Pics of my Studio Set up

[goteedrumking]

Hey Guys,
Here's my studio set up in Chicago. It's a 7 piece Mapex maple with all Sabian cymbals, DW pedals, and Evans heads.

[d.c.drummer]

Very nice, looks like you get down to business.

interesting placing of the gong drum (what brand is it, mapex?), most i see are on the right or way left. Actually, intresting tom placement all around! Any particular reason why you stuck that little guy in there at the floor 1 position?

Good to see someone breaking the tom positioning mold every once in a while.

[Ozzy Biz]

It's an interesting setup; I like it. I'd actually really enjoy trying something a little different like that, just to see how it feels.

Also, what are the specs of the drums and cymbals? We want to know more than just the brand.

Biz

[Will-Myster]

Very nice man, I like your ride! Yeah that setup looks very sleek, I dig your style man and how you set up your kit. It looks like it supplies your needs in the studio, how long have you been play? Have a good one!

Will

[goteedrumking]

Very nice, looks like you get down to business.

interesting placing of the gong drum (what brand is it, mapex?), most i see are on the right or way left. Actually, intresting tom placement all around! Any particular reason why you stuck that little guy in there at the floor 1 position?

Good to see someone breaking the tom positioning mold every once in a while.


Hey man,
Thanks for checking things out. The mounted kick drum is one I actually hand made myself. It's a 22''x18" maple shell. As far as the 8", I was messing around one day with different tom placements and was really diggin' that spot. I do a lot of paradiddle combination stuff on my toms, and it really gives a cool sound option as far as movement around the kit.

If you want to hear how it sounds, here's a link to a vid of a session from this weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZpBNY96d8

-Seth

[goteedrumking]

It's an interesting setup; I like it. I'd actually really enjoy trying something a little different like that, just to see how it feels.

Also, what are the specs of the drums and cymbals? We want to know more than just the brand.

Biz

I appreciate you checkin out my gear man. Here are all the specs starting from my far left to the right:
Plates:
10" AAX splash
14" Hand Hammered Regular Hats
15" AAX Dark Crash
16" AA Medium Thin Crash
17" AAX Studio Crash
17" Hand Hammered Crash
21" Hand Hammered Ride
18" HHX Chinese

Shells:
14"x6" Yamaha Snare
22"x18" Kick drum
12"x12" rack tom
13"x12" rack tom
8"x10" rack tom
22"x18" mounted kick drum
16"x14" floor tom

If you want to hear how they sound, here's a link to a session from this weekend:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZpBNY96d8
-seth

[harley-g]

Nice kit man. I used to play around with tom placements, but I just couldn't make it flow with my playing...I probably didn't give it enough time :P

As for the video, great playing. You got a real natural feel happening there. Good stuff.

[maddrummr]

Truly intresting. Looks fun to play due to how different this set-up is to most drum sets. LOVE those cymbals. Saw ur video and i really like your playing, but isnt that a "different" place for your ride. Well we shouldnt complain because youre whole set-up is a bit "different" so i guess it all fits in. And dont take "different" in a bad way your set up is really cool.

[pdp 9091]

Awesome kit man. I love 22" kick mounted way up there. I may do that with my kit one of these days cause I have a 22" kick right now but I want to move up to a 24" or possible a 26" (i plan on building it myself) so I can just take my 22 and mount it up like you did. What head to you have on the mounted kick?

ps. i love your playing in the video. Great flow and smoothness to the playing. I also loved the fills at the beginning of the song.

[Exportdrummer]

That is an odd set up lol, but it looks pretty nice, do you like having the mounted kickdrum

[SLEEPY BRiGHT EYEZ]

I love the gong bass and the little baby 8. Hah! The kick I'm using is 22x16. It looks like you have a PS3 head on it, which is what I use on mine... concert tom style. I love the sound. I wanted to mount my 22" up like that after I get my 24" back in service. Not sure if I will though. I'm not really show how to mount something that big!

[fusssion]

to each his own I guess........

Great stuff, nice kit, ...cool set up.......and great video......I love that kind of fusion....nice stuff!!!

[Trommur]

Dude, I watched your video and your amazing, really like your style! It's fantastic drumming ;D

And Great looking Kit and Cool Set-up :D

[somedrummer]

Great playing man! I like it all around.

My only problem with anything you do is the placement of your ride. I just can't imagine playing that thing all the way up there. Is this your ideal position for it, or did you move it around to fit in toms, or what's the story?

[goteedrumking]

Hey,
Thanks EVERYONE for checkin' out my gear. There have been numerous comments about my ride cymbal placement- Haha, thank you for those too. As far as where it's at, it's just comfortable for me. I feel completely relaxed when I play on it. I'm a big fan of the non-traditional setup. Every drummer's gotta find what works for them. If it's a traditional setup more power to ya brothas. Keep drummin' everyone, and do what works for you!

-Seth Burkey

[TitanSound]

Great setup Seth. I did wonder about the ride too but like you say....each to his own!!

Tight playing in the vid too!

[Class A Drummer]

That setup looks awsome man. I love the fact that you have that enourmous tom just hanging there.

[AronMapex]

Thats a dam big drumset. Lots of cymbals :D Very nice.

i saw your video :D your great

[Joe Kearney]

I'm pretty much building my own cymbal setup to be a bit like yours... I actually just ordered a Vault 16" crash off of eBay, which will break the dominant Zildjians sprayed around my kits. oh and by the way... awesome kit

[gr82bagn]

Can't tell what I like better the cool drum set or the ultra cool playing. Thanks for sharing, keep posting more videos.

[Jusstickinaround]

Those kind of setups just plain scare me, looks so uncomfortable and difficult to play.

[aydee]

Very sweet set up! I like the originality, though the cymbals seem like a bit of a stretch ?

[PineyplayParadiddles]

That is a really cool setup, it's refreshing to see unique setups like that. BTW how do like that HH RBDR?

[punkdrummer1]

very very nice. Looks great....