EQUIPMENT
BELOW : Drums plus ISTANBUL AGOP Cymbals I've used for the "WAITING FOR MIRACLES" european tour.
DRUMS
The configuration I use may change from project to project, but usually I use a 22" or 20" bass drum, with 8",10",12" rack toms and 14",16" floor toms.
Sometime I end to use 24" kick with a few toms.
I usually use two snare drums; most of the time the main one would be a 14"x5,5" with metal shell (Bronze and Brass shells are my favourite!) and the side snare would be a 12" or even a 10" in any material, even tho I would prefer again the metal shell.
I always bring a wooden snare as backup drum in case the venue acoustic would require a less bright tone.
My personal snares collection includes a bunch of different Tama models, several Bell Brass custom made for me, from Guven Bronz Metal, and standard DW, Ludwig and Pearl as well.
At my studio I often use both a Yamaha Hybrid Maple or a vintage 70's Gretsch blonde maple kit as 'house kit's, but I can chose among some other old but amazing drum sets from Ludwig, Slingerland and Premier.
ISTANBUL AGOP CYMBALS
The majority of the cymbals I tend to use (in studio and live) comes mainly from the TRADITIONAL line and the XIST Brilliant line.
Drumsticks
5B
REMO Drumheads
90% of times I end to use Emperor or Ambassador Coated drumheads (even I prefer the Ambassadors) on all my toms, snares and octobans, sometime I go for the classic coated CS on top of my main snare. As bottom for my toms and snares I use Ambassador Clears (hazy for snares). On the bass drum I use Powerstroke 3 Clear or Coated (I prefer the Coated version), Powerstroke 3 Ebony as reso. On the Gong Drum I would use Emperor or Pinstripe or Powerstroke 3, Coated or Clear.
Microphones
In my drum studio I have a variety of microphones I can count on, always in order to accomodate my clients, but also to guarantee to myself the best version of the sound I have in my mind.
Models are from SE Electronics, Shure, AKG, Neumann, Warm Audio, Sennheiser, Beyerdynamic, Audio Technica.
My in-ear are the SHURE SE215
I also use various percussions from different companies which I don't endorse.
Some pics of the instruments I use in studio and live.