So, I'm just curious to know what all you drummers use/prefer for gear, i.e. drums, sticks, cymbals, etc.

I can discuss what I use for gear with you. I bet you'd be VERY interested to know.

my secrets die with me.

niggashit

^^predictable.

Pork Pie Kit. 12x8 tom, 16x13 tom, 22x20 bass drum, 14x7 snare. Maple shells, 8 ply.

21" Zildjian Z Mega Bell Ride, 21" K Crash/Ride, 21" Dream Bliss Crash/Ride, 19" Z Custom Crash, 14" Quick Beat hats.

Remo Vintage "A" heads on toms, Powerdot on snare, Coated Ambassador on kick.

Yamaha Flying Dragon Double Pedal with wooden beaters.

Pro-mark 5B woodtip (American Hickory) sticks

All Pearl double-braced hardware except snare stand is PDP double-braced.

My goal in life is to find old Ludwig shells, have someone refurbish them, and build my dream kit...we'll see what happens.

Mint Green Pearl Export kit 6 pieces, play with 5 (also have a couple no-name kits lying around for parts)

20" AA rock ride
20" B8Pro ride
16" AA medium thin crash
17" AA medium thin crash
18" AA medium crash
8"/10" B8Pro splashs
14'' xS medium hi-hats

dw 5000 dbl bass pedal (had this thing for eons)

vic firth 5A wood-tips

Ear protection LOL

Ludwig Accent CS Custom Elite - 8-ply birch
12x8 tom, 13x9 tom, 16x18 floor tom, 16x19 floor tom, 22x22 bass drum

Evans EC2 heads (had Aquarians for a while, those suck, very brittle and poor response)

DDrum 13x7.5 bubinga snare

DW9000 double pedal with heavy Gibraltar felt beaters (felt wore down to the plastic again..need to try new ones)

Vater 5B American hickory nylon tip

awesome Sabian AAX 18" Crash, Sabian 22" B8 Pro heavy ride (had this since I started playing, great cymbal) shitty Zildjian ZBT hi-hats (just cracked em again), shitty Paiste 16" crash, shitty broken china

Ludwig double braced boom stands

Shitty throne that sinks while I play

Gotta upgrade most of my cymbals and throne.

yea i need to upgrade my throne badly too


its ugly

i think its ever drummers dream to have a john bonham set

my life goal is to have the drums i have. ha. And Jon bought me a badass Pork Pie throne fo my Bday last year. I luvs him. Anyways, i use Axis AL2 Longboards with the Ekit triggers
Alesis Dm5 drum module
Tama Starclassic Bubinga 4 piece (13, 16 toms, 14 snare, 22 bass)
Kcustom ride
Paiste sig sound edge hats
K china
shitty crashes, i break em once a month at least.

what murph said is basically my ideal kit except with evens ec2 coated heads and japan oak 7a sticks.

Tama import
22 inch bass
18 inch floor tom
16 inch mounted tom
16 inch snare (nothing special, it came with the kit)

18 inch zildjan crash ride
16 inch paiste crash (sorry, i'm not brand loyal)
14 inch zildjan hats

tama double pedal

sticks....i usually go for plastic tips....but i have a few wooden tipped pairs.
i use all different sizes, depends on the speed and style of the song

my old kit:

i find having too many pieces gives my simple minded ass the urge to use every piece of the kit in every song, so i actually prefer a simple set up.
one or two toms on the rack.
a crash, a ride, hi-hat, maybe a china.
bass drum w/ double pedal.
and a cowbell can be fun.

anything past that is excessive for me when it comes to song writing/band practice.

on the other hand...for solos, drum offs, or just having fun, there is nothing like giant kit with roto toms and way too many cymbals

My keyboard and wrist rest. My co-workers are PSYCHED.

EC2s are beyond overrated IMHO, having played them for a year I can honestly say I hate them.

Vintage "A"s make my kit sound fucking gianormous.

for me its gotta be ec2 or aquarian x's

i do the ec2s for my drums. I need the slightly thicker batter heads for my dense ass drumz. I use aquarian super kick 2 for the bass batter, and i use clear ambassadors for resonant toms/snare. and oh yeah, i use 2bn vic firths.

good, used, cheap.

tama rockstar 5 piece that i would like to upgrade but cannot justify doing so
iron cobra double pedal
heads - whatever 5 pack is on sale. usualy remo pinstripe or evans g2. g1 snare head
tama metalworks 6.5x14 snare
stands - little bit of everything
paiste - innovations 18" crash m
dimensions 18" crash m (cracked)
innovations medium 14" hi hats (i hate them)
zildjian - megabell 22" ride
wuhan - china 18" (cracked)
sticks - promark millenium II's natural finish wood tip.

What I would LIKE to use and what I actually do use are two different things, but here we go:

-Mapex M Series & Tama Rockstar kits
-Iron Cobra Double & Single Pedals
-Vintage Rogers Gold Sparkle Snare
- Right now I have Evans G2's on my Mapex on account of GC being OUT of Remo Emporers the day I had to track my indie band's cd...they're ok and have been on since then (about a year) but I'm looking to put Emporers on them soon. My Tama has been out of commission until recently so it still has 3-5 year old Emporers on it that I'm replacing with either Evans EC-2's or possible clear Emporers.
- my snares (rogers & mapex) both have Remo Emporers on em
- I use evans gel dampeners on my toms and snare
- my cymbals are kind of a hodgepodge:
14" Sabian AAX Stage Hats
16" Sabian XS crash (being replaced ASAP)
18" Dream crash ride (awesome cymbal, need 2-3 more 19"/20"/etc.)
20" A series Medium Ride from like the late 80's or early 90's. Things heavy and has such a dark crash
18" Paiste PST China Crash (thnx accurseddrummer)
- Silverfox Sweet Pea drum sticks (hooray for endorsements)
- Tama and Sound Percussion double braced hardware

anyone try the Roland RP20? I'm getting one soon for my Tool band.