Naigewron
Platinum Member
Setup diagram:
Pictures:
At a gig with my band Lucky Lew here in Bergen, Norway on Friday, December 5, 2008
Audience view:
Driver's seat (the china didn't make it in, it seems):
Live pics!
Photo credit: Chris Aadland
Photo credit: My sister
Photo credit: My sister
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
A couple of pics of the other band members
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
Complete specs:
Kit
- Sonor Force 3005
- Rack toms: 10x9, 12x10
- Floor tom: 16x16
- Snare: 14x5.5
- Kick: 22x17.5
- Finish: Autumn High Gloss
Cymbals
- Hi hats: 14" Zildjian A Custom
- Ride: 20" Zildjian A Custom
- Crash 1: 16" Zildjian A Custom
- Crash 2: 18" Zildjian A Custom Medium
- China: 18" Wuhan Lion
- Splash: 10" Zildjian A Custom
Hardware
- Rack: Gibraltar GRS-350C (front rack with side wings)
- Normal clamps: Gibraltar GRSMC x6
- Vertical tube clamps: Gibraltar SC-RBA x2
- Cymbal booms: Gibraltar SCLBBT x5
- Snare stand: Gibraltar GI-9606
- Seat: Gibraltar 9608 Round Vinyl
- Hihat stand: Pearl H-2000 "Eliminator"
- Pedals: Pearl Eliminator P-2002C
- Tom holders: Sonor STH 474 x2
Sticks and such
- Main sticks: Regal Tip 5B Wide
- Rods: Regal Tip Blasticks and Pro-Mark Hot Rods
Heads
- Snare batter: Remo Emperor-X
- Snare reso: Evans Hazy 300
- Tom batters: Evans G2 Coated
- Tom resos: Evans G1 Clear
- Kick batter: Evans EMAD Clear
- Kick reso: Evans EQ3 Black (ported)
My drum timeline:
Appr. 1989 - 1993: Remo Weather King
I got a beat-up black Remo Weather King (at least that's what I remember the badge saying) at the age of about 9 or 10 (which would make it around 1989 or 1990). I had busted up every pot and pan around the house at that point, and I'd completely mangled a little plastic kids drum kit, so my parents definitely knew I was interested in playing.
I knew absolutely nothing about sizes, woods, construction or anything like that (I don't think I was even aware that there were different brands or ways of setting up a kit), but as far as I can guesstimate, it had 12", 13" and 16" toms, a 20" kick and a 14" snare. I also got a cheap cymbal set consisting of hihats, a ride and a crash (and by cheap, I mean CHEAP). Of course, again, I knew nothing about brands or quality differences, so I was over the moon.
The heads that came with the kit had probably never been changed (and I certainly didn't know I was supposed to change them every now and then), and the kit was probably from the late 70's or early 80's. I also knew nothing about tuning, so it must have sounded absolutely horrible.
The kit was sold around 1993 due to my declining interest in playing. I played drums with a band at school for another year or so before finally giving up and picking up the guitar instead.
I know pictures of this monstrosity exist in a family photo album somewhere. I'll try to scan them and post them at some point
2002 - 2003: Roland TD-8
This was not my kit, it belonged to my college roommate. He was also a drummer, and wanted something he could play in the apartment we shared, so he bought a used Roland TD-8. A couple of months later, I was playing it more than he was, and I was a drummer again, after an 8 year hiatus.
2004 - 2005: Roland TD-6K
I moved from Norway to Australia to study and work in 2004, and quickly bought a drum kit. At this point, I had no plans of joining a band, so a Roland TD-6K kit suited me nicely. Playing along to CD's was the order of the day for about a year.
2005 - 2006: Mapex M:
During my studies, I ran into a fellow musician, and along with another mate of his and one of his ex-bandmates, we started a coverband. Playing an electronic kit in a band was out of the question, so I sold my Roland and bought a Mapex M Maple/Basswood (this was before the M Birch kits). Ride and hihats were Zildjian ZXT's, while the splashes, crashes and china were Meinl Amuns and a Byzance. An excellent kit, I was sad to have to sell it when I moved back to Norway in late 2006.
Pics:
From my coverband's farewell show, in November 2006:
A blurry driver's seat picture from an earlier gig (March 2006):
In the studio recording a demo with my coverband (goto http://www.myspace.com/naigewron to hear how that turned out):
2007 - present: Sonor Force 3005
Upon returning home to Norway from my years in Australia there was never any doubt about buying another kit. I knew I wanted a rack and A Customs, and I knew what sizes I wanted, so it was just a matter of finding the brand and model. The Sonor Force 3005 won out (it had a standard setup with the sizes I wanted, and the 3007 was just coming out, so I got a great deal on the 3005).
2008 - present: Pearl Rhythm Traveler Gig:
My practise kit at home. This version of the Rhythm Traveler is very small (the "floor tom" is only 12"), so it fits nicely into a corner. The plan is to expand this with triggers and e-cymbals to make it into a "proper" practice kit, but as it stands it suits me well enough as a "kit simulator", so to speak
Picture and setup diagram (as close as I could make it, at least)
Pictures:
At a gig with my band Lucky Lew here in Bergen, Norway on Friday, December 5, 2008
Audience view:
Driver's seat (the china didn't make it in, it seems):
Live pics!
Photo credit: Chris Aadland
Photo credit: My sister
Photo credit: My sister
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
A couple of pics of the other band members
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
Photo credit: Maja Markegård
Complete specs:
Kit
- Sonor Force 3005
- Rack toms: 10x9, 12x10
- Floor tom: 16x16
- Snare: 14x5.5
- Kick: 22x17.5
- Finish: Autumn High Gloss
Cymbals
- Hi hats: 14" Zildjian A Custom
- Ride: 20" Zildjian A Custom
- Crash 1: 16" Zildjian A Custom
- Crash 2: 18" Zildjian A Custom Medium
- China: 18" Wuhan Lion
- Splash: 10" Zildjian A Custom
Hardware
- Rack: Gibraltar GRS-350C (front rack with side wings)
- Normal clamps: Gibraltar GRSMC x6
- Vertical tube clamps: Gibraltar SC-RBA x2
- Cymbal booms: Gibraltar SCLBBT x5
- Snare stand: Gibraltar GI-9606
- Seat: Gibraltar 9608 Round Vinyl
- Hihat stand: Pearl H-2000 "Eliminator"
- Pedals: Pearl Eliminator P-2002C
- Tom holders: Sonor STH 474 x2
Sticks and such
- Main sticks: Regal Tip 5B Wide
- Rods: Regal Tip Blasticks and Pro-Mark Hot Rods
Heads
- Snare batter: Remo Emperor-X
- Snare reso: Evans Hazy 300
- Tom batters: Evans G2 Coated
- Tom resos: Evans G1 Clear
- Kick batter: Evans EMAD Clear
- Kick reso: Evans EQ3 Black (ported)
My drum timeline:
Appr. 1989 - 1993: Remo Weather King
I got a beat-up black Remo Weather King (at least that's what I remember the badge saying) at the age of about 9 or 10 (which would make it around 1989 or 1990). I had busted up every pot and pan around the house at that point, and I'd completely mangled a little plastic kids drum kit, so my parents definitely knew I was interested in playing.
I knew absolutely nothing about sizes, woods, construction or anything like that (I don't think I was even aware that there were different brands or ways of setting up a kit), but as far as I can guesstimate, it had 12", 13" and 16" toms, a 20" kick and a 14" snare. I also got a cheap cymbal set consisting of hihats, a ride and a crash (and by cheap, I mean CHEAP). Of course, again, I knew nothing about brands or quality differences, so I was over the moon.
The heads that came with the kit had probably never been changed (and I certainly didn't know I was supposed to change them every now and then), and the kit was probably from the late 70's or early 80's. I also knew nothing about tuning, so it must have sounded absolutely horrible.
The kit was sold around 1993 due to my declining interest in playing. I played drums with a band at school for another year or so before finally giving up and picking up the guitar instead.
I know pictures of this monstrosity exist in a family photo album somewhere. I'll try to scan them and post them at some point
2002 - 2003: Roland TD-8
This was not my kit, it belonged to my college roommate. He was also a drummer, and wanted something he could play in the apartment we shared, so he bought a used Roland TD-8. A couple of months later, I was playing it more than he was, and I was a drummer again, after an 8 year hiatus.
2004 - 2005: Roland TD-6K
I moved from Norway to Australia to study and work in 2004, and quickly bought a drum kit. At this point, I had no plans of joining a band, so a Roland TD-6K kit suited me nicely. Playing along to CD's was the order of the day for about a year.
2005 - 2006: Mapex M:
During my studies, I ran into a fellow musician, and along with another mate of his and one of his ex-bandmates, we started a coverband. Playing an electronic kit in a band was out of the question, so I sold my Roland and bought a Mapex M Maple/Basswood (this was before the M Birch kits). Ride and hihats were Zildjian ZXT's, while the splashes, crashes and china were Meinl Amuns and a Byzance. An excellent kit, I was sad to have to sell it when I moved back to Norway in late 2006.
Pics:
From my coverband's farewell show, in November 2006:
A blurry driver's seat picture from an earlier gig (March 2006):
In the studio recording a demo with my coverband (goto http://www.myspace.com/naigewron to hear how that turned out):
2007 - present: Sonor Force 3005
Upon returning home to Norway from my years in Australia there was never any doubt about buying another kit. I knew I wanted a rack and A Customs, and I knew what sizes I wanted, so it was just a matter of finding the brand and model. The Sonor Force 3005 won out (it had a standard setup with the sizes I wanted, and the 3007 was just coming out, so I got a great deal on the 3005).
2008 - present: Pearl Rhythm Traveler Gig:
My practise kit at home. This version of the Rhythm Traveler is very small (the "floor tom" is only 12"), so it fits nicely into a corner. The plan is to expand this with triggers and e-cymbals to make it into a "proper" practice kit, but as it stands it suits me well enough as a "kit simulator", so to speak
Picture and setup diagram (as close as I could make it, at least)
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