Ludwig Questlove Breakbeats Shell Pack 16" Bass Drum - Video Demo | Drumshack London

Cool video. Thanks. 👍

I play a Gretsch Renown 24,13,16... it was my only kit. I've been playing bass for years now but currently back on drums. We rehearse at the singers house. His kid has a Questlove Breakbeats kit... it blew my mind. Anyway to make a long story short, he moved and took his drums. So rather than drag my kit to rehearse, I found one of these online for fairly cheap. I can't wait to get it tuned up. But dang!!!! have you seen the price of drum heads lately!

I have this kit and the bass drum is punchy as shit

Great demo, thanks! Thinking of getting one of these.

Been using breakbeat samples, but I'm thinking of getting a Questlove set and making my own.

I wish they would resell those velvet storage bags though.

Damn man gotta love that sound of the rack tom!

Senzu beans: Understood that reference.

I've converted a vintage Ludwig 14" tom into a bass drum and this video compelled me to get these very toms on ebay in the near future to match my BD.

Just got these shells for steal on clearance at my local store . 349 USD . Excited to learn the world of drumming ! Love the demonstrations in the video, really shows what the drums are about sound wise .

Fantastic review. Thank you. I am sold! I decided to get back into drumming and I thought I would go electronic, but this looks way better

I love this kit, hopefully I get this one I'm not really a drummer but I like the drums. Nice pristine sound it does sounds fat.

im a left handed drummer can the hangin tom be switched to the other side

I just want to say the whole “specialists in new and used musical equipment” is kind of redundant. You really could just say “specialists in musical equipment”

Thanks for the excellent video. Could you tell us how you've tuned it up (i.e., what pitch each head is tuned to) and what heads you'd recommend replacing the stock heads with?

Gotta love them Breakbeats by Questlove!

I thought this was a kid's set

Just saying, that price is bad sweetwater sells them for 399 USD (which is less than pound) and you guys sell for 450 UK pound sooo, bring down the price smh

Catalinas probably sound better, but are a fair bit more expensive.

Great buy and sound for the money.
Many venues don’t cater for the big kits these days, space wise, so these are ideal.
Miked up and playing behind electric guitars, it’s hard to tell the difference between these and the expensive kits, which are often risky taking to gigs.
Great idea by Questlove.

I play skatepunk on these and I love it! These little drums sing! evans emad on the kick and bam, a big sound from a little drum!

What about Tama Club Jam guys?? Is it worth it??

I can’t decide guys, help me out...This one?? Or Pearl Midtown?? Thx

When I still used an electronic kit the bass pad went kaput so I built a mount to use a floor Tom from an Accent kit for my bass drum. It sounded terrible so they’re doing something right with the breakbeat. Must be the wood? I almost bought a breakbeat last year when I went back to real drums. I bought a pdp Encore instead. It’s not a bad set when it comes to the bass drum and floor Tom with good heads and an acrolite snare,but the 12” Tom just won’t tune well. The 10” Tom sounds good,but I play a 4 piece setup and a 10” Tom to a16” floor Tom doesn’t work well with that. Also,should anyone e considering buying a pdp Encore,it has a 6 lug floor Tom,which I didn’t notice until it arrived. Have good stands and cymbals if you buy one and the factory heads were so bad that I scrapped them for the aluminum. Good reviews always,btw,Quesi.

I have this kit and use it for all my gigs (Funk, Soul & R&B music). Sounds awesome, but needs a few "tweaks" to be useable (different bass-drum raiser, some heads exchanged etc.).

kwesi, you CRAZYyyyyy! Finally, someone who tunes that 16" bassdrum how it's supposed to be. A bump sound, not a knock. Honestly, the easiest kit to tune, ever! really dig the sound of mine. I wish they came up with a better bassdrum riser system however.

Im NOT a drummer but i can play simple beats and i would love to buy this

I remember when this kit was released... I had the same sort if "Sorry, what?" kinda vibe that mist people would considering the sizes of the shells. As a second kit that can be permanently set up in the practice room? A kit that maybe a younger player may get involved with? Like you said... an interesting proposition.

I have this same kit and use it for all my gigs. Great kit and tunes easily. I stack a ride and crash on the bass drum and don’t have to haul stands. Easy set up and take down.

G'day! Kwesi... Like a Boss! ;-)😉 Cheers!