Whats everyones Kit Setup???

Salabim

Salabim

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I'm wondering, what does everyone have on their kit? What hardware, cymbals etc and how is it set up?

I have a Remo Quadura 5-peice. I play a four peice and I've thought about about mounting the the 2nd tom from the Ride stand. I have paiste 402 silver hats, Alpaha series crash, Sabian Plus Ride (old - it has the BEST sound) and a middle of the line Dixon double kick pedal.

I hope to get a China and a new set of Crashes

what about everyone else??

Tim
 
I have 2 kits at the moment.

Kit 1:
Premier Astria Drums in Rosewood lacquer finish
Birch/eucalyptus/Birch Construction

- 9x12 Tom
- 11x14 Floor Tom
- 16x20 Bass
- 5x13 Pearl Omar Hakim signature snare

Cymbals:
- 14" Zildjian K Custom Dark hi-hats
- 10" Istanbul Splash
- 16" Istanbul Rock Crash
- 16" Zildjian A Custom Crash
- 19" Bosphorus crash/ride
- 20" Istanbul ride
- 16" Grand master medium thin crash
- 13" Bosphorus China
- 10" Sabian rocktagon

(The Istanbul, Bosphorus and the Grand master cymbals are all specially hand cast, made and hammered here, in Istanbul Turkey)

Kit 2:
Electronic Roland kit

- 12" Roland Mesh pad (dual zone)
- 8" Roland Mesh pad x2
- 10" Roland Mesh pad
- 10" Roland Rubber pad x2 (dual zone)
- Triangular Yamaha cymbal pad x2 (dual zone)
- Roland TD-8 brain
 
DW Collectors Series:

9x10 Tom (RIMS mounted)
14x16 Tom (RIMS mounted)
18x22 Kick (virgin shell, no mounts)

Snares are:

5x14 older maple Slingerland
5x14 older steel Pearl
3x14 maple Purecussion

The Slingerland is the "main" snare at the moment.

Cymbals (all Sabian, except for the china):

13" AA Regular Hats
8" AA Splash
16" AAX Stage crash
17" AA Thin crash
20" AAX Dry ride
18" Wuhan china

Cymbal stands, snare stand, and throne are Slingerland, bass pedal is Tama Iron Cobra. Both the toms are mounted off of cymbal stands. Heads are:

Toms - Remo Clear Emperor on the top, Clear Ambassadors on the bottom

Snare - Remo Powerstroke on the top, Snare side Ambassador

Kick - Remo Powerstroke batter, DW logos on front (Ambassador weight).
 
1979 Slingerland Maple 5 piece

Toms

8 x 12
9 x 13
16 x 16

Pinstripe on top, Black dot (clear) on the bottom

Snare

6 1/2 by 14 Maple

Head choice depends on the music, but for all around a Brush coated ambassador or emporer on top

Kick

16 x 22

Kit sounds Darned good, though I often sneak in a 14" floor along with the big one

D out ITNOJ
 
Premier Genista - White Marine Pearl

Shells
5.5 x 14 Snare
14 x 14 Floor Tom
16 x 20 Bass drum

Cymbals
13" K Mastersound hi hats
16" A Zildjian Medium Thin Crash
18" A Zildjian Crash/Ride

Skins
Snare - Evans Genera Dry, Ambassador Snare underside
Tom - Pinstripe, Clear Ambassador underside
Bass Drum - Powerstroke 3, Coated Ambassador front

This kit is probably the loudest kit i've heard or played ever. I'm really pleased with it, i doubt i'll replace it.
 
I have two jazz kits:

1) The Good Kit: Pearl Master Customs in Natural Maple finish.

14x20 bass drum
8x12 tom (or 8x10, sometimes both)
14x14 floor tom


2) The Everyday Kit: Pre-1967 Ludwig in Silver Sparkle

14x20 bass drum
8x12 tom
14x14 floor tom

I use a variety of snare drums with either kit including:

61/2x14 Ludwig Supraphonic (metal)

5x14 Lyra (old Japanese) custom built w/Slingerland hardware

51/2x14 no-name student model (wood)

3x10 toy snare

3x13 Pearl maple piccolo snare

Cymbals: all Sabian (except where noted)

20" HH medium ride
18" HH flat ride
20" AA flat chinese (old w/rivets)
18" HH thin chinese
17" HH med. thin crash
16" AA thin crash
13" HH Hi Hats
8" AA splash (2)
13" K/Z hats (Zildjian)

Not all cymbals are used at the same time.

I also use a set of Roland pads and an Alesis D4 module for MIDI sequencing.
 
Early 70's Ludwig Octa-Plus in White Marine Pearl

Shells:
5 1/2 x 6
5 1/2 x 8
6 1/2 x 10
8 x 12
9 x 13
10 x 14
12 x 15
14 x 16
16 x 18

Bass Drums:
Two 14 x 24's

Snare:
Rogers Chrome Supra - Custom 6 1/2 x 14

Cymbals:
All Avedis Zildjian
24
22
18
16
14
14
8
14" Hi-Hats

Hardware:
All Pearl W900 series
 
Straight from the getto, here my kit
2000 Tama rockstar
12in 13in 16in toms Snare i stole from my high school, belive its 6 1/2in X 14in with a stolen kevlar marching head, tama iron cobra double bass, sabian aax hats, aaxplotion, aax ride aax stage, paiste china and splash. Stix i use vic firth rock standard or the $.99 musicians friend stix!
 
My Personal Equipment Setup...

6-piece Ludwig Rocker(white)series with HD mounts. Remo heads(black w/white pinstripe) except for snare(XHD SS2). All hardware is double-strut heavy duty, Ludwig chain-drive pedals(bass/HH). Zildjian 14" HH/Zildjian 22" ride/Zildjian Avedis 15" custom crash/Zildjian 18" rock crash/Zildjian Scimitar 'bronze' medium rock crash(hate it)/Sabian B8 Pro 18" medium crash/Zildjian Avedis 6" custom splash/Zildjian 16" china boy. I have an obvious cymbal fetish. ;-)
Easton "Tommy Lee" concert series 'sleeved' sticks, with 2-3 pair of Vic Firth "Modern Rockers"(no taper)in stick bag. I play extremely heavily therefore use both grip tape & thick batting gloves for grip & to avoid too many blisters. I am not anything special, talent-wise, but I am heavy and steady with a reasonably unique style. Have used double-pedal in the past but broke it so am back to a single for the time being, forcing my speed to improve as a result. Have photos if interested
 
Blackhawk (division of Gretsch) kit:

2 16x22 Bass Drums
10x12 Tom
11x13 Tom
16x16 Floor Tom
6.5x14 Steel Snare (Live)
OR 6.5x14 Ludwig Wooden Snare (Recording)

All Zildjian Cymbals (All "A")

14" New Beat Hi-Hats
16" Medium Thin Crash
18" Medium Crash
16" Medium Crash
22" Ping Ride
20" China Boy High

DW Delta II Hi Hat Stand
Tama Titan for all the others

DW Delta II 5000 accelerator Bass Drum Pedals

Remo Drum Heads
All Clear Pinstripe for Batters (except for snare which is a coated Emperor)
All Ebony Bottoms
Clear Black Dot for Bass Drum Batters

LP Rock Ridge Rider Cowbell
LP Jamblock High
let me look at my drum set, i feel like such a mark, thats about it.
 
Drums of Doom!

Okay you asked for it!

After going through literally a dozen+ drumkits searching for "my sound", I wound up Custom building a set myself.
I used Keller Shells, and Lugs and parts I got from Andy Foote at Drum Supply House.

The Kit is finished in a Satin-Oil Natural hand-rubbed Finish. Looks and sounds incredible!
The Toms are 8-ply Maple. The Kicks are 10-Ply Maple.

The Kick drums have AKG D112's Mounted Internally on MAYEA Mic Mounts, and Hart Triggers mounted inside the Shells on an "L" bracket-which presses them against the Batter Head from the inside. Trigger used to Open The Key on Noise Gates.

The Snare has a Hart Trigger permanently Mounted inside for Controlling the Key on a Noise Gate.

Toms have Remo Muff'ls on them.
Kicks have a King Size Pillow in each.
Snare is "wide-open".

This is going to be a long list.
Depth x Diameter

2 16" x 28" Kicks (Yes, that is twenty-eight, not a typo)
1 16" x 20" Floor
1 14" x 18" Floor
1 12" x 15" Mounted between Kicks.
1 8" x 14" Brass Pearl "FFS" (Free Floating Snare.)

All Toms have Pinstripe Batters with Ambassador Resonant Heads.
Kicks have CS BlackDots(White Heads with Black Dots) on Batter and FibreSkyn 3's on the Resonant side-No holes in Resonant heads.
The Snare has a Coated Pinstripe on Top, and Remo Snare head on the Bottom.

All stands are Pearl's Top of The Line.
Kick pedals and hi-Hat stand are "Axis Longboards"-Legs are removed from Hi-Hat stand. Mounted to Kick with a Pearl Hi-Hat mount.

Sticks are Vic Firth "Buddy Rich" model. (My Favorite for the last few years)

All Cymbals are Paiste

1 14" set of 2002 Sound-edge Hi-hats
1 22" Rude Power Ride (had it since 1981 or so)
1 20" 2002 China Type
1 20" Sound Formula Full Crash
1 19" 2002 Medium
1 18" 2002 Medium
1 18" Sound Formula Power Crash

The following Cymbals are mounted on 1 Pearl Boom Cymbal Stand which has a Mounting Bar that I made from 1" Square Steel Tubing, with 5/16" threaded Bolts serving as the Cymbal posts.(You can buy a 3 foot section of 5/16" Threded steel, which I simply cut into pieces with a Demel Mototool.

1 3" Accent Cymbal
1 5" Accent Cymbal
1 6" Accent Cymnal
1 5" Cup Chime
1 7" Cup Chime
1 8" 2002 Bell

The Following are triggering sounds from an Akai S2000s/e Sampler; I'm using an Alesis DM5 for the TMI.

3 ddrum Pads (Triggering Tympani samples)
5 triggers that I built (like LP spikes) (Triggering Symphonic Chimes/Tubular Bells)

My Next step, is building a Stage, and threading the Bottoms of my Cymbal Stands, so that they will no longer be "tripods", but will thread into metal "Sockets" in the Deck of the Drum Riser, thereby allowing me to take up less space with the Drumkit.
Sort of Like Neil Peart's Kit is mounted to his Riser.


Tim

[Edited by Tim Brown on 09-18-2000 at 18:30]
 
set up

i have four sets at the present time- vitage slingerland blue sparkle gene krupa model circa 59 or 60

13 tom

16 floor

22 bass

radio king snare

original hi hats zildjian 13

zildjian istanbul k ride 20

zildian crash 16

cow bell and wood block

original bass drum pedal, hi hat, snare, stands and cases basically every thing that came with the set out of the slingerland catalog.



slingerland customized (by yours truly)

28 bass

16 rack tom

18 floor

20 floor

all drums are wrapped in gun grey laminate with pink powder coat lugs and black powdercoat rims

this is one large set and sounds big. I had the bearing edges professionally cut at a drum shop





my studio set is made by purecussion (the folks who brought us RIMS mounts) keller maple shells i believe

22 bass

10 rack

12 rack

13 rack

16 floor

various snares all by tama rosewood picollo 14 steel 14 and bronze 14 (my favorite)

all mounted on a tama rack with tama cymbal arms

i use a variety of zildjian and paiste2002 cyms

LP jam block and cow bell englhardt lens drum

MAY mics installed in all drums sennhaiser 504 D112 in kick and ATM25 in floor. this set is a great sounding set and has been used on about 6 or 7 albums to date. i also use attack drum heads on all drums but the snare. I'm new to the site but have been playing for29 years. you're welcome to pick my brain:)
 
Re: set up

Hi Gregg,

How do you like the 28" kick?

After I finally got to play on one-I decided That was one of the things that had been missing in my playing.
I'm 32 and I've been playing since I was about 8.

The Purecusion Shells are the same ones that I made my kit from-Keller makes them; essentially Keller makes all of the quality maple Shells in the US (including DW, the modern Slingerland, and Gretsch shells.


I liked the Purecussion's when they came out-but they had this "spandex" type of covering on them at that time, and I was after either a Chrome Finish or a Woodgrain Finish.

Originally, I was going to have the shells made from Stainless Steel, but that put the kit just a hair out of my price range (it was $500 more than I intended to spend. I probably should have done it anyway....)

I used to collect old snares, and my Favorite was a 1947 Leedy. The Shell finally cracked; living in Florida I guess the Humidity and Heat were too much for it; I bought the thing at a garage sale for $40 with a 14" Zildjian Cymbal included! hahaha
The Cymbal looked like it had been a 22" or so, and had been cut down; it sounded like CRAP! Worked for an oddball ride, but that was it.


How do you like The Sennheiser's mounted inside? What about the ATM?

I'm wanting to go MAYEA with the rest of my Drums; I already did the Kicks, and they sound awesome!! It allowed me to go with a FULL front head on the kick, which I love.


Tim
 
FYI

Since drum shells are basically plies of wood glued and pressed together, most drum companies buy their shells from 3 large distributors:

- Keller
- Jasper
- Eames

1-) In my knowledge, Gretsch uses Jasper shells
2-) DW recently started manufacturing their own shells (used to use Keller)
3-) Pearl, Yamaha, Ludwig, Slingerland and some other brands manufacture their own shells
4-) Most custom drum companies like GMS, OCDP, Pork Pie, etc. buy their shells from Keller (with the specific qualities they want like age, grain etc.)

Keller and Eames are the only companies selling their shells to the public. Since Eames only sells Birch shells, they are kind of expensive. But basically anyone can get shells from Keller, along with some hardware and build themselves a great sounding maple kit.

Just for your information...
 
big bass drum

hi tim nice to hear from you. I used to live in florida too around 80 to 83. I'm 39 and have been playing since age ten.The big bass drum was kind of a novelty. It sounds good though but I just don't get the response like I do from a 22. The MAY/EA system is fantastic! I've been using them since 87. I acually got to talk with Randy May about some parts I needed and he signed me on as an endorser! the mics work great for live although they are kind of wierd for studio stuff. I've run into all kinds of engineers all over and always bring up the subject of internal mics. Most engineers don't like them. I did just do an album here in cleveland and we got great results with the internal mics. I also have my drums set up in my home studio and just plug right in. I don't seem to have much of a problem getting good drum sounds. I bet you get alot of stange looks when people see 28 bass drums. I'll give you some history on my big set. It's acually one half of a large double bass set that belonged to some rock and rool god from the seventies I think it might have been ansly dunbar or someone. they sat in a used music store window for years just as a showpiece really. My brother and his buddy went in on the set and simply split it in two.
 
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