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 (thanks, derek!)
- Yamaha HS5 reference monitors
- Yamaha EAD10 (for quick & dirty)
- Zoom H4essential (field)
- Yamaha Stage Custom 14×5″ snare (for variation)
sticks
i mostly use promark forward 5b (hickory or firegrain), where the weight distribution lets me really thwap, and the thicker shoulder lasts longer — they can get pretty shredded with my abusive hats style. i sometimes wrap the grip with gamma overgrip tape or don my ahead gloves. my brother recently gifted me some lars signature sticks from ahead, but they’re slippery as hell and needed to be wrapped. for rudiment work i use john wooton’s “throwdowner” sticks to build strength and speed.
where I shop (mostly)
most of my gear is used! portland is home to the amazing revival drum shop. i can always come up with a good excuse to drop by (just ask my family). otherwise, craigslist and sweetwater always come in handy.