Drums

 
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Gretsch USA Custom (2021)

6-ply maple/gum shells, Dark Walnut Gloss lacquer finish

  • 7″x10″ tomtom

  • 8″x12″ tomtom

  • 9″x13″ tomtom

  • 14″x14″ floor tom

  • 16″x16″ floor tom

  • 16″x22″ bass drum

My main recording kit. This kit lives at my studio and will probably never see a stage.

Q Drum Co. (2014)

Mahogany/poplar/mahogany shells with maple reinforcement rings, ginger glass wrap finish

  • 9″x13″ tomtom

  • 16″x16″ floor tom

  • 16″x18″ floor tom

  • 16″x24″ bass drum

Gretsch Renown (2020)

7-ply maple shells, Piano Black lacquer finish

  • 8″x12″ tomtom

  • 9″x13″ tomtom

  • 16″x16″ floor tom

  • 14″x24″ bass drum

This is my kit for local shows and it rarely sees a studio, although I’ll occasionally use the bass drum with a closed front head for a really big resonant sound.

Tama Superstar (1979/1980)

6-ply birch shells, Super Mahogany lacquer finish

  • 8″x10″ tomtom

  • 8″x12″ tomtom

  • 9″x13″ tomtom

  • 10″x14″ tomtom

  • 16″x16″ floor tom

  • 16″x18″ floor tom

  • 14″x22″ bass drum

I initially picked up this kit locally as a 12-13-16-22 configuration. Stewart Copeland used a 100% identical kit in 1981-82 on the Zenyatta Mondatta album and the subsequent tour. I later found a matching 10″ tom, 14″ tom and 18″ floor tom.

 
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Snare Drums

  • 6″x14″ Ahead AS614T black nickel over brass)

  • 5″x14″ Gretsch 4160 COB

  • 5″x14″ Ludwig Supraphonic LM400 (1976)

  • 5″x14″ Ludwig Acrolite (1979)

  • 5″x14″ Ludwig Standard (Ludalloy) (1969)

  • 6.5″x14″ Ludwig Supraphonic LM402 (limited edition with bow-tie lugs) (1982)

  • 5″x14″ Pearl B4514 “All Purpose” (the “Stewart Copeland snare drum”)

  • 5.5″x14″ Q Drum Co. Gentlemen’s Series Brass

  • 6.5″x14″ Savage Custom Drums 5mm bell brass (exact replica of the 1980 Tama “Terminator”)

  • 6.5″x14″ Savage Custom Drums 3mm Bell Brass w/vintage Tama hardware

  • 5.5″ x14″ Tama King Beat (early 80’s)

  • 6.5″x14″ Tama Powerline (early 80’s)

  • 5.5″x14″ Tama SLP Classic Maple

  • 5.5″x14″ Tama Starclassic Birch (1990’s)

  • 8″x14″ Tama Superstar (made from 14″ early 80’s tomtom)

  • 4.75″x14″ Tama Superstar (made from 14″ early 80’s tomtom)

  • 3.25″x12″ Tama hammered steel

  • 7″x13″ maple snare (self-built, 10-ply Keller shell)

Cymbals

Large assortment of Paiste cymbals, vintage and current: Formula 602, Modern Essentials, Masters, Signature, Dark Energy, 2002, Giant Beat, 505, Rude, Alpha, 900.

Heads

Wide variety of Evans heads, always depending on the situation. Power Center Reverse Dot, G2 or G1 on snare batter. Snare Side 300 or Orchestral 300 on snare bottom.
G2 Coated or EC2S Clear on tom batters, G1 Clear on bottoms.
EQ4 Frosted on kick batter. Black or smooth white EQ3 on kick reso side.

Puresound Custom Pro brass snare wires most of the time (using regular ribbon straps). On vintage snare drums I often use 16 or 20-strand Puresound Custom series wires.

Sticks

ProMark. Mainly the Classic 5B (TX5BW), sometimes the ActiveGrip versions. In the studio or for lower volume situations I often use the Classic 5A (TX5AW). Assorted brushes and rods by ProMark.
For low-volume situations I use Q-Sticks (company owned by my former teacher Luuk Kranenburg)