While I don’t have a tremendous amount of gear, I do believe it’s important to have a variety. Gear is great and obviously necessary but ultimately it’s the playing that’s key. A great drummer can make any kit sound good.
Here’s what you’ll see me playing:
Vintage Slingerland Drums (original ivory pearl finish, circa 1965)
- 9×13 Tom
- 16×16 Floor Tom w/legs
- 14×22 Bass Drum
- 1950’s 5×14 Gold Badge Slingerland Snare
PorkPie Custom Drums (silver sparkle glass finish)
- 9×13 Tom
- 16×14 Floor Tom w/legs
- 16×22 Bass Drum
Snare Drums
- Pearl 5×14 Chad Smith Signature Snare
- Vintage Ludwig 6.5×14 Brass Supersensitive Snare
Cymbals
Zildjian
- Vintage 22″ Big Bell A Ride
- 17″ A Custom Brilliant Crash
- 14″ Quick Beat Hi-Hats
- 14″ New Beat Hi-Hats
- 8″ A Splash
Bosphorus Cymbals
- 20″ Traditional Ride/Crash
- 16″ Traditional Crash
WuHan
- 16″ China Type
Sticks
- Vic Firth 8D Wood Tips, Vic Firth Peter Erskine Signature Sticks, Vic Firth 7A Wood Tips, SD8 Mallet Sticks, Vic Firth nylon brushes w/aluminum handle.
Heads
- Remo Coated Ambassadors on Slingerland kit and snares
- Evans G1 Coated and G2 Clear and EQ Resonant on PorkPie kit
Hardware
- Tama/Gibralter Stands
- DW 9000 Bass Drum Pedal (single)
Percussion
- LP Mounted Bongos, Cowbells and Shakers
- RhythmTech Mounted and Handheld Tambourines
- Assorted African bells, shakers, rattles and tambourine
- Boss DB30 Metronome
