My first kit was kind of a weird combo. It was a "Bonham" kit and a set of the Octa-Plus concert toms. I bought a 2nd bass drum to round it out and quickly grew tired of having to move it; eventually scaled the kit back in size to a 2x2x2 (sometimes 2x2x1) kit ala Tommy Aldrich/Cozy Powell. However, It was cool doing the Niel fills ... just loved like the crack of those 6" & 8".

jonrpick,

I just love the sheer audacity of that BD of yours..... I can see the conversation now when guitarists are bragging about their rigs, "Double stack Marshall... ahhh yea OK.... I got an antidote for that, and you may want to consider double stackin' your double stack!" Or, "Say hello to my little friend."

Come on Mikey, pics or it doesn't exist....

Here's a pic of a setup I had at one time.

jonrpick, that bass drum is huge! You can have clowns burst out the reso! Mind Blowi

Restored & played these Phaser 11s. Suspended toms, especially the 16" sounds sweet, but all are a pain to gig with. TOM

I swear I was seeing spots a few seconds after staring at your kit. Wow! That's a nice piece.

I used to play something like this, except it had around 57 less drums and 148 less cymbals. Seriously, nice pics you guys are posting. I lile JRP's mongo BD. Too cool.

B

Lol. That is Terry Bozio's kit!!Cool1

Mikey,

That set up you described is insane! Im speechless.....Mind Blowi

James

Well, I've already posted some info and a pic or two of a Premier I used to play, so I won't repeat that here. It was a double bass, twin uppers and lowers with a couple of snares, some Slingy cutaways, and a complete Simmons kit (bass mounted above my head). That one was fun.

In Florida, I had a sweet Yamaha RTC with a slew of cymbals (averaged 30 - stupid, I know), latin drums, several snares, some Stingray custom cutaways, and lots of other things to hit. I was shedding while working out of a couple of studios and teaching at Resurrection Drums.

The other picture is my New York touring rig. It was my last large kit. It's a Pearl Masters Mahogany Classic Ltd Ed. It ran 22, 8, 10, 12, 14f, 16f, (13 and 18f on some gigs), Yamaha Recording Custom snare, Trick Alum snare. There was a variety of cymbals - Paiste Sound Formula, Sabian, and one lone Zildjian K China. I don't plan on running a large kit ever again.

I prefer a simple small kit these days. I've grown to love the tight feel it can bring.

Terry who? Is he a drummer? :p

He ain't no Stephen Adler but I guess you could call him a drummer.......Jumping2

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