One of the fun things of the NAMM Show is that many brands like to show stuff you don't get to see easily. For instance Questlove's Ludwig Classic Maple with Lola Blu's hand done artwork with self made acrylic paints. A beautiful piece of art that was last used on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon when The Roots performed with Madonna. The drum kit is including his Zildjian cymbals and even the dampening tape he uses. Questlove let Ludwig have it on display at the Winter NAMM Show 2017, just because Ludwig likes to show personal kits of the artists in their roster. Cool!
Cool artwork facts Before watching the video of the drums, here are some more cool facts on the artwork:
Questlove asked Lola Blu on Instagram to paint the kit for him
Ludwig only sent her the shells
All artwork is hand done
Lola Blu uses her self made acrylic paints
After first contact, Lola Blu painted two kits (a black and white kit) in 6 months' time
The Lola Blu Designs
Lola refers to it as her 'Bluniverse', where all designs are her Blu's little characters
The fish on the tom is called: Mr. Cool
The mouth represents laughter
She incorporates the artist's names in her designs to let the artwork become part of them
Lola says: "Art and music on drums, that's the audiovisual world."
The Kit
Ludwig Classic Maple
14x22" bass drum
5x14" snare
10x14 tom
16x16" floor tom
Questlove's Tonight Show drum set with Lola Blu artwork
