GEAR

 

A look at my drum kit. Here you can find all the information about my setup, from the brands to the smallest details. An overview of my drum set, brand, and visual features. Discover what makes my drum set so special.

The Drumkit

My first drumkit was the classic Ludwig Versalite drumkit. I had that for about 6 years. With the gospel I used the Mapex Mars Pro series, and with my other projects I played the Sonor 2001series. After a couple of years I switched back for all my projects to Mapex witch I play now for about 20 years .

 

My drumkit is the Mapex Orion Classic, Birds eye maple, transparant purple drumkit, with the 24K golden lugs, a 14"Mapex black panther main snare and a 13"Mapex black panther aluminum side snare.

 

I have an endorsement from Soultone cymbals, I use Gibraltar rack systems and Alesis  electronics. As far as drumheads go: On the toms I use the Evans black chrome Level 360, on the snares the Evans Hydrolic black and on the kicks I use the Remo powerstroke 3 resonance head and the Evans Emad Onyx batter head.

DETAILS

20" main kick drum       

20" side kick drum     

18" Gong drum

14" main snare      

13" side snare

10"- 12" rack tom      

14"- 16" floortom

CYMBALS:  

(SOULTONE - signature)

13" Gospel hi-hat      

16" Fxo 12 crash

16" Custom Brilliant crash      

20" Gospel ride

16" Gospel crash     

12" Fast china

16" China crash       

8" Custom Brilliant splash

10" Fxo 5 splash      

8" Bell cup cymbal

HARDWARE:

Mapex  hardware 

 Gibraltar rack system

 

ELECTRONICS:

Alesis Samplepad Pro

 

DRUMSTICKS:

Vic Firth 5a

Drumkit view

 

Over the years, I have had various setups that were all tailored for the specific bands. For instance, with Kinda Black, I had a very extensive drum kit with a lot of electronics(triggers, pads, kicks) to get as close as possible to the specific sound of the record.

 

And now with the Dire Straits I am going quite back to basics again, and I tried to match the setup from their early years of touring, and I definitely succeeded, adding a drum rack system and some electronics.

Despite the fact that the music of Dire Straits is quite pop/rock oriented in terms of drumming, it still requires a fair amount of electronics to match their somewhat theatrical music style in some songs, wich allows me to be more creative in the musical process of this project. And it has been fun to be creatively engaged in creating a setup that is both effective and visually appealing. at least to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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