Give the drummers love....what kit are you playing?

[nightcrawler_steve]

I was inspired to start this thread because of Rob'e new DW purchase! Congrats again Rob and welcome to the family!

So yep, Im curious as to what everyone is playing these days? Post your pics or tell all about your kit!

I purchased this set back in 1991 and have been in love with DW's ever since! Im sure Bobby would second the notion that any drum kit can sound good with proper tuning, but DWs have an amazing sweet spot and rich tonal characteristics matched by very few. There are some newer companies out these days that do compare.

Some of you have probably seen the turquoise DW set Ive been playing the last 1 1/2 years. Ive been practicing on this one. But I finally revamped all my hardware and got rid of the flight cases for some soft cases so I can now play my favourite old purple/black kit.

[RobTheDrummer]

I'm curious as to how the zxt hats soound as well as the snare with wood hoops. Those drums look new for being 14 years old! Nice!

[ToonaRockGuy]

Well, I'm not a member of the DW family, but I'll chime in....

First off, sorry about the darkness of the picture, LOL!

My kit is my beloved Yamaha Stage Custom 6-piece. Here's the rundown of the gear contained within...

Drums, Yamaha Stage Custom in Marina Green:

18" x 22" kick drum
11" x 12" rack tom
12" x 13" rack tom
(2) 16" x 16" floor toms (one tuned high, one tuned low)
6.5" x 14" Steel snare

Cymbals:

14" Zildjian A Rock Hats
18" Zildjian Z Custom Computer Hammered Medium Crash
18" Zildjian Z Custom Rock Crash
18" Zildjian Z Custom Medium Crash
20" Zildjian A Medium Ride from 1963.
10" Sabian AA China Splash
16" Wuhan Lion China
18" Wuhan Lion China

Misc:

Attack Drumheads
Remo Muff'l (on kick drum only)
Gibraltar GRS-350C Rack
Gibraltar Hardware
Tama Iron Cobra Rolling Glide Double Kick Pedal
Pearl Hi-Hat Stand
Pearl Roadster Throne (Motorcycle-style seat)
Pro-Mark 707 Nylon-tip sticks
Audio Technica Headset Microphone

And here's a pic....

[nightcrawler_steve]

I'm curious as to how the zxt hats soound as well as the snare with wood hoops.

The ZXTs sound great! I was using them when you saw us at Pelly's. I had all my cymbals stolen from Crowbar back in Febuary (f****n a**holes). So I had to go out and buy all new ones. Was actually cool to buy them all at once though a bit overwhelming. I figured Id spend $250-350 for really good hats (I prefer Paiste). But once I played these I was in love. I liked the sounds over all the other more expensive ones (zildjian, paiste, sabian). They have a real nice brightness, a great chick and meat when held open a bit. A real deal around $150. Im thinking of putting rivets in the bottom hat - adds a real nice effect when open!

The snare is a great snare for the money and Im still impressed by it. I wanted a warmer snare because my DW brass pic is a bit too loud for some of the places we play. I've only been playing out with it for 2 weeks. The wood hoops really make all the difference. There are more dynamics and sounds with the wood hoops for some reason. Rim shots really cut and side sticking? Man Ive never had a snare sound better. The head that came with the drum had some annoying overtones. I replaced it with an Evans Genera Dry head and that took care of all my problems.

ToonaRoockGuy - nice kit man! Were all part of the drummer family

[no surrender]

nice but can YOU do moby dik on them?

[nightcrawler_steve]

Don't do Dick - sorry

[RobTheDrummer]

Very nice, thanks for the explaination!

Hey Kevin, your drums would look nicer if it wasn't for that idiot sittin' behind them! HAHAHAHA Much love,
Rob

[ToonaRockGuy]

Hey Kevin, your drums would look nicer if it wasn't for that idiot sittin' behind them! HAHAHAHA Much love,
Rob

Why I oughta... *shakes his fist at Rob in mock rage*

[Hawk]

Nice pics guys !

Kevin, How 'bout a link to your Yamaha Forum.
Thanks,
Bill

[RobTheDrummer]

bill, what's your current setup? and tell us about your snares...if you have the time! lol

[Hawk]

My snares ! As posted on Pearl Drummers Forum.


http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/showt ... hp?t=98774

Enjoy. Some pics arn't very clear, but..................

[RobTheDrummer]

Awesome Bill, although I've witnessed them in real life and played a couple! He He, what was the white one? Have I seen that before?

[Hawk]

Awesome Bill, although I've witnessed them in real life and played a couple! He He, what was the white one? Have I seen that before?

That's a Dennis Chambers Signature, my favorite right now . Shawn played it over the weekend and is going right to guitar center to get a price on one. Picked it up on ebay for $140.00 below the best price I could fing on line. It's brand new. With two multi trace strainers.

It came in a DW box. The guy was selling off stuff to pay for his new DW. LOL



PAUL If you are looking at this ...............I...........Need.........A.............Gig..........Fix............................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want to gig every snare !

[no surrender]

Don't do Dick - sorry

thats too bad cause any drummer worth his salt can do M Dick

most i know cut their teeth on "Dick"

[homerski]

My snares ! As posted on Pearl Drummers Forum.


http://www.pearldrummersforum.com/showt ... hp?t=98774

Enjoy. Some pics arn't very clear, but..................

Bill, Those snares are just AWESOME!! I still use my old 6" X 14" chrome Yamaha that I bought back in 1985. I'm still kicking the shit out of it!!

There's nothing special about my kit. It's just an 11 year old 5 piece Tama Rockstar set. I still use the same Zildjian cymbals that I originally bought with my set of Pearl Customs back in 1978.
I have gone through every permutation of heads and anti-ring devices to try to get a good sound and attack through our PA. I mike everything. Right now I'm using Evans Blue hydraulic heads and muffl's on all the toms and BD, and a plain jane head on the snare with 2 zero-rings. I use some old Beyer-Dynamic mikes on the toms, an AKG D-112 on the BD, and a SM-57 for the snare/high hat.

If I could ever afford a set of DW's, I probably wouldn't need all of these ring control measures. Oh, I am lusting after a set of fine DW's or Sonor's. (Please don't tell my wife). BTW what do you guys think about Sonor??

John Homerski Jr.
Drumz - Homer's Army

[RobTheDrummer]

Don't do Dick - sorry

thats too bad cause any drummer worth his salt can do M Dick

most i know cut their teeth on "Dick"

I think you're a Dick, stay out of this thread!

[RobTheDrummer]

Anyways.........I thought that was a Dennis Chambers snare. You suck Bill! I always wanted that snare...um, and no trades so don't think it! My setup keeps changing so, when I finally configure my kit to where it's gonna stay, I'll post it.

[HurricaneBob]

This year i bought Mapex Orion orbitors maple. Boston pewter black fade.
Dales drums shop in harrisburg
5x14 mapex snare
7x10
9x12
14x14
18x22
DW leather cases
14" Zildjian quick beats, 10 yrs old
17" K custom fast crash
18" K medium dark crash
20" K custom ride
Roc and soc hydralic throne with back rest.
Iron cobra double pedal.
Hawk, you have an army of great snares man!
On ocassion ill use my yamaha brass 6x14 snare or my 1952 7x14 Slingerland Radio King. Xmas im getting some new toys.

[RobTheDrummer]

Ok, here's my final setup for now...if that makes sense...

Drums: DW and Pearl
Toms-
9x8 All Maple
9x10 All Maple
12x13 All Maple
14x16 All Maple
All toms have reinforcing hoops and have the "sweet spot" note stamped on the inside.
Snares-
DW Maple 4x13 (reinforcing hoops)
Pearl Brass Sensitone 5x14
Bass Drum-
18x20 All Maple

Cymbals
14" Zildjian New Beat Hats
19" Sabian Saturation Crash (Virgil Donati Signature)
10" Sabian AA Splash or 10" Zildjian ZXT splash
20" Zildjian Ping Ride
18" Sabian AAX Bright Crash
17" Carmine Appice Signature China

Drumheads: Right now they are ebony pinstripes, can't wait to get evans G2's on the toms. Remo Ambassador on the snare, Evans coated G1 on the Pearl snare.

[RobTheDrummer]

Oh, and Bobby....are you blowing a kiss in that pic???

[HurricaneBob]

Oh, and Bobby....are you blowing a kiss in that pic???

Yeah, at your snare!

[ToonaRockGuy]

As requested, if there are any drummers who play Yamaha drums, I am running a forum for Yamaha drummers on Yahoo's Groups. Bobby (Hurricane) is a member, and I'm attempting to create a vital resource for Yamaha drummers to comment, talk, swap ideas, and get answers to questions.

I do have "factory" support on this project from Jim Haler of Yamaha USA, and some top-line Yamaha endorsers, including Erik Smith, Dave Mattacks, and Peter Erskine as group members. So if you'd like to join, all you need is a Yahoo ID, and join up! Any questions, please feel free to just ask and I'll get back witcha as soon as I can. Here's the link:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ya ... m_players/

[Banned]

Well I am part of the DW family however I play SONOR for I am Endorsed by both companies, I'm NOT real good with Computers and I don't know how to Upload my pictures so i'll skip the Pictures, anyhow I have all SONOR drums with DW Pedals Zildjian Cymbals, Attack Drumheads I'm also Endorsed with them, my kits are the SONORLITES, THE FORCE SERIES 2001,3001.2000,2003 and the signature series all Rosewoods from the 80's.

[Wertz]

Well let's see.

A 2nd series pearl export
Pearl eliminator dbl pedal.
Gibralter dbl bass rack.

14" masters custom snare
13" pearl piccalo

8"
10"
12"
13" Toms

(2) 16"
18" Floor toms.

22" bass
and a 22X36 bass

10" and 12" tombales
8" and 10" bongos

Zildjian-
14" mastersound hats
14" A custom fast crash
16" Z custom rock crash
18" Z custom china
12" K custom splash
21" A custom ping ride
10" edge splash
Paiste-
16" 502 crash
Sabian-
16" AA china
UFIP-
8" bionic splash
Wuhan-
2 china/splashes

AND STILL GROWIN!

[ThrashKillsYou]

I'm a little late but I hope someone cares about my drums atleast half as much as I do. For right now i'm using a Pearl ELX Custom w/ factory ordered black hardware. All drums are custom cherry oak wood grain except the snare cause I had to get another one.
22" x 16" bass drum
12" x 9" and 13" x 10" rack toms
16" x 16" floor tom
5-1/2" x 14" wood snare drum
2 TH-88I tom holders
H-820W double braced hi-hat
S-800W double braced snare stand
C-800W cymbal double braced stand
BC-800W convertible boom/cymbal double braced stand
I am curently in the market for a new double bass pedal if anyone can help me out.
All cymbals are Ziljdian ZXT's.
I'll post pics tomorrow if anyone wants to see em.