Instead Pearl provides a lightweight hi-hat controller pedal ... there remains something peculiarly enthralling about being sat behind a standard-sized set-up, with real-sized drums. Which is pretty ...

Drummers looking to step up a gear will love the bright, lively sound of the Decade Maple with its thin, even-ply, all-maple shells and slick lacquer finishes, guaranteed for life. You'd never accuse ...

including the first Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit used for the Beatles' early recordings, including "Can't Buy Me Love" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand". Starr used the kit in more than 200 ...

Shimmering atop the checkered carpet was a black Pearl drum kit. I'd plug my headphones into my silver Phillips boombox, pretend the lights had just come up at a huge stadium, and wail out a take ...

There was Ringo Starr, wailing away on his Ludwig Downbeat oyster black pearl drum kit. “It changed me,” Astridge recalled. “He was my guy. That moment in time made me a Beatles fan and I ...

At 15,000 Yen (about $138), the "drum set disinfection stand" was priced below cost, and meant to be a one-off gesture. "We planned a limited run," Pearl's planning manager, Masahiko Ohtomo ...

“Finally, after 45 years, the Beatles are together again,” he said on Friday night after picking up Starr's 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit. The three-piece set was used to record some ...

Julien’s Auctions says Irsay bought the 1963 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl three-piece drum kit Friday at a sale in Beverly Hills, Calif. The two-day auction includes over 800 items owned by Ringo ...

This was the final version of the logo in the last Ludwig black pearl drum kit that Starr used. [Photo: AP/Shutterstock] Later, during the filming of Let It Be, Starr got his last Beatles skin ...

The Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl drum kit that Ringo Starr used in the early days of the Beatles is no longer in the hands of the drummer. It was sold last week at an auction for $2.11 million.

Starr used the Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl three-piece drum kit in more than 200 of the band's performances in 1963 and 1964, as well as playing it to record songs including "Can't Buy Me Love," "She ...