you didn’t ask, but i’ll answer anyways — here’s what i currently roll for drums.
main kit
- Tama Royalstar 4-piece 22″ kick Metallic White, tone controls removed at some point (Japan 1970s)
- Tama 14×7″ Swingstar steel snare (Japan)
- Remo Powerstroke snare batter head
- Remo Pinstripe toms batter heads
- Evans Genera resonant heads
- Evans EMAD2 bass batter head (thick muffle ring)
- Zildjian New Beat Medium 13″ high hats (w/ DW drop-lock clutch)
- Zildjian K Custom Dark Crash 18″
- Zildjian K Custom Ride 20″ (custom lathed)
- Zildjian Armand Medium Thin Crash 16″
- Wuhan 18″ China
- Wuhan 12″ Splash
- Zildjian Oriental “Trash” Splash stack (inspired by dale crover‘s stack)
- LP Jam Block, Medium/Red (little sister always sounds best with this)
- LP Aspire 6″ cowbell (a necessity for gtbt)
- Tama Iron Cobra 900 Power Glide double-kick pedals (in marble psychedelic rainbow)
- DW 3000 2-leg HH stand
- Ahead Spinal-G Round Top throne
gig/small kit
- Tama Stagestar 4-piece 18″ kick Royal Blue (Taiwan)
- Tama Stagestar 13×5.5″ chrome snare (Taiwan)
- Remo Weatherking Ambassador snare batter head
- Remo Weatherking Pinstripe toms batter heads
- Remo Weatherking Powerstroke 3 Bass batter head
- Sabian 12″ Mini Hats (great for drum & bass)
- Zildjian 14″ Fast Crash
- Zildjian Armand Ride 20″
- Tama Iron Cobra 900 Rolling Glide kick pedal
- Tama Classic HH stand
- DW 5000 Series tractor throne
electric
- Roland TD-1DMK
- PDP double-kick pedals
- Gibraltar tractor throne
recording
- Shure SM57 (snare & tom batters)
- Shure Beta 52A (kick port)
- sE Electronics sE7 (overheads, a la glyn johns)
- TASCAM US-16×08
- Yamaha HS5 reference monitors + HS8S sub
- Yamaha EAD10 (for quick & dirty)
- Zoom H4essential (field)
- Yamaha Stage Custom 14×5″ snare (for variation)
sticks
i primarily use ahead lars signature sticks, wrapped with gamma grip. otherwise i go with promark forward 5b, sometimes with ahead gloves if the going gets sweaty. my hands are also pretty heavy, so better durability and thicker shoulders yield a bit more mileage per pair. for rudiment work i use john wooton’s “throwdowner” sticks for strength and speed building. oh, and not a stick, but I’m lucky enough to own a dope dale crover drum key.
where I shop (mostly)
most of my gear is used! portland is home to the amazing revival drum shop, from where i’ve pieced together my kit. i can always come up with a good excuse to drop by (just ask my family).