Here is a highly detailed equipment list:

- DRUMS -


Home studio kit
Pearl Drums Reference Pure, natural maple finish
8x12 rack tom
16x16 floor tom
16x20 bass drum

Gigging/Alternate studio kit
Pearl Drums Vision Birch VBL, natural birch finish
8x12 rack tom
16x16 floor tom
18x20 bass drum

Snare drums
7x14 stainless steel, flat black powdercoat on shell with long tube lugs
6.5x14 Pearl Drums Reference brass
4x14 Pearl Drums maple piccolo
8x14 Pearl Drums limited edition maple

Nearly all of my snares feature die cast hoops and Puresound snare wires.

Cymbals
TRX Cymbals (core setup):
21" DRK ride
19" MDM or BRT crash
14" MDM or DRK hi-hats
13" DRK/BRT hi-hats
18" MDM or BRT crash
19" LTD custom chinese

In addition, I also utilize:

22" Dark ICON
21" NRG ride
20" MDM ride
19" LTD chinese (slightly higher pitch)
19" ICON medium crash
18" ICON medium crash
18" DRK flat ride
16" ALT chinese
15" MDM hi-hats
'stack' cymbal: 14" ICON stacker (top) / 16" ALT chinese (bottom)
12" MDM hi-hats
12" BRT splash
8" BRT splash

Drumheads
I play Remo drumheads by choice, a rather strong preference of mine. This list -- especially -- evolves, but these are some of my favorites:

tom-toms: I've used both clear/coated Emperors, the 'Vintage' variety of each and clear Pinstripes on a few occasions, but I prefer either Vintage coated Emperors or standard clear Emperors / clear Ambassador
snare drums: Controlled Sound or Black X / Ambassador snare-side
bass drums: usually coated Powerstroke III (with a double mini Falam Slam) but I've also used clear PS3 and coated Emperor / logo head or Powerstroke III Ebony (resonant head is usually ported and there's a bit of 'stuffing' inside of the drum)

I tune my drums depending on the genre of music that I'm recording. I try to match the pitch of each lug, and -- generally -- the overall tuning of both the batter and resonant heads for maximum resonance. I control said resonance with a sliver or two of Moon Gel on each drum.

Drumsticks
I play Vic Firth Ralph Hardimon SRH2 'Hammer' Corpsmaster drumsticks. I've also used Pro-Mark drumstick/mallet combos, Hot Rods, and Vic Firth Rutes and wire brushes for sessions. I also have a pair of hand-wrapped Adam Argullin mallets.

Bass Drum Pedals (specific settings, etc.)
I play the Pearl Eliminator Demon Drive P3002D double pedal in the longboard configuration. My spring tension is maxed out with the 'power' and 'heavy' settings engaged. I utilize Pearl QuadBeaters (either the plastic or felt side, depending on the music) and they rest about six inches from the head -- hitting close to the center of a 20" bass drum -- with the BW100 beater weights attached at the top of the shaft (only the main body, the black and silver add-on weights are left off).

Hardware
Pearl C1000 double-braced straight cymbal stands x4
Pearl BC2000 boom cymbal stand with CLH1000 body manually wedged into top portion (for 'stack' cymbal)
Pearl H2000 Eliminator hi-hat stand
Gibraltar 'No-Leg' hi-hat stand (attached to bass drum with Pearl HA100 clamp)
Pearl DCL300P hi-hat drop clutch x2
Pearl AX20 adapter clamp, TH2000S tom holder for rack tom
Pearl S2000/C snare drum stand
Pearl D2000 Roadster D2500 throne

Practice Gear
E-Pad 12" practice pad
Gibraltar GBDP bass drum practice pad
Power Wrist Builders PWB28-795 solid brass practice sticks

Misc. Gear
Boss DB90 Dr. Beat
Direct Sound Extreme Isolation EX-29 headphones
Mackie 402VLZ3 mixer
Shure SM57 microphone x2

Camcorders
Canon VIXIA HF11
Canon VIXIA HF11 with WD-H37II wide-converter lens
Canon 60D with EF 20mm f/2.8 USM lens



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- CURRENT HOME STUDIO RIG -


DAW/Interface: Pro Tools HD 9
Converters: Apogee Rosetta 800, Apogee Ensemble
iMac desktop computer
Yamaha NS-10M monitors w/ KRK 10S subwoofer

Microphones:
Neumann TLM103 x2
Blue Baby Bottle x2
Blue Microphones Mouse
AKG C414 (vintage)
Shure SM81 x2
Shure BETA 98D/S mini condenser x2
Shure BETA 56A
Shure KSM32 x2
Shure SM7B
Yamaha SubKick

Outboard:
Chameleon Labs 7602 MKII preamp with X-Mod x2
Manley Pultec EQ x2
Trident 80B channel strip x2
API 560 EQ x2
API 512C preamp x2
Vintech 1272 two-channel preamp
Presonus Studio Channel vacuum-tube channel strip x2


A few isolated drum tracks:

Adam Edgemont - "Velvet City"
(cranked brass snare, coated heads on toms, felt beaters on kick)




Pete Peterson - "Death Country"
(low-pitched/punchy toms and kick, high-pitched brass snare)




Marcus Shoults - "The Old Element"
(medium-pitched toms {coated heads}, 'mids-heavy' kick, piccolo snare)




Pete Peterson - "13 Days"
(low-pitched toms, worn coated heads with extra muffling,
felt beaters on kick with mic pulled back, cranked room mics,
deep snare w/ Black X head, 15" closed hats)




Nick Johnston - "Night Of The Living Dance"
(medium/high-pitched toms, coated bass drum head w/ felt beaters, piccolo snare, 18" ride)




We Play The Part - "Leave"
(low-pitched/punchy toms and kick, medium/low-pitched steel snare)








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