Don's Drum Kits through the ages.....
1972
Don's kit in the early 1970's was a Hayman dark blue kit, made to his own specifications.
Comprising of:
Bass Drum 26" X 17" bass drum,
Floor Tom 18" X 18" deep tom-tom,
Snare 14" X 5½" Ludwig
Cymbals - Avedis Zildjian
14" Hi Hats, 22" Ride, 2 x 20" Crash
Bass Pedal Rogers
Hi Hat Slingerland hit-hat, P
Drumsticks Premier C sticks,
Bass drum is miked with 9KG 190E
Comprising of:
Bass Drum 26" X 17" bass drum,
Floor Tom 18" X 18" deep tom-tom,
Snare 14" X 5½" Ludwig
Cymbals - Avedis Zildjian
14" Hi Hats, 22" Ride, 2 x 20" Crash
Bass Pedal Rogers
Hi Hat Slingerland hit-hat, P
Drumsticks Premier C sticks,
Bass drum is miked with 9KG 190E
1973
Don's changed his kit in 1973 for Ludwig Kit Silver/Chrome Kit.
Bass Drum - 26"x 18"
Rack Tom - 14" x 12"
Rack Tom - 14" x 14"
Floor Tom - 18" x 18"
Snare -14" x 5½" Ludwig
Cymbals - Avedis Zildjian
14" Hi Hats, 22" Ride, 2 x 20" Crash
Bass Drum Pedal Ludwig Speed King
Hardware - Ludwig
Drum Heads to be confirmed
Cowbell Size to be confirmed
Drumsticks to be confirmed
Bass Drum - 26"x 18"
Rack Tom - 14" x 12"
Rack Tom - 14" x 14"
Floor Tom - 18" x 18"
Snare -14" x 5½" Ludwig
Cymbals - Avedis Zildjian
14" Hi Hats, 22" Ride, 2 x 20" Crash
Bass Drum Pedal Ludwig Speed King
Hardware - Ludwig
Drum Heads to be confirmed
Cowbell Size to be confirmed
Drumsticks to be confirmed
1978
Don's kit in 1978 was as previous plus:
Hanging Tom - 16" x 16"
Hanging Tom - 16" x 18"
Cymbal - Zildjian 15" China
Hanging Tom - 16" x 16"
Hanging Tom - 16" x 18"
Cymbal - Zildjian 15" China
1979
In 1979 Don's kit was the same as above
plus:
Electric Drums to be confirmed
RotoToms to be confirmed
plus:
Electric Drums to be confirmed
RotoToms to be confirmed
2012
22” x 18” Bass-Drum with Evans Genera heads.
16” x 16” Bass-Drum mounted Rack-Tom with Evans Genera heads.
18” x 18” Floor-Tom on it’s own legs with Evans Genera heads.
14” dia Piccolo Snare-Drum with Evans Genera Dry Batter head, Evans Clear Snare head.
Don always has a spare snare-drum on stage with him.
Pearl Hi-Hat stand with 1 pair of 14” (heavy) Sabian cymbals.
Pearl cymbal Boom Stand with 20” (heavy) Sabian crash cymbal.
Pearl cymbal Boom Stand with, 22” (heavy Sabian Ride/Crash
cymbal
Natal Bass-Drum Pedal with, Hard Felt Beater on extra strong steel stem. (Don always has a spare on stage with him).
Shaw Drum-Sticks (Hickory) made to his own spec - supplied by Craig Fenney at The Music Shipping Company (who tells Don that part of the rain forest disappears everytime he makes an order..).
Numerous rolls of Gaffa Tape (to secure his stands to the drum riser) supplied by Darren Eburne at Tickitape.
16” x 16” Bass-Drum mounted Rack-Tom with Evans Genera heads.
18” x 18” Floor-Tom on it’s own legs with Evans Genera heads.
14” dia Piccolo Snare-Drum with Evans Genera Dry Batter head, Evans Clear Snare head.
Don always has a spare snare-drum on stage with him.
Pearl Hi-Hat stand with 1 pair of 14” (heavy) Sabian cymbals.
Pearl cymbal Boom Stand with 20” (heavy) Sabian crash cymbal.
Pearl cymbal Boom Stand with, 22” (heavy Sabian Ride/Crash
cymbal
Natal Bass-Drum Pedal with, Hard Felt Beater on extra strong steel stem. (Don always has a spare on stage with him).
Shaw Drum-Sticks (Hickory) made to his own spec - supplied by Craig Fenney at The Music Shipping Company (who tells Don that part of the rain forest disappears everytime he makes an order..).
Numerous rolls of Gaffa Tape (to secure his stands to the drum riser) supplied by Darren Eburne at Tickitape.
2013
From 2013 Don started using a Natal kit. Details are:
White Metallic Finish.
22” X 20” Bass-Drum.
14" X 12” Rack- Tom.
16” X 16” Floor- Tom.
14” Dia Piccolo Snare-Drum.
And frrom October 2013 Don has used Zildjian cymbals: Zildjian (Top and Bottom) Hi Hat 14", Zildjian Heavy Crash 19", Zildjian Ride Rock 21", Zildjian Medium Heavy Ride 22".
