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Phil's gear
Does anyone know what sizes and the type of Phil's drums were in the late 70's?
as always....SONOR!the best sound you can get,true......trust me!!!!!!the cymbals are PAISTE.now as for the sizes I dunno remember right now(they're diffrents sizes).I gotta check mi notebook n i'll answer as soon as I can...
all of his cymbals are 18" and higher. except his hi hats which i dont know off the top of my head. And i love the sonor drums, greatest drum kit in the world.
i think its 11",but I'm not sure......yea they r very raw n good sounding.my fav color its the red one drum set
http://www.paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=setup&endorserid=1642 http://www.paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=image&imgnum=3&endorserid=1642 Phil plays a five piece Sonor Designer Series kit in Stain Red. The shells are Heavy Maple. The size of his kit has somewhat shrunk since the earlier days. He uses an 18x22" bass drum, a 13x13" rack tom (he used to use 3 rack toms), 18x16" and 18x18" floor toms, and a 5x14" brass shell snare. On those he uses Aquarian Classic Satin Finish heads, with acception of the snare where he uses a Clear Power Dot. He uses Sonor hardware which includes a "Designer Series" bass drum pedal with a felt beater. For sticks, Phil uses Easton Ahead, which are supposedly relatively unbreakable. Phil says "If you're a hard hitter, you need confidence in your sticks, and you need to know they're up to the job". He uses a 5A model in his right hand and for that extra punch on the snare, he uses a "Rock" model in the left. Phil insists on tuning his own drums, especially in the studio. He finds that he needs to retune the snare every few minutes because after a few heavy "Whomps" (as he puts it), the head loses much of it's resonance. Phil has been playing Sonor drums for what seems like most of his career. He says "Sonor drums are the only drums that hold up when I beat the hell out of them!". In a very early video, Phil was playing a Ludwig kit. I'm not sure when he made the transition to Sonor. He also used to play Zildjian cymbals but now plays the Swiss-made, well-beyond-the-means-of-a-budget-minded-drummer, Paiste cymbals. More specifically, he uses "Sound Formula" and 2002 series crashes and hi-hats. Yup, that's right... no ride cymbal. Afterall, what would he use it for! It's also apparent that he functions quite well whilst inhaling a nicotine dose from a Rothman's when playing. I'm guessing that there's quite an ash build-up around the rim of his snare. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Rudd#Equipment IM A VERY BIG PHIL RUDD FAN (THIS ALSO MEANS I HAVE SONOR DRUMS AND PAISTE CYMBALS ;) ) THIS IS ALL I MANAGED TO GATHER, HOPE IT HELPS Cheers
I doubt that the hi hats are 11", very small. Probably 14" or 15". But thanks everyone for the info
I have three articles about Phils drums. http://a.imagehost.org/0817/Phil_drums.jpg http://a.imagehost.org/0501/Phil_drums2.jpg http://a.imagehost.org/0137/phil_rudd_signature_snare.jpg
kinda weird how small that snare is, I figured he would have some huge ass snare