Ringo Starr was so proud to play a Ludwig drum set during the Beatles’ first televised appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964 that he asked William F. Ludwig II to build a special set ...

“They’ve never let me down.” Ringo Starr on his “Jelly Bean” drum kit, a Ludwig drum set comprised of individual drums from his kits of the last 15 years. Ludwig Drums Starr also fielded ...

Step inside and you’ll find the one place in the world that makes drums for Ringo ... 60 percent of all TV sets in the country. And there for all to see sat the Ludwig name emblazoned on Ringo ...

The Indianapolis Colts owner made his latest pricey purchase Friday, picking up Ringo Starr’s first Ludwig drum set at auction for $1.75 million. “Finally, after 45 years, the Beatles are ...

He loves the sound — and he’s still playing them. I think he has a 1940 Ludwig drum set in his home studio (in LA). He wanted one from the same year of his birth. Q. How many of his drum kits ...

Ludwig has updated its 1960s flat-based stands in line with ... As for example with the gearless, off-set snare drum cradle. Gearless tilters are essential for snare stands we think. The massive ...

At the age of eight, his son William F. Ludwig Jr. watched a neighborhood parade headed by the drum corps of the First Regiment Illinois National Guard. William Jr. would recall later ...

A Ludwig drum kit played by Ringo Starr on more than ... Your Hand” are some of the hits Starr played while manning this set, having taken possession of it on May 12, 1963.

A drum kit belonging to Beatles drummer Ringo Starr ... the sale totaled $10 million. Another record was set by the sale of the first mono pressing of the Beatles’ 1968 number one “White ...

Where it is radically different is in the mounting of the footplate and the drive action. You may like “An excellent entry point into the world of cast-shell drums ... Ludwig's Josh Allen and Kevin ...