I’m extremely fortunate to have endorsements for every part of my set up with companies that I believe make some of the best gear available. It’s taken years to get to this point, but it really makes a massive difference when the people that you get to deal with are all so cool.
My current main setup is back to double bass (the way nature intended it!)
10″ and 13″ rack toms
14″ and 16″ floor toms (mounted on the rack)
2 x 22″ bass drums
1 x Black Panther snare
14″ Paiste Heavy hi-hats
17″ Paiste 2002 Power Ride
18″ Paiste RUDE Wild Crash
18″ Paiste RUDE Crash/Ride
18″ Paiste Dark Energy Crash
22″ Paiste Rhythm Master Ride
18″ Paiste RUDE Novo-China
2 x Duallist pedals
Gibraltar rack
Wincent sticks (5B)
Aquarian Skins (Triple Threat snare heads, Performance II tom heads, Super Kick II bass heads),
Hardcase cases
Best Tronics cables (drum snake)
Soundcheck
Everybody has their ultimate set up and this one is mine. I also have a second kit that I use for playing covers locally in Black Iron Priest (no prizes for guessing the three bands whose tracks we play) and this one is a single bass white Mapex kit with the same cymbal and skins configuration. It’s also what I used for recording The Blacklist because the double bass was under construction then.
The white kit in the studio
So, I get asked for gear recommendations quite a lot and – while there are a lot of great manufacturers out there – you’ll get the same answers from me 🙂 Click on the links below for their websites…
Drums
Cymbals
SKins
Sticks
Pedals
Cases
AQUARIAN DEALERS – MUSIC SUPPLIERS AND ALL-ROUND DYNAMITE PEOPLE
Cables