Gear - Drums

I have 2 kits that I currently record and play out with. I’m partial to a four piece setup and I always approach a drum configuration as a four piece, or an extended four piece with do-dads. I find that a four piece setup aids focus when playing for the song and keeps me grounded and thinking creatively.

Pearl Master Studio series in deep cobalt blue.

16×22″ Kick drum with no mounts
7×10″ rack tom with RIMS mounts
12×14″ rack tom (used as floor) with RIMS mounts

Gretsch Catalina Jazz kit in white peal.

14×18 Kick drum (mounts unused)
7×12 rack tom on a snare stand
14×14 floor tom on legs

Snare Drums

5×14 Gretsch steel drum (10 lugs with die cast hoops)
4×14 Custom built maple (10 lugs with Pearl die cast hoops)
6×13 Tama (6 lugs) with a Yamaha groove wedge
6-1/2×14 Pork Pie Big Black Brass Snare (10 lugs triple flange hoops)
12″ Remo TSS Snare

Cymbals - primary

22″ Bosphorus Stanton Moore series wide ride
14″ Bosphorus Stanton Moore series fat hats
18″ Bosphorus Traditional series Jazz Crash/ride
18″ Bosphorus Traditional series flat ride
8″ Zildjian A splash (mounted ‘bell up’ under Bosphorus flat ride

Cymbals - in the arsenal

20″ Zildjian K Custom Dry ride
20″ Zildjian K Rock Ride
16″ and 18″ Zildjian Z rock crashes

Hardware

Axis Pedal (AX-A)
DW 6000 series stands (flat base) for gigging out
Pearl stands in the studio
Pearl Eliminator Pedals (double)
Yamaha cocktail kick pedal (for playing the bottom of a floor tom)

Sticks

Vic Firth - AJ1 hickory
Vic Firth - SD4 maple
various rods sticks and toys for special effect