed. That kit was from a very good drummer. Those heads on it were fairly new. And they are the expensive ones too.
Thanks 🙏
Shawn so glad to see you get a score like that ! You absolutely deserve it !
Thank you 🙏
John Bonham kit
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Congratulations on the drums that is one beautiful drum set someone had to be crazy to throw something that valuable in the trash
You're the guy that can bring it back to life glad you recovering from your accident always enjoy watching your videos keep up the good work.
Thank you! I had a growth on the back of my hand removed, still can't make a fist or hold a stick yet but it's getting better everyday!
@@shawnsdrumcave Get well soon
Wow. Can’t wait to see how they come up when restored and to hear them
Thanks!
Total sacrilege to do that to a great great set of drums...but they will live on.. great story great ending 😸✌️🤘🤘🤘
i agree and thank you 🙏
Wow what a rare find! A mounted Vistalite Tom with top and bottom mufflers?. I’ve never seen one like that. Does the floor Tom have 2 as well??
Surprisingly no! Single on the floor tom. It's wild it was out there, so weird haha
Wow! What luck! Great find!
Thank you 🙏
That’s absolutely heartbreaking when people throw Drums out. There are so many things that can be done with them, even giving them to a school or something. There’s a story from Steve Maxwell about Louis Bellsons Rogers set that Samy Davis had used. Steve acquired the set but the hardware was missing. One day he was contacted because someone was throwing away a bunch of stuff including a hardware case that had all of the original hardware and thankfully was reunited with the set. I couldn’t imagine just throwing something like that out.
I agree and Me either!
What a find!!!! Good for you. Love to see them restored….
thank you!
Talk about some crazy good luck man. What a great find. My luck I'd find a stick and an old coffee can. lol.
I was more concerned about needles 😩 thank you!
Wow! Great episode ! You have incredible luck and one handed as well!! Love that you inserted the live video and pictures thru out the story. Look forward to the next one…
Thank you 🙏 I really appreciate it!
Absolutely Amazing!
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Dude!!! That's really awesome! Great story....great find...great kit! Good for you!
Thank you! 🙏
Wild! Congrats!
Thanks 🙏
I’ve seen it all now. You are the drum whisperer! Haha, unreal!
Thanks brother 🙏 it is completely unreal!
Amazing!! A super classic vistalite with rail is just dreamy!
for sure! thanks!
awesome find! congrats. its sad to see drums end up in the woods but sh!t happens. but glad you found & restored them. tommy 2stixx pnw drummer transplant from amine after 20 years in the navy. loved my previous ludwig kits, now have a natural centennial j/b kit. butting together. cheers.
Thanks man! And awesome 👏🏻
Crazy! 👏🥁Thx for sharing!
Indeed! Thanks for watching!
it was a hippy drum circle, but the hippies were so high they floated away leaving only the drums behind!
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Man, what a find! Truly a gorgeous set. Cheers from Hamburg/Germany Michael
Thank you! 🙏 🍻
This is insane! You deserve this find. I wanna be you when i grow up haha
Thanks man 🙏 haha 😂
Awesome find mate.
Thank you 🍻
Really dude? What a story!!
They were meant for you.
I work at Ludwig so I'll check into the gold silk inlay you mentioned for your bass hoops.
It's truly shocking haha Wow that's awesome and thank you! 🙏
i have the sales man kit blue kick orange 12 tom red 13 tom and amber floor just need the clear snare
Nice! 👍🏻
Thank goodness they are saved !!
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One man's trash is another man's treasure.
One man's pain is another man's pleasure.
One man's got 'plenty enough' to give . . . another needs to take 'another measure'. THANK YOU GOD!!!!
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So happy you saved those Vistalite's. Are they origals ya think ?
Thank you 🙏 and yes they are!
Man I was all in on the hunt and when you found them I was like 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks man 🙏
unbelievable... that's insane
For sure!
Finders keepers for sure. That is an exiting score.
Thanks brother 🙏
Amazing find wish it was me
Thank you 🙏
Man, this is insane. That would NEVER happen to me. Specially here France where Ludwigs are just unreasonably expensive.
Definitely! And greetings from the U.S.! Thanks for watching! I've heard about the struggle to find vintage USA drums over there.
Awesome story!
Thank you 🙏