![]() ![]() Hardware is a mixture of DW hi-hat Premier 252 bass drum pedal DW 5000 bass drum pedal Tama Camco bass drum pedal and Yamaha and Tama stands, and moves between kits. It has a 22” bass drum 12x8 tom 14x10 (!?) tom and a 16x16 tom.Ģ1” Bosphorus heavy ride 18” Avedis Zildjian rock crash 17” Avedis Zildjian thin crash 12” Istanbul hit-hats 12” Stagg china 8” Stagg handmade splash 12” Paiste sound formula splash.įor the ‘Lounge Lizard' kit I use 10” Avedis studio hi-hats. This one hasn't been used for a long while and will probably be on Ebay soon. It has 9 ply rosewood shells and if you have the strength to hit it hard enough it sounds amazing. Lurking in my hall is a 1970/1980s Sonor Phonic which is the heaviest drum kit I have ever come across. ![]() At one point I was thinking of re-wrapping them but then I found out how well Eddie had stuck the Orange on. They have a real “period” look about them. ![]() These were all re-wrapped in Block Orange by Eddie Ryan at the tail end of the Seventies. I also own another (mostly) 1960s Ludwig which has a 22” bass drum 12x8 tom 13x9 tom 14x14 tom and 16x16 tom. I made it so I can play sitting down – I'm too old to be standing on one leg. The bass drum pedal is half of a Sonor double pedal rigged so that it beats upwards. I have a set of Carlton kit bongos attached as well and the whole thing is in glorious red sparkle. It's a 14x14 Premier floor tom with a 1960s 14x4 Premier Royal Ace snare attached to the top of it with some homemade clamps. Yamaha brought out their own version a few years back but all the ones I tried sounded horrible, so I made my own. This is my own version of the 1940/1950s cocktail kit which was one tall 14” drum that was a bass drum at one end and a snare at the other. I like Remo Emperor and Remo Vintage batter heads.įor acoustic/very small venues I have what I call the ‘Lounge Lizard' kit. Because I use brushes a lot all the heads are coated. I bought the Carlton for my rehearsal kit but it ended up being the one I used for all bar one track on our new album ‘Seven'. I have a 14x5 chrome 1960s Ludwig Super Sensitive a 14x5 chrome 1960s Rogers Dynasonic a 1950s 14x51/2 wood shell WFL and a 14x5 wood shell Carlton of indeterminate age but probably also 1960s. This is the kit you'll see at any show where we use our own gear. Right now I'm using Remo Ambassador coated heads on all drums. The sizes are 20” bass drum 12x8 tom 14x14 tom and 16x16 tom. I use a vintage 1960s blue sparkle Ludwig Downbeat kit with an added 1960s Carlton floor tom which I re-wrapped to match. ![]()
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