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Ludwig Classic Maple
16x26
11x14
16x16
16x18
8x14 Coliseum (sometimes 6.5x14 pearl Sensitone brass)

14" Zildjian New Beats
23' Meinl Byzance Traditional Heavy Ride
21" Sabian AA Bash Ride
20" Sabian AAX Xplosion Crash
19"Sabian AAX Xplosion Crash
19" Sabian Paragon China
18" Sabian AA metal X Crash
 
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CM7 Concept Maple - Pearlescent White
7x8" Rack Tom
8x10" Rack Tom
9x12" Rack Tom
12x14" Floor Tom
14x16" Floor Tom (gigged occasionally)
18x22" Bass Drum

Ludwig "Black-rolite"
Gretsch Maple free-floating 10 x 5.5
Ludwig '64 Supraphonic (Back-up)

DW Rack
DW9000 Remote Hi-Hat
DW5000 Pedal
Roc-n-Soc Nitro with backrest

Zildjians
14" A Quick Beat Hats
12" A Custom Splash
14" A Thin Crash
16" A Custom Crash
17" A (Armand) SL Proto Crash
20" A Custom Ping Ride
 
Trans Badge Luddy's, 20,12,14, with a 7x14 Radio King. 22" K Light Ride and I think a 19" Armand "Beautiful Baby" ride. Not my only rig, but certainly my favorite
 

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2004 Ludwig Classic Maples
9x12 Tom
13x15 Tom
16x22 Bass Drum
5x14 Black Beauty Snare

Cymbals (Zildjian and Sabian)
14" A New Beats
14" A Fast Crash
16" A Custom Crash
18" A Custom Crash
18" AAX X-Plosion Crash
14" HHX Evolution Mini China
22" A Ping Ride

Hardware
DW and Yamaha

Microphones:
Shure SM57 on Snare
Sennheiser E904 x2 on Toms
Beta 52 on Bass Drum
Shure SM94 on Hi Hat
 

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I usually play a stripped down version of this kit.

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PDP CX Maple BD22x18, 12x9T, 16x14FT, Pork Pie 14x6.5 Brass snare
Zildjians - A Series - 22 Med Ride, 18 MT Crash, 18 Med Crash, 18 China High, 14 Mastersound Hi Hats
DW 9000 Hardware Pedals
Roc n Soc Throne
Butt Kicker BD Monitor
Microphones - Various
 
Gretsch Purewood Oak. Benny Greb Sand 22" crash/ride, 18" thin crash and 14" hat. Ming fiberglass snare that day, cowbell, Porter & Davies drum chair to kick my ass.
This is my preferred setup, although I rotate my snare depending on my mood that day.

And yeah, I like to do it sideways-)
 

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My small room gigging kit and rehearsal kit. A Whitney a Nesting Penguin 16 wi all with wood hoops. Craviotto Cherry shell 13 x 5.5" snare. Paiste 20" Dark Energy Mk 2 ride, 18" Paiste Traditional thin crash,20" Paiste Traditional Light ride and 13" Paiste Dark Energy hihats.
 

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My two gigging kits

Tama Silverstar 14X18, 8X12, 14X14, 5X14 in Indigo Blue Sparkle.

Ludwig Classic Maple 16X24, 9X13, 14X16, in Blue Glass Glitter, 6.5X14 Pork Pie Big Black, Roland TD6

Various Sabian AA, Paragon, and Istanbul Agop accompany me to each gig and I choose by mood. :)

Not shown is my Yamaha Musashi that I bought from Gruntersdad. I often use it in place of the other two snares.
 

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My small room gigging kit and rehearsal kit. A Whitney a Nesting Penguin 16 wi all with wood hoops. Craviotto Cherry shell 13 x 5.5" snare. Paiste 20" Dark Energy Mk 2 ride, 18" Paiste Traditional thin crash,20" Paiste Traditional Light ride and 13" Paiste Dark Energy hihats.

That's a fascinating looking kit! I know nothing about them.
 
I've not hit the stage much in the last few yr. This is a shot of my last gig in Oct. 2014

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Here's a couple pics from my last gig...





Ludwig Rocker
13x12" tom w/ wood hoops
16x16" floor tom w/ wood hoop
24x16" bass drum
14x8" Mapex Black Panther snare

15" Zildjian Mastersound hi hat
18" Paiste PST7 crash
20" Sabian APX crash
24" Sabian APX ride
 
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Love all the Stage kits so far...here's mine.

Crush Acrylics (22,12,16)
Ludwig Surpalite 14 x 6.5
Zildjian "A" - 21" rock ride, 19" thin crash, 18" med-thin crash, 14" new-beats
Zildjian - 20" Crash Of Doom
Zildjian - "K" - 10" splash

Keep Swattin'
Bonzolead
 

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Now with more riser



This is pretty much my final set-up for gigs.

Now, this is the real fun stuff. I'll bring one riser section to play on now.

 
Lignum Custom Birch - stave drums

24" x 14" bassdrum
12" x 8" tomtom
14" x 12" floortom (up-front for bass-player)
16" x 13" floortom
18" x 14" floortom
14"x6" snare with wood hoops

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Sabian cymbals

14" HHX Groove hats (brilliant)
17" HHX Legacy crash + 10" AAX Splash on top
19" HHX treme crash (brilliant)
22" HHX Legacy Power ride

Remo heads

Ambassador coated on toms (clear on bottom)
Controlled sound on snare
Power stroke 3 coated on bass drum

Percussion rack

LP cowbell
LP red percussion block
LP blue percussion block
Meinl "crasher"

Tama Roadpro hardware
Tama 1st chair
Tama Speedcobra pedal and hi-hat


Vic Firth 5A drumsticks

SKB hardware case and cymbal vault

Stagg drumcases
 
Hi amigos,

Tamburo Opera Zebrawood 20x16 / 10x8 / 12x8 / 14x14 + Richter ELM snare 14x6 (Handmade in Italy)

Soho double braced hardware
Phatom DD Pedal

LP Red Block
LP Click hihat

Zultan CS B25 Handmade in Turquey cymbals
14 Hat / 14 + 16 Crash / 10 Splash / 20 ride



 
Early '90's Rockstar DX 22/14/18
Tama Kingbeat snare
A Custom:
14" Master Sound hi-hats
18" Projection crash
19" Projection crash
22" Ping ride

 
Yamaha Live Custom kit in 22/12/16. The cymbals and snare change, but the setup pretty much remains the same. I have 10" and 14" toms too, but those really never make it out of the house.
 

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Tama Starclassic Maples, with a Starphonic Bubinga snare (best snare ever).
A mix of Sabian, Zildjian, and Meinl cymbals.
 

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