Back in 1909, Chicago percussionist brothers William and Theobald Ludwig launched the Ludwig and Ludwig Company with a revolutionary spring-return bass drum pedal.

Ludwig also introduced its '6/4/5 Program', with an extra 'free' tom thrown in with drum kits in the Epic, Element Lacquer and Element Standard series. The very good news is, Ludwig is keeping up this ...

Ludwig Drum Co., originally called Ludwig & Ludwig Drum Co. after its founders, William Ludwig Sr. and his brother, Theobald, was founded in Chicago in 1909. It was built around the bass drum ...

What the hell was I doing taking a rock drummer, with two huge Ludwig bass drums, into Motown? They hated us right away. They didn’t want to know.

Ludwig Drums in Monroe NC is the only place that makes drums for Ringo Starr. The Beatles drummer is one of its many famous clients. Others include Questlove, Alex Van Halen and Meg White.

The logo started its life on the bass drum of Starr’s Ludwig drum kit in April 1963, three years after John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Starr got together in Liverpool and ...

Beatles drummer Ringer Starr and drum historian Gary Astridge new book Beats & Threads covers Ringo’s 1960s Ludwig drums and his fashion.

Not really surprising to hear, but exciting none the less... according to a teaser email sent out to people on The Beatles: Rock Band mailing list -- the special edition bundle will include a ...

While the rest of the band was out getting lit, Johns dragged Bonham’s Ludwig bass drum into the lobby of haggard stone house/recording studio Headley Grange. He hung a pair of microphones from ...

Colts owner Jim Irsay didn't add a fourth Beatles guitar to his collection this weekend, but he did pick up an iconic piece of Fab Four history. Irsay paid $2.125 million for the bass drum head ...

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay offered the winning bid of $2.2 million on Friday for the iconic Ludwig drum set that Ringo Starr played on 180 of the Beatles' studio recordings and more than ...