title^, how long have you been playing, what gear do you use etc...

a few years. pearl export. pearl brass piccolo. zildjian cymbals. wuhan chinas. pulse dopuble bass

since high school, drums i bought on ebay, dw pedals, cracked cymbals, trash cans

11 years now, but im better at bass

not long enough to be any good. tama rockstar. paiste innovations and dimensions 18" medium crash. zildjian 22" mega bell ride. wuhan china iron cobra double bass pedal. paiste innovations HH but I want to find a pair of heavy Instanbul sultan series. or anything heavier actually.

I've been playing drums since i was 8, i'm 21 now...umm, Tama rockstar kit with Zildjian Cymbals:
17" A Medium Crash
18" A Rock Crash (cracking)
20" some old Zildjian Ride
21" A Custom Medium Ride (always use bigger ride cymbals)
18" Z Custom China

and a couple Sabian cymbals:
14" AAX stage hats ( i should be ditching these for Zildjian cymbals sometime soon
18" AAX China (wicked Cracked)

Remo heads on Tom and Snare...right now i have An Aquarian Super Kick I on my bass drum because i'm broke, but i usually use Evans EMAD heads on my bass drum

Tama Iron Cobra Powerglide double pedal

i have two snares"
14" Pacific Piccolo
14" vintage Rogers snare

16 years. PDP kit, Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Remo heads DW 9000 double kick pedal. Gibraltar rack, DW hardware.

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fucking bling bling

Around 4 yrs. Not so good.
5 pc pearl forum(2 kicks)
14" Yamaha Maple snare
13" Tama snare
13" pearl piccolo
Dw 9000 & 9002 pedals
3pc pearl rack
Sabian aax's, paiste 3000 ride, LP ice bell
remo skins, evans Emad on kicks
Alesis Dm5

i've been playing about 4 months now; i got a Borg drumset for christmas, which i discovered was purchased at Sam's Club, hahaha! it's a cheapy drumset, only a few hundred bucks, but i like it, it came with bass drum, kick pedal, snare, two mounted toms, floor tom, hi-hats, crash and ride cymbals/stands, even a tambourine and cowbell! it's not the best, but it's good for practicing.
the cymbals are starting to get a little beat up and dented from beating the crap out of them, especially the hi-hats, so i'll need to buy better ones, but the drums themselves hold pretty nicely.

yea, the heads and the drummers tuning ability make the drum sound for the most part especially with lower level drums like that

18 yrs. Tama Starclassic Custom. Assorted cymbals.
Axis Pedals. Alesis triggers on the kicks.

I've been playing for 18 years, and am nowhere near as good as I should be after that fucking long.

I play Yamaha Stage Customs (black stained finish)
(22" kick, 10" & 12" toms, 14" & 16" mounted floor toms)
13" x 6.5" Yamaha Musashi (oak) snare
Zildjian, Sabian, Paiste & Wuhan cymbals
(I buy the sound, not the name, and fuck it, they all break the same!)
a 7.25" generic Home Depot sawblade
I mount it all on a Pearl ICON rack system (with some Gibraltar hardware.)
Tama Iron Cobra 2 legged hi hat stand
DW 9000 Double pedal
Vater XD-5A sticks (that I break at a ratio of at least 2 per show...)
Evans and Aquarian heads (which ALL need to be replaced, of courese...)
and the most important part, my LP cowbell.

I would be more uniform in what I buy (all Sabian, all Tama, etc...) but playing the kind of music I do, I don't really plan on getting all that many endorsements thrown my way, so I just buy what's comfortable or sounds good to me.

P.S.



It's a monster, but loads of fun to play.

What the gay. Fucking link failed. Sorry guys.

that dude needs more cymbals

I see that saw blade...I remember when murph had a blade on his kit....those were the days.

cavnli said:

Oh, I'm working on it, believe me. The plan is to set up enough cymbals to completely obstruct what I'm doing. I'm not a big "crowd" person.

brian_dc said:

MAKE HIM BRING IT BACK!

I feel like something bad would happen if that thing were to enter the shed.

What the hells the saw blade for?

TheAccursedDrummer nli said:


sweet set.
is that a saw blade above the cow bell?

niccolai said:

It sounds like a higher pitched bell, it's got a different tone, and unlike another bell, it only cost me $3.00. I also think it looks cool.

around 11 years. Premier kit, Zildjian's, Iron Cobra, yadda yadda. I too should be way better then I am right now. But I'm not. so whatever.

theaccurseddrummer said:

i'm very interested. What make and size is the blade?

niccolai said:

looks like a craftsman....

Gene Hoglan has also had some interesting things on his kit over the years, including a 60mm cannon shell and a propeller

Tony L from Angel Corpse / Nile etc. had a saw blade on his kit as well.