Equipment

“Student” Kit

Yamaha Recording Custom (1980s)
22×16 bass drum
10×8 tom
12×8 tom
14×12 suspended tom

Also available:
8×8, 15×13 & 16×14 toms
Ludwig 5×14 Supraphonic snare
A & K Zildjian cymbals
DW9000 double bass pedal
Yamaha FP9 Direct Drive Bass Drum Pedal
Tama Iron Cobra Glide hi-hat stand

Teacher’s Kit

Yamaha Phoenix (PHX)
22×18 or 20×16 bass drum
10×7 tom
12×8 tom
14×13 & 16×15 floor toms
various snare drums (see below)

Istanbul Agop, Zildjian, Paiste, Sabian and Dream cymbals
DW9000 double bass pedal
Tama Iron Cobra Glide hi-hat stand
Yamaha FP9 Direct Drive Bass Drum Pedal

Other Kits

Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute Nouveau
22×18 or 20×16 bass drum
10×8 tom
12×8 tom
14×14 & 16×16 floor toms

Yamaha Live Oak Custom
18×14 or 20×16 bass drum
10×7 tom
12×8 tom (2)
14×13 & 16×15 floor toms

Yamaha Stage Custom Hip — birch
13×5 snare drum
20×8 bass drum
10×5 tom
13×8 hybrid snare/floor tom

Yamaha 5000
22×14 bass drum
12×8 tom
13×9 tom
16×16 floor tom

1960s Vintage Ludwig Super Classic
5×14 wood snare
22×14 bass drum
13×9 tom
16×16 floor tom

1960s Vintage Leedy
22×12 bass drum
12×8 tom
16×14 floor tom
5×14 wood snare

We now have a 1908 Knabe grand piano in the studio!

This is a wonderful instrument! It just got some new bass strings, regulation, and a thorough cleaning.

Recording Equipment and
Outboard Gear

Toft ATB32 – 32 channel Mixing Console
Lynx Aurora AD/DA Convertors
Pro Tools Studio 2024.10.0
Plug-Ins: Boz Digital Labs; IK Multimedia; Melodyne 5 Studio; Waves
2020 iMac 27″ with additional 27″ Thunderbolt Display
G-Technology 12TB G-RAID
LaCie d2 Professional 6TB USB-C Desktop HDD
Focal CMS 50 reference monitors
Dynaudio Acoustics 9.5″ 300W Active Sub
Grace m903 Reference headphone amplifier, DAC, monitor controller
Furman HDS-16 Headphone Distribution System
Six Furman HRM-16 Headphone Remote Mixers
API 3124+
Lexicon MX200 Reverb
Symetrix SE-400 Stereo Parametric Equalizer
dbx 166XL 2-channel Compressor/Limiter/Gate
PreSonus ACP88 8-channel Compressor/Limiter with Noise Gates
Byer-Dynamic DT 770 PRO/80 headphones
Tascam TH-200X headphones
UltraPhones High Isolation Studio Headphones
DrumKat; h.at.Kat.; PoleKat (midi controllers)
Roland R-8 Human Rhythm Composer (drum machine)

Microphones

AKG D112
1 pair AKG C414 XLS
Audio Technica AT2020
Audix D6
Audix i5
Audix D2 (2)
Audix D4 (2)
Byerdynamic M422N(C)
Beyerdynamic TG X180
Cascade Fat Head II Lund Single Ribbon (Lundahl)
EV RE-10 Cardioid Dynamic Microphone ‘Baby’ RE-20 Variable-D
EV RE-20
1 pair Grundig GDSM200 vintage stereo microphones
Miktek CV4 Large Diaphragm Condenser
1 pair Rode NT5’s
SE Electronics Z3300 A
Sennheiser MD 421 (4)
Shure Beta 52A
1 pair Shure KSM141’s
Shure KSM32 (2)
Shure PG52
Shure SM57 (3)
Shure Beta 57A
Shure Beta 58
Shure PGA52
Shure SM58 (2)
Shure SM59
1 pair Shure SM81’s
Shure Beta 98 D/S (4)
Soundelux ifet7
Yamaha SKRM-100 SubKick

Video Gear

Final Cut Pro X
Canon Vixia HF R300 HD Camcorders (6)
Flat screen Samsung 40″ color monitors (3)
Logitech webcam
Mac mini 2022
Zoom Q8

Snare Drums

 

Brady 4^1/2x14 wood (Jarrah finish)
Gretsch 5×14 wood
Gretsch 5^1/2x14 brass (COB)
Leedy 5×14 wood
Leedy 5×14 brass (1930’s)
Leedy 6^1/2x14 wood (1930’s)
Leedy & Ludwig 5^1/2x14 wood
Ludwig 3×13 brass piccolo
Ludwig 3^1/2x13 wood piccolo (1950’s)
Ludwig 4^1/2x15 metal
Ludwig 5×14 Acrolite (1970s)
Ludwig 5×14 Super Classic Maple
Ludwig 5^1/2x14 Super Sensitive (1970s)
Ludwig 5×14 wood (1930’s)
Ludwig 5×14 wood (1950’s)
Ludwig 6^1/2x14 Black Beauty
Ludwig & Ludwig 4^1/2x14 wood (1920’s)
Mapex 3×14 Maple piccolo
Nodar Rode 7×14 wood
Rogers Banner 5×14 wood (1960’s)
Rogers Dynasonic 5×14 wood (1950’s)
Slingerland 5×14 metal
Slingerland 5^1/2x14 Radio King (1950’s)
WFL 6^1/2x14 wood
WFL 7×14 wood
WFL 7×15 wood

Cymbals

Istanbul Agop | Sabian | Zildjian | Paiste | Dream

13 pairs of hi-hats
28 ride cymbals
including 7 flat rides
Istanbul Agops—amazing!
Sabian 18″ Limited Edition Chick Corea Royalty Ride!
26 crash cymbals
6 splash cymbals
4 swish & China cymbals
2 UFip Ice Bells
2 small gongs