Ludwig Commando Video #10: Centennial Drums, Joey Kramer Snare

Centennial Series Drums feature a North American Maple Shell (6-ply toms, 8-ply kick,) in a choice of three shell packs, six finishes, and a myriad of component options. Ludwig's Kevin Packard offers a sound-sample on the new Moto configuration (24/18/16/13) with the Joey Kramer engraved Signature Snare. Recorded at Musikmesse 2011 with the Zoom Q3.

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• Ludwig Drums
• Joey Kramer Snare Drum
• Centennial Drums
• Musikmesse 2011

[jmdrummer7]

@drumsanddrumming Very heavy! Mine was a 9 piece kit (8x8,10x10,12x12,13x13,14x14,1­5x15,18x19 floor,18x24 kick, 6.5x14 ludwig s.p. snare). I only played out w/ all those drums once. All the other gigs I used 6 drums.

[drumsanddrumming]

@jmdrummer7 I have had a Phonic Plus kit too- heavy drums!

[jmdrummer7]

@drumsanddrumming Yes, I've played Tama and Yamaha and they make great drums but they seem to have more of a "cookie cutter" sound and personality. I also had a Sonor Phonic Plus kit back in the late 80's, the Nicko McBrain rig( 6 rack toms, 18x19 floor, etc.) and I wish I'd never sold that kit. Sonor makes great drums but I feel they are a little over priced and at times over-engineered. In 88' I paid $4,700 for that kit!

[drumsanddrumming]

@jmdrummer7 yes, they sound ´very "personal" and have something beyond the japanese kits I´ve owned before. I bought the Vistalite kit for the look and "coolness" but was blown away how good they sounded. Even my band mates was overly impressed of how good they projected! you can see a very short clip of me playing them on my channel.

[jmdrummer7]

@drumsanddrumming I'm sure both kits do sound great. I know other drums companys talk about their great sounding drums but there is nothing like the sound of Ludwig drums especially the maple classics and the vistalites. When Steve Gorman from The Black Crowes went with Ludwig he played a "Ringo" kit and said,"These are what the drums in my head sound like." I can relate, we all have that vision of the perfect drum sound and it's Ludwig maple for me!

[drumsanddrumming]

@jmdrummer7 I own and play a Ludwig Classic Gold sparkle kit that I bought from Bobby Rondinelli, sounds great! I also have a new Vistalite kit (amber)- also great!

[jmdrummer7]

My advice is to spend the extra and go w/ the classic maple series. I own a 4 piece maple classic in the waterfall bubinga finish. These drums sound way better than the epics or the centennials and the price difference is well worth the investment. If you can hold off on the snare, a 3 piece shell pack( 12", 16"floor,22"kick) go for around $1,600 or less depending on the finish. The Ludwig maple classics hold their tuning and will last a lifetime.

[LpZil91]

@AldridgeHalenFreak no prob it is kinda weird the kits are both in almost in the same finishes

[AldridgeHalenFreak]

@LpZil91 Oh Ok... I was wondering... Duh.. ;p()

Oh well...what can I say.... "No brains no headache"

Thanx for helping me with that.

[LpZil91]

@AldridgeHalenFreak this is just a centennial kit, with a Joey Kramer snare. not the actual signature joey kramer kit