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Check out my profile on the www.sabian.com website, as there is fun interactive diagram there on the setup builder.
5.5x 14 Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Snare drum (with Puresound Custom 16 Snare Wires)
7.5x 10 Yamaha Club Custom Absolute Tom
8 x 12 Yamaha Club Custom Absolute Tom
13 x 14 Yamaha Club Custom Absolute Floor Tom (on left side of hihat)
15 x 16 Yamaha Club Custom Absolute Floor Tom
15 x 22 Yamaha Club Custom Absolute Bass drum
Heads: All Remo
Coated Ambassador on snare batter. Hazy Ambassador snare side. Coated Emperors on tom batters & Clear Ambassadors on resonant side of all toms. Powerstroke 3 Pro on bass drum batter. Smooth White Ambassador on bass drum resonant side. Small rolled up towel against resonant head inside bass drum for muffling.
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LP Stanton Moore Pandiero, LP 36 bar chimes (mark tree), LP Black Beauty Cowbell, LP Red Jam Block, LP Salsa Cowbell, LP Cyclops Tambourine, Doumbek.
Roc N Soc Drum Throne (round nitro model with back rest). Puresound Custom 16 snare wires - model# P-1416. All Yamaha hardware including: FP-9500C chain drive Foot Pedal, HH-9500 Hihat, & Yamaha HEX RACK II. Vic Firth PAD12 12" practice pad. Vic Firth SBAG2 Stick bag. Vic Firth Stick Caddy. Vic Firth Isolation Headphones. LP Universal Mount-All Brackets and Trap Tray. Kelly SHU bass drum microphone mounting system.
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6" Sabian HH Triangle
16" Sabian HH Sizzle Ride
14" Sabian AAX Mini-Chinese
8" Sabian Artisan Custom Splash
10" Sabian HHX Evolution Splash
16" Sabian Artisan Crash
14" Sabian HHX Legacy HiHats
10" Sabian Artisan Custom Splash
12" Sabian HH Splash
22" Sabian Artisan Custom Raw Bell Light Ride
17" Sabian Artisan Crash
18" Sabian AAX O-zone Crash
AS5A American Sound Hickory drumsticks (round wood tip), Heritage Brushes (purple handle). M-31 Terry Gibbs Vibe Mallets. 5A Dual Tone mallet/sticks.
There is a specific reason for EVERYTHING that I have chosen to play on this show, as there is with every gig I play. On this show, I had a massive amount of equipment to fit into a very small footprint in the orchestra pit, and the YAMAHA HEX RACK II saved my life. I was able to build up, instead of out, and surround myself with all the instruments very closely. Also, when creating the drum parts, I ended up using a floor tom for a lot of the "backbeats" instead of a traditional snare drum; so I decided to open up my playing and incorporate a floor tom on the left side of the kit as well. This helped me create unique drum fills, all while keeping an open-handed playing position. On this particular show, because there is a lot of very specific dance music, I use three different splash cymbals to differentiate specific groups of dancers... or in this case, specific dance motions. For instance, light sweeping feet motions get 8" Splash hits, as opposed to larger 12" HH Splash hits for kick-lines. The 10" HHX Evolution is a perfect way to recreate old-time Vaudeville splash chokes. It's so dark and dirty, and paper thin. One can never have too many cymbal colors from which to choose!!