MEINL CYMBALS
from left to right:
16" Classics Custom Trash Stack (view)
16" Byzance Extra Dry Medium Thin Hi-Hats (view)
18" Byzance Jazz Extra Thin Crash (view)
12" Classics Custom Trash Splash x 2 (bottom one inverted) (view)
22" Byzance Extra Dry Thin Ride
20" Byzance Extra Dry Thin Crash (view)
Right side stack
18" Byzance Vintage Trash Crash (stack top) * (view)
18" Byzance Extra Dry Trash Crash (stack bottom) * (view)
Meinl Ching Ring (view)
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 (view)
Kick Reso: EQ3 Resonant (view)
plus: 2x EQ Kick Pad Bass Drum Muffler (one on head) (view)
Snare Batter: HD Dry or ST DRy (view)
Snare Reso: Snare Side 300 (view)
Tom Batter: UV2 * (view) on 10/12/14” toms, UV EMAD on 16” floor tom
Tom Reso: Reso7 * (view)
*Coated G2 + EC Resonant were used for the Meinl video shoot pictured above
PEARL DRUMS
Two Pearl Masters kits for use in the studio and on tour:
MCX (Maple): 20” kick, 10” / 12” / 14” toms, 14” matching snare (favorite snare I’ve owned, used as main snare on every Sungazer recording, and many others)
BRX (Birch): 22” kick, 10” / 12” / 14” toms
Other: 14” x 5.5” Ultrasound Snare Drum
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 (view)
Roland RT Series Triggers on the drums (kick / snare / tom)
Pintech RS-5 (or any piezo trigger) on hi-hat / stack
Ableton Live 11 software
I endorse Meinl Cymbals and Evans Drumheads.
Product links are provided where possible above via Sweetwater (affiliate links).
2022 Touring Setup (from Sungazer European tour)
2023 Touring Setup w/Sensory Percussion (Sungazer USA tour)
2022 Touring Setup (from Sungazer European tour)