MEINL CYMBALS
from left to right:
16" Classics Custom Trash Stack
16" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin Hi-Hats
18" Byzance Jazz Extra Thin Crash
12" Classics Custom Trash Splash x 2 (bottom one inverted)
22" Byzance Extra Dry Thin Ride
20" Byzance Extra Dry Thin Crash
Right side stack
18" Byzance Vintage Trash Crash (stack top) *
18" Byzance Extra Dry Trash Crash (stack bottom) *
Meinl Ching Ring
Meinl Ajuch Bells
Controlled by Pearl RH-2000 Remote Hi-Hat pedal (not pictured) with right foot
* An 18” Byzance Extra Dry Trash Crash over 18” Byzance Vintage Crash were used for the Meinl video shoot pictured above.
Other cymbals:
RIDE: 22" Byzance Foundry Reserve Light Ride, 22" Byzance Jazz Monophonic Ride, 22" Byzance Tradition Flat Ride
HI-HAT: 14" Byzance Jazz Thin Hihats, 14" Byzance Traditional Medium Hihats
CRASH: 18" Byzance Extra Dry Dual Crash, 20" Byzance Traditional Extra Thin Hammered Crash
OTHER: 8" Classics High Bell, 8" Classics Medium Bell, 8" Byzance Dark Splash, 20" Byzance Vintage Equilibrium China, Artist Concept Temporal Stack 1, Byzance Vintage Smack Stack
PERCUSSION TABLE: Meinl Percussion Table Stand 16” x 22” for laptop and accessories.
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EVANS DRUMHEADS
Kick Batter: EMAD2 Clear
Kick Reso: EQ3 Resonant
plus: 2x EQ Kick Pad Bass Drum Muffler (one on each head)
Snare Batter: HD Dry
Snare Reso: Snare Side 300
Tom Batter: UV2* on toms, UV EMAD on 16” floor tom
Tom Reso: Reso7*
*Coated G2 + EC Resonant were used for the Meinl video shoot pictured above
PEARL DRUMS
Check out my artist page on Pearl’s website and this YouTube video.
Multiple kits for use in the studio and on tour:
Reference One: 22” kick, 10/12/16” toms, 14x5” matching snare
MCX (Maple): 20” kick, 10” / 12” / 14” toms, 14” matching snare (used on every Sungazer recording, and many others)
BRX (Birch): 22” kick, 10” / 12” / 14” toms
Other: 14” x 5.5” Ultrasound Snare Drum, 14x5” Reference One Brass snare
Kit pictured above is a Pearl Maple Gum series: 22” kick, 12” / 16” toms, 2 x 14” snares (left one tuned low) - I don’t recall the snare specs, as the kit above was loaned for a video shoot.
ELECTRONICS:
Sensory Percussion Sound System (V2) by Evans Hybrid
Roland SPD-SX PRO Sampling Pad
Roland RT Series Triggers on the drums
Pintech RS-5 (or any piezo trigger) on hi-hat / stack
Ableton Live 11 software
I endorse Pearl Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Evans Drumheads, and 64 Audio IEM’s.
2022 Touring Setup (from Sungazer European tour)
2023 Touring Setup w/Sensory Percussion (Sungazer USA tour)
2022 Touring Setup (from Sungazer European tour)