Swissadiddle
Junior Member
I've always been an avid visitor and explorer of drummerworld.com.
However, I've never bothered to check out the other sections of the site, besides bios/histories of the all-time best drummers.
Until now...
I'm new to the forum, but a decently experienced drummer and percussionist.
Here are some pictures of my set, since I bought it back in 2006.
it's a Gretsch Catalina Maple (with several custom accessories incorporated into it).
Feel free, to ask any question that you feel is necessary.
Let's start with, when I first got it.
06'
Cymbals
Sabian- B8: 14" Crash, 18" China, & 10" China Splash.
Paiste- 502 20" Ride, 302 20" Ride, 12" Splash, & 16" Sound Formula.
Random 14" Hi-Hats
Heads
Bass- Stock Gretsch Double Ply 22" head.
Snare- Evans 14" HD Dry.
Toms- 10", 12", 14", 16" Evans EC2 Frosted (Yes- Frosted. I don't believe they're a truly 'coated' head).
Pedal
Pearl TW-122 Double Pedal.
Hi-Hat Stand
Groove Percussion Stock Hi-Hat Pedal.
Sticks
Vater Manhattan & Recording.
Later on that Year...
Addition- Paiste 502 16" Thin Crash.
& onto 07'...
I became, rather fed-up with the blandish look and feel of the whole steve Gadd set-up... So, after a year of earning up money, a quick visit to Sam Ash, and $500 later, I was able to set it up as shown:
Additions- Sabian AAX- 14" Stage Hats, 16" & 18" AAX-plosion Crashes, & 20" Stage Ride & 16" World Percussion China Cymbal.
Now, at the end of 07', I replaced the Heads from Evans to Remo's...
Toms- Coated Emperors
Snare- Emperor-X
Bass- Powerstroke 3
The only thing is that I didn't take any pictures of it, so there's nothing to show you....
Up until 08' When I moved the set to a friend's studio for a Jazz Combo I was doing at the time... Oh and did I mention I bought my Pearl Eliminators at the beginning of the Year, thus we have:
Additions- Pearl Eliminater Double Pedal & AAX 10" Splash.
After a good amount of months with these over-used heads, I decided I need to change them... Don't get me wrong- Coated Remos, are like fine wine... They get better with age.
At least, when it comes to jazz & Swing.
But, After a change of bands and genre, I knew I needed something more modern. Something with an impecable reputation in the world of ROCK....
My current Set-up
includes...
Heads
Toms- Evans EC2s 10", 14", & 16".
Snare- Evans HD Dry 14".
Bass- Evans 22" Emad 2.
Cymbals
Sabian AAX- 10" Splash, 14" Stage Hats, 15" Studio Crash, 18" AAX-Plosion Crash, 20" Stage Ride,.
18" World Percussion Chinese Cymbal & a Paiste 8" Accent cymbal (Great for that dry ping-y accent on lighting fast fills).
By the way, I know the whole set looks like it's tilted on the 2nd picture, but don't be fooled... It's just the cowbell mount, I have it at a specific angle so that I can still do rim-knocks with a clanky sound from the upper body of that monster cow-bell.
After a hard day's work...
Thanks for taking interest in my post, hope you enjoyed it, and I can guarantee you that there will be more updates in the near future!
Stay tuned for more....
Oh and as I stated in the beginning, don't be shy- Ask any question you feel is necessary... I'm not much a critic, I only wish to help out the drumming community as much as I possibly can.
Yours truly,
- Juan
However, I've never bothered to check out the other sections of the site, besides bios/histories of the all-time best drummers.
Until now...
I'm new to the forum, but a decently experienced drummer and percussionist.
Here are some pictures of my set, since I bought it back in 2006.
it's a Gretsch Catalina Maple (with several custom accessories incorporated into it).
Feel free, to ask any question that you feel is necessary.
Let's start with, when I first got it.
06'
Cymbals
Sabian- B8: 14" Crash, 18" China, & 10" China Splash.
Paiste- 502 20" Ride, 302 20" Ride, 12" Splash, & 16" Sound Formula.
Random 14" Hi-Hats
Heads
Bass- Stock Gretsch Double Ply 22" head.
Snare- Evans 14" HD Dry.
Toms- 10", 12", 14", 16" Evans EC2 Frosted (Yes- Frosted. I don't believe they're a truly 'coated' head).
Pedal
Pearl TW-122 Double Pedal.
Hi-Hat Stand
Groove Percussion Stock Hi-Hat Pedal.
Sticks
Vater Manhattan & Recording.
Later on that Year...
Addition- Paiste 502 16" Thin Crash.
& onto 07'...
I became, rather fed-up with the blandish look and feel of the whole steve Gadd set-up... So, after a year of earning up money, a quick visit to Sam Ash, and $500 later, I was able to set it up as shown:
Additions- Sabian AAX- 14" Stage Hats, 16" & 18" AAX-plosion Crashes, & 20" Stage Ride & 16" World Percussion China Cymbal.
Now, at the end of 07', I replaced the Heads from Evans to Remo's...
Toms- Coated Emperors
Snare- Emperor-X
Bass- Powerstroke 3
The only thing is that I didn't take any pictures of it, so there's nothing to show you....
Up until 08' When I moved the set to a friend's studio for a Jazz Combo I was doing at the time... Oh and did I mention I bought my Pearl Eliminators at the beginning of the Year, thus we have:
Additions- Pearl Eliminater Double Pedal & AAX 10" Splash.
After a good amount of months with these over-used heads, I decided I need to change them... Don't get me wrong- Coated Remos, are like fine wine... They get better with age.
At least, when it comes to jazz & Swing.
But, After a change of bands and genre, I knew I needed something more modern. Something with an impecable reputation in the world of ROCK....
My current Set-up
includes...
Heads
Toms- Evans EC2s 10", 14", & 16".
Snare- Evans HD Dry 14".
Bass- Evans 22" Emad 2.
Cymbals
Sabian AAX- 10" Splash, 14" Stage Hats, 15" Studio Crash, 18" AAX-Plosion Crash, 20" Stage Ride,.
18" World Percussion Chinese Cymbal & a Paiste 8" Accent cymbal (Great for that dry ping-y accent on lighting fast fills).
By the way, I know the whole set looks like it's tilted on the 2nd picture, but don't be fooled... It's just the cowbell mount, I have it at a specific angle so that I can still do rim-knocks with a clanky sound from the upper body of that monster cow-bell.
After a hard day's work...
Thanks for taking interest in my post, hope you enjoyed it, and I can guarantee you that there will be more updates in the near future!
Stay tuned for more....
Oh and as I stated in the beginning, don't be shy- Ask any question you feel is necessary... I'm not much a critic, I only wish to help out the drumming community as much as I possibly can.
Yours truly,
- Juan