Niiko

Portnoy's is hardly overkill, he's literally stuck his usual double set up with his smaller experimental setup so he can switch in between.

So I see you Portnoy and raise you with Terry Bozzio!! Muahaha!!

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http://www.themediastomp.com/storag...13041955030 49

This is hardly overkill? Even if it were split in half it would be a huge kit.

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Niiko

If it were split in half it'd just be a typical metal setup, like Joey Jordisons.... And that kit is awfully different from the ones I've seen him play, or maybe i'm not seeing enough....
But I still raise you this

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AngryGoldfish

Well, he actually uses his entire kit as individual notes. He plays a very different style.

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MH400

Isn't this 'Post pics of YOUR gear', not discuss famous drummer's gear? lol

Edit: Not being a prick, just sayin'. lol

Alex Vik

Well yeah, but it's fun to look at stuff we can't afford

Slightly on topic, here's some stuff I'm borrowing while recording a friend's album.






In order, Tama Rockstar DX snare, Sabian B8 Pro rock hihats, Bosphorus traditional thin ride, and a Zildjian thin crash. I kinda prefer my Acrolite to the Tama, but his cymbals blow mine out of the water since they actually sound like what they should be.

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metalhead805

Most recent snap of my kit, a little different set up but yeah...

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EriX29

Hey Niiko, what kit is it that you use? What brand/models are the cymbals? I love the sound.

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inkandlead

Here's my current rig:

13x10, 16x16, 24x18


And the new snare I just finished:
14x7


Then I've got all Yamaha hardware. The Flying Dragon is the best kick pedal I've ever used!
All Sabian cymbals:
20"stage ride
19"AA Metal X
19" Paragon China
14" Hats (I don't remember which at the moment but I can say I drilled 2 holes in the bottom one)

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TheReverend724

My favorite drummer, Riley Breckenridge, talks about his current recording set up

http://www.thrice.net/post/57729232...-word-um-thrice

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Niiko

the one in this thread is an unkown brand called Kix UK (I think they've stopped manufacturing). Tom sizes are 13" Rack Tom, 16" Floor Tom and 22" Bass drum with a Mapex MPX Maple snare 14" x 5.5"

As for cymbals, I mainly use these:

Zildjian

Pitch Black; 15" Mastersound Hi hats, 18" Crash, 22" Ride, 18" China

K custom 20" Dry Ride and Avedis (A for short) 17" Medium thin crash

Stagg 16" Medium crash.

I do have other cymbals, but I mainly use those

EDIT: In the drum comp video you can hear the cymbals, but the kit in the video is my pearl export =) Snare is the same

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EriX29

So uhm, between a Mapex Voyager or a Pearl Export... Which one would you (or anyone for that matter) recommend?

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AngryGoldfish

You built that yourself, then, I assume? It looks really pretty.

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inkandlead

I did. Thanks! I have been professionally building for about 3 years now.

Steve08

Pearl Exports are discontinued now from what I remember, though you can find them floating around used pretty easily. They make a kit called the Forum which is basically the same thing from what I recall.

I wouldn't really wanna go for either of those kits-- they include cymbals (which most probably suck), a pair of sticks (which most probably suck), hardware (which probably is OK but not great) and a throne (which probably sucks)... you see what I'm getting at I think

I guess I'd probably say the Mapex since I like them more than Pearl but I'd recommend saving a bit more money and buying cymbals, a shell pack, and hardware + sticks separately. Like, getting a Mapex Horizon/Pearl Vision instead of the newbie stuff, if that makes sense.

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EriX29

I could get the Mapex Horizon my budget can do that, but from Niiko's video, the Pearl sounded way more beautiful to my ears.

Edit: I guess it depends on the recording quality alot. This one video sounded pretty sweet.

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hehe I knew it seemed to good of a job to be true.

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Haha. Thanks. Lots of practice.

Niiko

I use that same kit in my friends studio when I do work with her. real nice kit, lots of punch, my only problem is that you literally need to whack the hell out of it to get that nice punchy sound, but when you do it sounds nice.

But Exports aren't bad, if that was what Steve was getting at (If not, my bad), considering the price you can get them, with some decent heads and spending a little time tuning (Which is what I did) then you can get them sounding heavenly. But personally I'd have an export over any mapex. Hardware doesn't factor in for me since I have a mapex snare stand and pearl hi hat stand and 3 way clamp, everything else is Gibraltar.

And believe it or not, my video I posted was just the camera and it's built in mics, not the ones on the kit

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