DRUMS : Sonor

I’ll be the first to admit I have an addiction here! I proudly endorse Sonor drums and use high end drums in all their available materials. Generally live I use a much smaller setup than I have in my videos. Usually as little as possible. Snare drum, bass and a floor tom with a ride and hats.

Drum Kits : Studio

Sonor SQ2 Beech Heavy (Toms) Beech Medium (Basses / Gong Drum) : Stratawood / Ebony
8×8 Suspended Tom
10×8 Suspended Tom
12×8 Suspended Tom
13×8 Suspended Tom
14×12 Floor Tom
15×13 Floor Tom
16×14 Floor Tom
18×15 Floor Tom
16×16 Bass Drum
20×20 Bass Drum
22×20 Bass Drum
26×17 Bass Drum
22×16 Gong Drum

Sonor SQ2 Beech Vintage : Ebony
8×7 Suspended Tom
10×7 Suspended Tom
12×8 Suspended Tom
13×9 Suspended Tom
15×11 Suspended Tom
14×14 Floor Tom
16×16 Floor Tom
18×18 Floor Tom
18×18 Bass Drum
22×19 Bass Drum
26×22 Bass Drum
18×15 Gong Drum
22×16 Gong Drum

Sonor S-Classix : Walnut Roots
8×7 Suspended Tom
10×8 Suspended Tom
12×9 Suspended Tom
14×11 Suspended Tom
16×13 Suspended Tom
18×16 Bass Drum
20×17.5 Bass Drum
22×17.5 Bass Drum
20×16 Gong Drum (SQ2 Birch Medium)

Drum Kits : Live

Sonor Vintage Tear Drop : Red Slate

13×8 Suspended Tom
16×16 Floor Tom
20×14 Bass Drum

Sonor Select Force : Dark Forest Burst
10×8 Suspended Tom
13×9 Suspended Tom
14×11 Floor Tom
16×16 Floor Tom
18×16 Floor Tom
16×16 Bass Drum
20×17.5 Bass Drum
24×15 Bass Drum

Snare Drums : (Click the name to hear them)

14×8 Sonor SQ2 Maple Heavy (12 ply 8mm Maple) Golden Madrone Semi Gloss (in and out)
14×8 Sonor SQ2 XRay (6mm Acrylic) Clear 
14×8 Sonor Signature Lite (12 ply 7mm Birch) Makassar Ebony (in and out)
14×7 Sonor Ascent (9 ply 8.75mm Beech) Blue Roots (From the Designer series)
14×6.5 Sonor Phonic Reissue (12 ply 12mm Beech) Rosewood (in and out)
14×6.5 Sonor Phonic Ferro Manganese Steel
14×6.5 Sonor Select Force (7 ply 5.8mm Maple) Dark Forest Burst
14×6 Sonor SQ2 Beech Heavy (12 ply 8mm Beech) Ebony High Gloss / Ebony 
14×6 Sonor SQ2 Maple Medium (9 ply 6mm Maple) Bubinga Semi Gloss
14×5 Sonor Designer Maple Light (9 ply 6.7mm Maple) Turquoise 
14×5 Sonor Artist Steel (1mm Steel) Chrome 
14×5 Sonor Phil Rudd Signature (1mm Brass) Chrome
14×5 Sonor D471 (6 ply Beech) (1966) : Red Strata
14×5 Sonor D471 (6 ply Beech) (1967) : Red Slate
14×4.75 Sonor Super Extra (Beech ply? Thickness?) (1956) : Copper Sparkle
14×4.25 Sonor Designer Ferro Manganese Steel
14×2.5 Sonor Pancake (6 ply 4mm? Beech) : White Marine Pearl
13×8.5 Sonor TearDrop (1966) Tom Conversion : Red Strata
13×8 Sonor SQ2 Maple Thin (9 ply 5mm Maple) Red Tribal/Ebony
13×8 Sonor SQ2 XRay (6mm Acrylic) Clear
13×7 Sonor Artist (12 ply 8mm Maple) Amboina
13×5.75 Sonor Benny Greb Signature (9 ply 5mm Beech) Scandinavian Birch
13×5 Sonor Artist (27 ply 28mm Beech) Earth
13×4.25 Sonor SQ2 Birch Thin (9 ply 5mm Birch) Mint Sparkle/Ebony
12×7.5 Sonor SQ2 XRay (6mm Acrylic) Clear
12×7 Sonor Designer Maple Light (9 ply 6.7mm Maple) Smoke Fade/Blanched Roots
12×5 Sonor Designer Maple Light (9 ply 6.7mm Maple) Birdseye Blue
12×4.25 Sonor SQ2 Birch Thin (9 ply 5mm Birch) Ebony/Ebony
10×7 Sonor SQ2 XRay (6mm Acrylic) Clear
10×6 Sonor Designer Maple Light (9 ply 6.7mm Maple) Walnut Roots
10×5 Sonor Designer Maple Light (9 ply 6.7mm Maple) Tribal
10×4.25 Sonor SQ2 Birch Thin (9 ply 5mm Birch) Ebony/Ebony
10×2 Sonor Jungle Snare (7 ply 5.8mm Maple) Natural

Snares I’ve sold but did videos for :
14×8 Sonor Danny Carey Signature (1mm Bronze) Dunnett Acid Custom
14×6 Sonor Delite (2007) (6 ply 4mm plus 3 ply 2mm dynamic edge Maple) Walnut Roots 
14×5 Sonor S-Classix (9 ply 5mm Birch) Ebony
14×4.25 Sonor Delite Early (9 ply 6mm+3 ply 2mm dynamic edge Maple) Birdseye Cherry
12×5 Sonor S-Classix (9 ply 5mm Birch) Rosewood

Drum Heads : Evans

I’m a proud Evans drumhead endorser, my head selection varies depending on the kit and I tend to change it up a lot as you can get a lot of really awesome sounds with Evans heads.

Tom Batters : G1 Clear, GPlus Clear, J1 Etched, G2 Clear, Onyx, EC2 SST, G14
Tom Resonant : G1 Clear, GPlus
Snare Batter : G1 Coated (favourite), GPlus Coated (and the discontinued frosted), Power Center Reverse Dot (Frosted / Coated), Onyx
Snare (Wire) Side : Hazy 300
Bass Drum Batter : EQ1, EQ3, EQ4, EMAD, G1 : generally all with a pair of AF Patches
Bass Drum Resonant : EQ1 (batter) clear/frosted, EMAD Resonant, EQ3 Resonant, Onyx Resonant
Gong Drum : EQ1 Clear

I also like to experiment, so I don’t stay exclusively in that list.

Drum Sticks : Vater

I proudly endorse Vater drum sticks and mallets. I spent years when I was younger trying EVERYTHING and researching the exact aspects of stick construction that I needed in a stick. I needed it to be solid, I needed a short taper, a barrel tip, pretty fat with a somewhat heavy weight to it. After years of searching the Virgil’s Assault slipped into my hands and I haven’t put them down since! I also use the Phat Ride, T3 Mallets and WireTap Brushes

For pad warmup and somewhat of a technique microscope I also use and endorse Power Wrist Builders. I personally use the red pair.

Snare Wires : Puresound

Super 30
Custom Pro
Blasters
Vintage
Equilizer

As with drumheads, I like to experiment, so I don’t stay exclusively in that list.

Studio Gear