The equipment and/or musical instruments upon which I pound, strike, bash, burn, melt, squash, sweat, swear at, or kick while attempting to make noise (music).

***Note: Not to be confused with items of schwag or apparel sold by people and organizations to promote themselves!***


I currently have a few different drumsets...

RCI Acrylic Custom with Amber, Blue, and Yellow Swirl (Vistalite "Pattern D")
    16x22 kick
    12x8 mounted tom
    14x14 floor tom
    16x16 floor tom
    5x14 Pearl Sensitone Classic snare

1964 Ludwig Blue Sparkle
    14x22 kick
    12x8 mounted tom
    16x16 floor tom

Pearl Masters Custom Extra
    14x20 kick
    12x8 mounted tom
    14x14 floor tom
    6.5x14 snare

Ayotte Custom Woodhoop
    16x20 kick
    12x8 mounted tom
    14x14 floor tom
    16x16 floor tom
    6.5x14 Keplinger Stainless snare

I also have an assortment of snares, hand drums, old marching bass drums, pots, pans, crumbs, and dust.


I endorse Bosphorus Cymbals, and highly recommend them to anyone looking for handmade cymbals that sound PURRRRRTEEEEEE!!!!!

My cymbal setup includes:

    20" Turk Light Ride
    20" Masters Ride w/ three rivets
    14" Ferit Antique Hi-Hats
    18" Antique Thin Crash
    18" Antique Paper Thin Crash
    18" Versa Crash
    11" Traditional Splash


I endorse Vater Drumsticks, and I use their Maple Teardrop Cymbal model.


I primarily use Remo heads. I use a different combination of heads which include Clear and Coated Powerstroke 3 for kick, Coated Emperor for kick, Coated Ambassadors for snare and tom tops, Clear Ambassadors for tom bottoms, and Ambassador Hazy Snare Side for snare bottoms.
On my RCI Acrylic kit I am using Sound Control Black Dots on the rack and floor tom batter heads.


I don't typically use many of those fandangled schnazzy gizmos live. However for drum mics I am fond of Audix; particularly the D6 Kick Drum mic.

For home recording I have an Apple Powerbook G4 running Pro Tools LE via the Mbox. Sometimes for fun I'll record drums with a Shure Green Bullet harmonica mic running through a Line 6 POD effects module.