Drums

Gear

My drumset is a vintage Gretsch set consisting of 12x8, 13x9, 14x10, 15x12, rack toms, 16x16 floor tom, 14x5 wooden snare drum and two 22x14 bass drums. I generally don't use these all together much any more, having downsized for my live gigs. In my studio I mainly use one kik drum with a double pedal and all the rack toms. The floor tom has the day off. All the toms I have suspended using the rims system. I also have a Gretsch 14x4 piccolo snare drum. My Slingerland vintage "old faithful" 14x6.5 wooden snare drum, A Ludwig Black Beauty 14x5 snare drum, and a Canwood 14x8 deep snare drum.

My cymbals are a mix, "Im not brand purist, if they sound good together... they go together. Sabian 8" and 18" hhx Dave Weckl Series spash & crash, Paiste 16" fast crash, Zidjian 14" A custom Hi hats and 12"splash Zildjian 20" K custom ride. Zildjian A-series 20" ride Wuhan 16" and 18" china cymbals. Im a big fan of Tama hardware which I use for my live gigs abroad. In my studio I use Gibralter Rack System. My bass drum pedals are Tama, "Camco series". My Heads are usually Ambassador coated top, clear bottom, for the toms, CS coated black dot for the snare, and I really like Evans EQ4 for my bass drums.