Real Drummers - Show your kit!

[XeroTalent]

Years Drumming: 14

Drums: Yamaha Stage Custom in Marina Green finish
17x22" bass drum
9x10" tom
10x12" tom
16x16" floor tom
5x14" steel snare

Heads: Evans
G2 top tom
G2 coated top snare

Hardware: Dixon rack system, various rack stands

Kick pedal: dw double-kick pedal

Cymbals: Paiste, Sabian
14" Paiste 2002 Sound Edge Hi-hats (~20 years old)
18" Sabian AA Stage Crash
17" Sabian AA Rock Crash
21" Sabian HandHammered Heavy Ride
18" Paiste Signature Heavy China
Not pictured:
10" Paiste New Signature Dark Energy Splash Mark I
16" Paiste 2002 Novo China
20" Paiste Signature Heavy Crash

Sticks: Pro-Mark 5A Nylon tip

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l297/nltuner/drums.jpg

[Dabog666]

Aw I'm not bothered with all the specs, I've got a Yamaha Rydeen, Sabian Pro Sonix Crash, Ride and Hi hats, and a B8 splash.

[davidshek]

Meh, just like the guy above me, I can't be bothered to put in all the specs of everything I've got.

Go look at my myspace page, linked in my sig. You'll see plenty of pictures of my kit there at our gigs.

Probably the best pics are under the album of pics from when we opened up for Lacuna Coil and Shadows Fall earlier this year.

It's big, it's red, it's on a rack, it's Pearl and Sabian, it's frickin' huge, and I love it :)

[steverino]

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[tbradshaw]

Awesome pictures, guys.

[XeroTalent]

It's big, it's red, it's on a rack, it's Pearl and Sabian, it's frickin' huge, and I love it :)

The pictures on your website only show a large white kit, unless I was looking at the wrong pics....

[tombrady]

Where Are Your Paiste Symphonic Gongs!!?!?111

[XeroTalent]

Where Are Your Paiste Symphonic Gongs!!?!?111

Behind the timpani....

[j7wb07]

Hart Dynamics Kit with a bunch of Roland cyms, etc.

Set consists of:

Hart 6.4 Pro TE3.2 kit-
8" tom, 2x 10" tom, 2x 12" tom, Pro snare, Pro kick

Cymbals:
3x Roland CY-14 crash, Roland CY-15 Ride, Roland CY-12HH, Roland CY-5 secondary HH (not pictured), KitToys 8" and 10" splash, Visu-Lite 18" China

Modules:
Roland TD-10 w/ TDW-1 cymbal control expansion
Roland TD-8
Roland SPDS Sampling Pad

Pedals:
Roland FD-8
Tama Iron Cobra Flexi-Glide double pedal

Misc:
Hart Hammer
1x Roland PD-7, 2x Roland PD-9
Hart and Gibraltar hardware
Tama First Chair Throne


http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/j7wb/mydrumkit.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/j7wb/1.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/j7wb/modules.jpg

Awful MS Paint skills:
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y256/j7wb/drums_paint.jpg

[davidshek]

The pictures on your website only show a large white kit, unless I was looking at the wrong pics....

That white kit is ooooold, that's why the caption on those pics says '2004'. I got rid of it several years ago. Look at the more recent pictures, the ones with 2007 in the title :p

Here's a couple:

http://www.drowningsun.com/david/kit1.jpg

http://www.drowningsun.com/david/kit2.jpg

That Zildjian cymbal visible in the 2nd picture is no longer there, they're all Sabian AA or AAX except for the tiny bell cymbal in between my first 2 toms. I've also added another china over near my hi-hat.

The drums are Pearl Masters Series birch, the rack is Pearl, the pedals are Pearl, the sticks are Zildjian 5A Dips, the gloves are Ahead. I think that covers everything...

[FallenAce]

This thread should be called "Hey Drummers! Show us your KITS!"

[HPLabonte]

nothing special

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/7773/rockbandax6.jpg

[BearFan51]

Sure, why not!

Cymbals-ooof, lots of 'em!
Paiste (Sound Formula,3000,Traditionals,and ColorSound), Sabian (AA, HH, HHX) and Zildjian(A Customs).

I prefer callouses to gloves.
Pedals are Tama Iron Cobras
Throne is Rok'n'Sok
Heads are Aquarian
Old Roland TD-7 w/pads

Drums are Pearl Masters (MRX) Pearl Iso-mounts modified with Gibralter L-rod mounts, mounted on aluminum rack.
8x8
10x9
12x9
14x13
16x14
(2) 22x18

Pictured snare custom made by me. 14x7. 1/4" thick segment shell- Bloodwood,Purpleheart,Morado, and Bubinga. It sounds better than it looks!

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/BF51/p8310885.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/BF51/P8310886.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a132/BF51/P8310887.jpg

Apologies for the mess. lol

[XeroTalent]

That's a gorgeous kit, Bear. Love the finish.

[ClinTrojan]

Nothing real special except the discontinued Drum wrap

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/ClintNeal/Drums026.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/ClintNeal/Drums025.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/ClintNeal/Drums001.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j318/ClintNeal/headbangin.gif

[BearFan51]

That's a gorgeous kit, Bear. Love the finish.


Thanks! it was worth the 6 1/2 month wait.

ClinTrojan- That is a killer wrap! Is that stock?

[Credge]

Some of the kits here are absolutely too large. I couldn't even imagine lugging them around to gigs, setting them up, taking them back down, and resetting them back up at home. I could understand having something like that for recording and practice, but most of the kits shown are simply not practical.

Which is cool :D.

[BearFan51]

Some of the kits here are absolutely too large. I couldn't even imagine lugging them around to gigs, setting them up, taking them back down, and resetting them back up at home. I could understand having something like that for recording and practice, but most of the kits shown are simply not practical.

Which is cool :D.

I did it for years, it's really not that bad with a rack. With one person helping, we had it down to around 7 minutes for teardown (and in cases), and about 12-15 for set-up. Soundmen usually *****ed, so we hired our own. Problem solved.:cool: I scaled down when I needed fewer drums. (subbing for a country band-never again...)

[XeroTalent]

I could understand having something like that for recording and practice, but most of the kits shown are simply not practical.

Which is cool :D.

The music dictates its practicality, not available trunk space.

[davidshek]

Some of the kits here are absolutely too large. I couldn't even imagine lugging them around to gigs, setting them up, taking them back down, and resetting them back up at home. I could understand having something like that for recording and practice, but most of the kits shown are simply not practical.

Which is cool :D.

Like Bearfan said, it's actually not that bad at all with a rack. The only thing I have to do is take the drums themselves off the rack, and the entire thing folds up, cymbals and all, into the trailer. It takes me MAYBE 5 minutes to set it all up on stage, and about the same to break it down. :)

[Credge]

(subbing for a country band-never again...)

I hear that.

My first band was a country band. I was desperate for a gig and the only thing I could find in the Lawton Oklahoma area was a country band. How terrible the music is.


The music dictates its practicality, not available trunk space.

And all you need for almost every song out there is a snare, a ride, a crash, a kick, two-three toms, a high-hat, and a splash. Move to a double bass if you need it. Thousands of cymbals, hundreds of toms, and a plethora of other gear is simply space taken.

[XeroTalent]

And all you need for almost every song out there is a snare, a ride, a crash, a kick, two-three toms, a high-hat, and a splash.

I highly disagree. Sounds like you really need to expand your musical horizons if you feel that's all that's needed for almost any song. Maybe if you're drumming to Sheryl Crow, Backstreet Boys or something that only requires a straight beat with cookie-cutter fills, but I can't imagine listening to a Tool song and not hear a variety of percussion instruments, drums, cymbals, gongs, timpani, hand drums, and electronic triggers. That is just as much the essence of their music as a guitar or vocals. The same applies to thousands of other bands in just about every other genre.

Check out Terry Bozzio. He's got the biggest kit I've ever seen, but he's also a solo symphonic drummer. There's no way he could create the music he does with the kit you've listed. How about Dream Theater? Rush? Portnoy and Peart are among the greatest drummers of all time, both with huge kits.... what you're saying just sounds just naive and closeminded.

[davidshek]

Check out Terry Bozzio. He's got the biggest kit I've ever seen, but he's also a solo symphonic drummer. There's no way he could create the music he does with the kit you've listed.

Terry Bozzio's kit:

http://drumengine.pblogs.gr/files/37557-200502169524d0e9.jpg

And another view showing the cymbals too:

http://www.oidossucios.com/comunidad/perfiles/j/jerome/foto3.jpg

And you can be damn sure he doesn't set that all up himself every time. That's what roadies are for!

[j7wb07]

Some of the kits here are absolutely too large. I couldn't even imagine lugging them around to gigs, setting them up, taking them back down, and resetting them back up at home. I could understand having something like that for recording and practice, but most of the kits shown are simply not practical.

Which is cool :D.


Well, I cannot speak for others, but mine is a pain in the a$$ to break down and set up. The drums are all hand-hammered chromed steel, which weigh a ton. Electronic kits are generally a pain anyways, since they have to be wired up. I love 'em though. At this point, I do not think I will ever go back to acoustic drums...

[FultonPub]

That white kit is ooooold, that's why the caption on those pics says '2004'. I got rid of it several years ago. Look at the more recent pictures, the ones with 2007 in the title :p

Here's a couple:

http://www.drowningsun.com/david/kit1.jpg

http://www.drowningsun.com/david/kit2.jpg

That Zildjian cymbal visible in the 2nd picture is no longer there, they're all Sabian AA or AAX except for the tiny bell cymbal in between my first 2 toms. I've also added another china over near my hi-hat.

The drums are Pearl Masters Series birch, the rack is Pearl, the pedals are Pearl, the sticks are Zildjian 5A Dips, the gloves are Ahead. I think that covers everything...

Forget the drum kit pics.....How about a picture of your singer? Love the boots! :D

[XeroTalent]

Forget the drum kit pics.....How about a picture of your singer? Love the boots! :D

Lots of pics on his website (in his sig). :)

[FultonPub]

Nice! I cant get to it from work so I'll have to check when I get home......

[ClinTrojan]

The drum wrap on my set is a Lavender Pearl wrapping....it been discontinued and I believe my set and maybe one other are about the only ones made with it. It was very low in production and the person who made my set bought almost all of it.

[Wangsandsuch]

Terry Bozzio's kit:

http://drumengine.pblogs.gr/files/37557-200502169524d0e9.jpg

And another view showing the cymbals too:

http://www.oidossucios.com/comunidad/perfiles/j/jerome/foto3.jpg

And you can be damn sure he doesn't set that all up himself every time. That's what roadies are for!

Overkill....

[BearFan51]

Overkill....

I don't know......there's room for another bass drum or two. I think he showed remarkable restraint.:D

That kit is set up to perform as a solo instrument, it's Bozzio's thing, drum compositions.

[Wangsandsuch]

Yeah, but it seems like I've never seen Neil Peart use anything nearly that large, even when soloing.

[ClinTrojan]

i dont like the noted drums played in compositions.......it is like playing guitar but on drums. Each drum is "tuned" to be A B C D E G then same thing in next octave.

[BearFan51]

He plays the melody, as well as rhythm. A complete "song" using only drumkit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xir6EVkzDws

[ClinTrojan]

ya I know but I think it just drum idea....it like playing drum beats on guitar or sumthing, makes no sense and sounds like crap.

[lucifer vandross]

i don't have any pics, but i have a fibes 6 piece that i play as a 5. it's custom piano black finish made out of fibes here in austin texas. the snare is steel 14 by 6 and i can't remember the brand right now... (my spare is a yamaha with the same dimensions that came with my kit when i bought it used) the i have a 13 inch tom floating over on my crash stand over a 24 by 18 bass the there are two floor toms a 15 and an 18, i usually only use the 18. all cymbals are sabian B8, 14 inch hi hat 16 inch crash and 20 inch ride. i have a 10 inch splash but i rarely put it on. Pearl hi hat stand, dw single belt drive kick(without plate). cheap straight stand for the crash and a cheap ( i think it's a mars store brand (remember them?)) boom stand for the ride. i prefer remo heads but have been experimenting with evans on my snare. I preffer vater wood tip power 5b or rock, but i break sticks so i bought a pair of tommy lee studi o signature ahead because they matched the closest.

i just realised i'm a nobody and nobody cares or is going to read this... yay.

[BearFan51]

i don't have any pics, but i have a fibes 6 piece that i play as a 5. it's custom piano black finish made out of fibes here in austin texas. the snare is steel 14 by 6 and i can't remember the brand right now... (my spare is a yamaha with the same dimensions that came with my kit when i bought it used) the i have a 13 inch tom floating over on my crash stand over a 24 by 18 bass the there are two floor toms a 15 and an 18, i usually only use the 18. all cymbals are sabian B8, 14 inch hi hat 16 inch crash and 20 inch ride. i have a 10 inch splash but i rarely put it on. Pearl hi hat stand, dw single belt drive kick(without plate). cheap straight stand for the crash and a cheap ( i think it's a mars store brand (remember them?)) boom stand for the ride. i prefer remo heads but have been experimenting with evans on my snare. I preffer vater wood tip power 5b or rock, but i break sticks so i bought a pair of tommy lee studi o signature ahead because they matched the closest.

i just realised i'm a nobody and nobody cares or is going to read this... yay.


Love to see pics of the Fibes......My first kit was a Fibes, an actual fiberglass kit with brushed gold wrap, from the mid 1970's. They were made in Pennsylvania at that time. Mine were oversized- 13,14,18, and 24". Kind of intimidating for a 7 year old, at the time. lol

[Alphadown99]

I hear that.

My first band was a country band. I was desperate for a gig and the only thing I could find in the Lawton Oklahoma area was a country band. How terrible the music is.



And all you need for almost every song out there is a snare, a ride, a crash, a kick, two-three toms, a high-hat, and a splash. Move to a double bass if you need it. Thousands of cymbals, hundreds of toms, and a plethora of other gear is simply space taken.

Disagree, listen to 'Synchronicity I' by the police, he's got a huge set on that song. Got to go see them in concert this summer, and it was one of the best shows i've ever seen!

[davidshek]

Forget the drum kit pics.....How about a picture of your singer? Love the boots! :D

I shoulda known that was coming :) Here ya go, this is from um...October 2005. And as an added bonus, you get to see a roadie in the back, and my drum set when I still had rototoms on the rack :)

But yeah, plenty more on our Myspace page.

http://www.woundedsoul.com/david/maria.jpg

[Quinarvy]

Terry Bozzio's kit:

http://drumengine.pblogs.gr/files/37557-200502169524d0e9.jpg

And another view showing the cymbals too:

http://www.oidossucios.com/comunidad/perfiles/j/jerome/foto3.jpg

And you can be damn sure he doesn't set that all up himself every time. That's what roadies are for!

...holy crap

[Symphony1125]

Posted this in the other thread too.

I too have been playing on and off for about 13 years or so now. I used to have a Custom made Tama kit when I was younger but I purchased this kit (Pearl Export Series) back in June. I don't think that you can see the whole thing but I've got 16" hi hats, 16" medium crash, 18" medium crash, 18" china, 8" splash, and a 22" ride cymbal. All Zildjian ZHT's (didn't have enough money to buy Z customs). I also use remo pinstripe heads, evan o rings, pearl eliminator double bass pedal (have an iron cobra power glide too), and a 13" pearl piccolo snare drum.

[Liger_Trainer]

Been playing drums on and off for about 12 years. I used to have '76 Rogers set, but ended up having to pawn it a couple years ago...

Just bought a new set for <$500. New heads, cymbals and a new boom stand ~ $1K. The set really sounds great for the money.

Pearl EX: 10", 12", 13" & 16 Toms - 14" Snare - 22" Bass

Zildjian A Customs: 16" & 18" crashes, 20" ride, and 14" hats

Pearl harware

PDW Throne

Remo Pinstripe batters on the toms with Ebony Ambassadors on the batter (not pictured) Evans E Rings on the toms too. Aquarian Super Kick II and Regulator on the Bass.

Right now I'm using some Steve Gadd signature sticks.

Sorry for the iPhone quality shots:o

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/huffj786/IMG_0029.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/huffj786/IMG_0030.jpg

[orange_black]

Been playing drums on and off for about 12 years. I used to have '76 Rogers set, but ended up having to pawn it a couple years ago...

Just bought a new set for <$500. New heads, cymbals and a new boom stand ~ $1K. The set really sounds great for the money.

Pearl EX: 10", 12", 13" & 16 Toms - 14" Snare - 22" Bass

Zildjian A Customs: 16" & 18" crashes, 20" ride, and 14" hats

Pearl harware

PDW Throne

Remo Pinstripe batters on the toms with Ebony Ambassadors on the batter (not pictured) Evans E Rings on the toms too. Aquarian Super Kick II and Regulator on the Bass.

Right now I'm using some Steve Gadd signature sticks.

Sorry for the iPhone quality shots:o

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/huffj786/IMG_0029.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y277/huffj786/IMG_0030.jpg

WOW! you and I both play almost the exact same setup. I got a Mapex Mars Pro kit and a Gretsch Renown Maple kit.... i'll have to get some pics up... but whenever im gigging that is the EXACT setup i use.

nice

EDIT: holy crap! Are those Vic Firth Jack DeJohnette nylon tips i see?

thats what i use! :eek:

[Liger_Trainer]

EDIT: holy crap! Are those Vic Firth Jack DeJohnette nylon tips i see?

thats what i use! :eek:

Nah - Steve Gadd signature wood tip :cool:

I guess that's good that we aren't pseudo drumming twins:D

I've actually upgraded a little. I got a 14" floor tom, new snare and new throne. Will post updated shots soon.

[orange_black]

Nah - Steve Gadd signature wood tip :cool:

I guess that's good that we aren't pseudo drumming twins:D

I've actually upgraded a little. I got a 14" floor tom, new snare and new throne. Will post updated shots soon.

i thought Steve Gadd's sticks were black? .... hmm.. they look a lil green in that pic, which is why i guessed the Jack DeJohnette...


sweet black powdercoat on the hardware as well.... ive been thinking of stripping down the hardware on my gretsch kit and getting it black-nickel plated

:drool:

[orange_black]

speaking of Steve Gadd.... for all you peeps that "insist" that a 16+ pc set is a must.... check out some of his vids.... he'll show you whats possible on a 4 pc.

;)

[orange_black]

cool.. finally got some pics of my babies :)

gigging: Gretsch Renown Maple 5 pc shell kit with a ddrum snare

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o44/inverted_cheeze_doodle/one.jpg

practice kit: Mapex Mars Pro 5 pc shell kit with a sonor snare

http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o44/inverted_cheeze_doodle/two.jpg

:)