what's your set-up?

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Ok, here goes...

Kit: PDP MX Maple fusion in Sea Blue satin finish
Toms: 10x8", 12x9" and 14x12" on suspension mounts (Evans G2 coated top and G1 clear bottom)
Snare: stock maple 5x14" (Evans Power Center Reverse Dot top and 300 Hazy bottom)
Kick: 22x18" maple (Evans EQ3 batter and resonant)

Cymbals: All Zildjian
12" Total China (sounds like crap)
14" ZXT Rock hats
16" A Custom crash
17" A Custom crash
8" A Custom splash
10" A Custom splash
12" ZXT Flash splash
20" ZXT Rock ride

DW 5000 double kick pedal, and other assorted PDP and Tama hardware.

Mics
Overheads: Either a pair of SM81's or a pair of M-Audio Solaris' (LDC)
Kick: Beta 52
Toms: SM57's
Snare: Beta 57A

Style? Umm....I'm not really a drummer, I'm actually our band's guitarist. I just got the kit to screw around with and to get good enough to fill in for other drummers if necessary.
 
2 kits, actually....

Pearl Export, circa 1990, wine red:
10", 12", 13", 14" mounted toms
16" floor
22" kick
usually outfitted with evans G2s on top and G1s (or remo ebony) on bottom, evans HD series (depending on mood/what's on sale :D) on the kick.

Ludwig, mid-60's, Psychedelic Red
12", 13" mounted toms
16" floor tom
22" kick
usually outfitted with remo coated ambassadors all around

snares:
main: 5 x 14 mid-60's Ludwig wooden gold sparkle, usually with evans HD dry on top (obtained separately from the Ludwig kit--all around good snare)
6.5 x 14 Pearl Export, usually with some sort of black-dot on top (came with export kit--great for 80s metal "death snare" sound and not much more)
6 x 14 Ludwig POS snare, came with the ludwig kit, sounds like ass, never gets used--kept for completeness

As you can imagine, with proper head selection, i can cover a pretty wide variety of musical styles with these two kits. or at least, anything i've needed thus far. :D

Pedals and Hardware:
DW 5000 double kick with hard and felt double beater
Mismash of Pearl, Tama, DW and Gibraltar stands and hardware
Assortment of cowbells, mounted tambourine, shakers, etc
Remo rototoms (6, 8, 10")--see very little use

Cymbals:
2 completely different sounding sets of Zildjian 14" New Beat hihats (one brighter, one considerably darker)
10" Zildjian K Splash
14" Zildjian A Paper Thin Crash
16" Zildjian A Custom Crash
16" Zildjian Scimitar Bronze Crash
18" Zildjian A Medium Thin Crash
20" Zildjian K Custom Dark ride
20" Zildjian A Crash/Ride
20" Zildjian Scimitar Ride
12" Wuhan China

i don't tend to hang all of them--in fact, the Scimitar ride, crash/ride and 18" crash rarely see any action at all. i like smaller, punchier, faster decaying cymbals, and those are too "gongy" or "clangy" for my tastes. surprisingly, the 16" Scimitar crash has a fantastic "mallet crescendo", so i usually keep it.


cheers,
wade
 
here's mine

Drum Set

Mapex M series Mic's 1 Shure beta 52
1 cad drum mic package
Sp C-1, AT 4033, SP 603,2

22 inch bass
12 tom
14 tom
16 tom
18 floor tom
13 GP snare picalo
14 Mapex silver snare


Cymbals

22 inch Zildjen ride
20 inch combo ride/crash
16 crash
14 crash
16 Wuhan china crash All Zildjen cymbals
10 Splash
14 new beat Hi hats
1 6inch cowbell
1 set-up of Mapex Double Bass pedals
 
Drums: Fibes Crystalites (all the shells are clear) www.fibes.com

22 X 18 Bass
5.5 X 14 SFT snare (Buddy Rich's favorite)
10 X 8 and 12 X 8 toms with RIMS mounts
16 X 16 floor tom

Mostly DW hardware.

Cymbals: All Zyldjian "A" : 20 medium ride, 17 and 18 medium crash and 14 new beat hi-hats.

Mics: Sennheiser MD-421's for kick and floor, combination of Shure sm57's and sm58's for the rest of the kit

My band is: "Blue Rocks" out of Buffalo, NY
 
OK - Here is my entry

1992 Tama Granstar
22 x 16" bass
10, 12, 13" toms
16" floor tom

Snares
5 1/2 inch Pearl Maple Free Floating
3 1/2 inch Pearl Brass Free Floating
6 1/2 inch Tama Metal

Cymbals - All A. Zildjian
8" splash
12" splash
14" new beat hi-hats
16" thin crash
18" medium crash
20" ping ride

Pedal
Twin Pearl Powershifter

Microphones used on drums
2 oktava mk012's (these are very special mics in my opinion)
1 AKG D112
5 SM57's
1 Audio Technica electret condensor

Recording interface
Behringer MX2642A
EMU 1820M
Cubase SX 2.0
 
Mics :
Purchased a Samson 7 Drum Mic Kit for starters

Kit:
Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage
10" high tom
14" floor tom
20" bass drum
14" x 4" snare

all evans hydraulic heads

cymbals
sabian AA regular hats 14"
Zildjian Z Custom Rock Crash 16" (ive broken a 16 and a 17 inch within a year)
Sabian AAX Studio Crash 18"
Sabian AA Tight Ride 20"
Zildjian Oriental China Trash 16"
Sabian HHX 10" splash (broke this too)

yamaha double dragon bass pedal. glows in the dark n stuff

i play metalcore(converge/dillinger escape plan) and ska punk (choking victim/leftover crack).
 
Cody Suit said:
Mics :
Purchased a Samson 7 Drum Mic Kit for starters

Kit:
Yamaha Stage Custom Advantage
10" high tom
14" floor tom
20" bass drum
14" x 4" snare

all evans hydraulic heads

cymbals
sabian AA regular hats 14"
Zildjian Z Custom Rock Crash 16" (ive broken a 16 and a 17 inch within a year)
Sabian AAX Studio Crash 18"
Sabian AA Tight Ride 20"
Zildjian Oriental China Trash 16"
Sabian HHX 10" splash (broke this too)

yamaha double dragon bass pedal. glows in the dark n stuff

i play metalcore(converge/dillinger escape plan) and ska punk (choking victim/leftover crack).
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Hey Cody what are the depths of your drums?
 
Arceri said:
OK - Here is my entry

1992 Tama Granstar
22 x 16" bass
10, 12, 13" toms
16" floor tom

Snares
5 1/2 inch Pearl Maple Free Floating
3 1/2 inch Pearl Brass Free Floating
6 1/2 inch Tama Metal

Cymbals - All A. Zildjian
8" splash
12" splash
14" new beat hi-hats
16" thin crash
18" medium crash
20" ping ride

Pedal
Twin Pearl Powershifter

Microphones used on drums
2 oktava mk012's (these are very special mics in my opinion)
1 AKG D112
5 SM57's
1 Audio Technica electret condensor

Recording interface
Behringer MX2642A
EMU 1820M
Cubase SX 2.0
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oooh i play a granstar too, first time iv seen it mentioned here, great kit,
 
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Hart Professional 8" Dual Trigger Tom
Hart Professional 10" Dual Trigger Tom
Hart Professional 12" Dual Trigger Tom
Hart Professional 13" Dual Trigger Tom
Hart Professional 13" Kick
Hart Professional 13" Dual Trigger Snare Drum
16" Ecymbal Bronze Metal Dual Trigger Ride Cymbal
12" Ecymbal Bronze Metal Hi-Hat
12" Ecymbal Poly Crash with choke
14" Ecymbal Poly Crash with choke
3x Roland PD-5 Single Trigger Pads
3x Roland CY-8 Dual Trigger Chokable Cymbal Pads
Roland TD-8 Sound Module (Upgrading to TD-10 w/TDW-1 next week)
Roland TD-5 Sound Module
Roland FD-7 Hi Hat Pedal
Gibralter Double Kick Pedal
 
Three drumsets and bunches of gear.

The one I play for everything lately is an old gretch kit with a 22 BD. It's just a four piece. RIMs mounts and cast hoops on maple.

Instanbul, zildjian and a wuhan china.

Oh, and a DW (double) pedal.

It records real nice.
 
Drum Kit: Tama Rockstar Pro ("Pro" not manufactured since 10 yrs.)
14/5.5" Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Snare
14"/6.5" Ludwig Rocker Pro Snare (snares off)
10, 12, 13" Rack toms
16", 18" Floor toms
22/16.5 Kick with dbl. pdl.

Cymbals: Sabian
14" AA Rock Hats
13" AA Fusion Hats
12" AA Splash
10" Hand Hammered Splash
17" AA Fast Crash
18" AA Medium Thin Crash
19" AAX Metal Crash
18" AAX Dark Crash
20" HHX Power Ride
20" Hand Hammered Leopard Ride
16" AA Chinese
18" AAX Chinese
21" Wuhan Chinese

Percussion:
Medium Cowbell
Tambourine
Bongos

Mics: CAD Drum Microphones
(4) TSM411 Cardiod Condensor - Snare, Rack toms
(2) XR7 Audio Technica Low Freq Response Dynamic - Floor Toms
(1) KBM412 Large Diaphragm Condensor - Kick
(2) ICM417 Electret Cardioid Condenser - Overheads (X-Y Pattern)

...Through Behringer 12 Ch. mixer > RP2000 Processor (Effects/Pre-amp)>SoundCard>Pro Tools

She's a beaut'!
 
DW Midnight Glass
8x10
10x13
14x16
16x18
18x22

Paiste Signature and Innovations cymbals
DW Hardware and pedals

Pork Pie Snares and eventually a 2002 snare.
 
Tama Starclassic:

22" kick, no mounting bracket
10", 12" and 14" rack toms
16" and 18" floor toms
Mapex hand hammered steel snare
Ludwig steel snare
Pearl maple piccolo snare
Tama Birch snare
DW hardware except Tama Iron cobra double pedals

Tams, claves, maracas, castanets, chimes, vibroslap (:rolleyes: ) Jam blocks, hat trick, finger cymbals

Zildjian A Customs:

22" ride
18" crash
19" crash

Some Sabian "El Sabor" and Chad Smith signature series crash cymbals

Istanbul splash 8"

Mics:
2xC1000s
2xMXL 603s
2xSP B1
2xSM57
3xSM58
SM55h
AKG D112
RODE NT1A
MXL V67G
numerous crappy condensors

JoeMeek Twin Q for OH pres
 
:D I have a Tama 6 piece set, can't remember the model type, but I think its a rockstar set. I have a 13" Pearl Piccalo snare, maple shell. I have about seven cymbals which are all Paiste. My first cymbal was a Paiste and I had that cymbal for almost 15 years. My cymbal list is as follows:
14" Paiste 2000 crash
16" Paiste 505 crash (my first cymbal and sounds great)
18" Paiste 2000 crash
18" Paiste 2002 china
22" Paiste 2000 Heavy Ride
20" Paiste Signature series Flat ride
15" Paiste 2002 sound edge hi-hats
8" Paiste 2000 splash

As you can tell, I'm a paiste fan, always will be. I just don't have any mic set-ups. The only mics that I do have are the Sure (5)SM58's, and (2)SM57's.

:cool:
 
Main kit:
Tama Starclassic Performer EX (birch/die-cast/covered)
7x8, 8x10, 9x12, 11x14, 16x16 Toms
18x22 Kick (HUGE low end sound)

Pearl Chad Smith Signature Snare (5x14 Steel-shell with triple-flanged hoops)

Gigging kit:
Pacific C-Series (mystery wood/triple-flanged/covered) - GREAT value
9x12, 14x16 Toms
18x22 Kick (very punchy)

Cymbals: (until I get some cash and sell on ebay)
Zildjian 18" Z Medium Crash
Ziljdian 19" A Medium Crash
Zildjian 20" A Custom China
Sabian 14" AA Regular Hats
Sabian 20" AA Heavy Ride

Mics:
Beyer M201
Sennheiser e604 (x3)
Sennheiser MD421
AKG D112
SP C4's (coming in the mail next week), previously AKG C3000's.

Hey foreverrain, how do you like the DW's and the 20" and 15" toms? I may be looking to move to a DW Kit, and since I'm short (5'6") I can't ever put any drums where I want them near the kick...also, I love floor toms and a 15" always intrigued me...
 
Newbie here. Thanks for giving me incentive to join.

Here's the set:
Slingerland Silver badge Niles-Era set, not sure of what year.
9"x13" rack tom
16"x16" floor tom
22" x 15" Bass

Snare is a Gretsch Catalina Birch 5"x12"

Cymbals are as follows:

14" Istanbul Turk Hi-hats (pre-split era)
20" Zildjian K Custom Ride (though I'm selling this soon to get a Grand Master Master-tuned ride)
20" Sabian Hand-Hammered Manhattan Ride (pre-HHX model - works great as a crash, too)
Vintage 60's 20" Avedis-Zildjian Medium Crash with six rivets
12" Wuhan Splash (people say they're crap, but I like 'em)

As far as mics go, I'm not really in charge of that. Sorry.

But I, too, am an indie rock musician.
You can check us out at www.thislevelisclouds.com
 
Here goes:

Drumset: Tama Rockstar custom (Burgundy)
22"x18" bass drum with Pearl double pedal
Rack Toms are 10", 12", 14"
Floor toms are 16", 18"
6.5"x14" Custom snare drum
3x14" Remo Picolo snare
All toms are mounted with RIMS system

Throne: My old manager got it from Chad Smith because someone stole mine. I think it's a Tama

Cymbals: (from left to right)

14" Wuhan China (different thinknesses for studio or live)
8" Zildjian Splash w/ 4" Paiste accent (inverted. Goes 'pling')
14" 2002 medium hi-hats
18" Paiste 2002 Crash (or 18" Sabian thin for studio)
16" Paiste Signature thin crash (sometimes Wuhan 16" for studio)
18" Paiste Dimensions crash
10" Ufip splash
12" Wuhan Splash
22" Paiste 2000 power ride
20" 2002 China (Wuhan 18" for Studio)
10" Paiste mini X-hat
18" Paiste 505 crash

Mics:

Overheads (pairs): Either Behringer ECM8000, MXL 603s, MCA SP-1s or MXL v63s if I'm feeling saucey
Hi-Hat: MXL 603
Toms: all SM-57 or MXL2003's with the pads on
Snare: Either SM57, beta 57 or Oktava 219 w/ pad
Bass Drum: CAD KBM-412 or Superlux FK2, 8" homemade subkick
Apex 460 in omni mode for room ambience
 
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