A Tale of Two Kits MD: Let’s talk about your drumsets on this tour. Neil: The kit in the fi rst set evolved as an instrument of perfect comfort. I can play it with my eyes closed. The musicality through the cymbals and the toms. Everything is carefully chosen and put where it should be. I tell people: Don’t look at those forty-seven drums. It’s a four-drum setup. Look at the middle—everything spins off from there. In the ’70s, things evolved from the ’60s.
Ginger Baker [Cream, Blind Faith] had his ride off to the side with a crash on top of it, so he could have three or four toms across the front. That’s around the era when I started playing, so I gravitated that way. When I fi rst switched to the double pedal in the early ’90s and DW really refi ned the fi rst proper double-pedal setup, I went to it willingly right away—just ergonomically to free up the space. But I couldn’t believe the
“El Darko” Kit
Drums: DW shells made from Romanian bog oak with black chrome fi nish A. 6.5x14 VLT snare B. 6" concert tom C. 8" concert tom D. 10" concert tom E. 12" concert tom F. 8x12 rack tom G. 9x13 rack tom H. 12x15 rack tom I. 16x18 fl oor tom J. 5x20 gong drum K. 16x23 bass drums with Kelly Shu miking system
L. LP 13" brass timbale M. LP 14" brass timbale
Cymbals: Sabian Paragon with brilliant fi nish 1. 20" crash 2. 17" crash 3. 14" hi-hats 4. 10" splash 5. 16" crash 6. 8" splash 7. 18" crash 8. 22" ride 9. 20" Diamondback 10. 20" China 11. 19" China
Percussion aa. Gon Bops Cowbell Tree bb. Century Mallet orchestra chimes
cc. malletKAT Express 38 Modern Drummer January 2016
Hardware: DW 9000 series bass drum pedals and stands and 5000 series hi-hat; all stands with black nickel fi nish
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Sticks, Heads, Extras: Peart plays Promark 747 NP “R40” signature model sticks. His heads are “an ever-changing variety of DW and Remos,”
while his accessories include UrbannBoard NP Signature Drum Shoes and Whirlwind braided cable. Neil’s drum tech is Lorne “Gump” Wheaton.
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