My Kit

[Solaris]

Hey guys, I just joined a few days ago so I thought I'd post some shots of my kit.

SPECS:

Pearl Export ELX in vintage fade with black hardware (soon to be upgraded).
10", 12" and 14" Toms, 22" bassdrum

14" x 5.5" PDP SX all maple snare with wood hoops (yum!)
14" x 3" no name brass picollo snare

Cymbals:

14" Avedis New Beats, brilliant finish
20" Signature Reflector Dry Ride
16" A Custom Crash
18" A Custom Crash
18" 2002 Full Crash
18" A Custom Projection crash (cracked, hopefully replacing with 19" k custom hybrid)
19" K Custom Hybrid China
8" Stagg myra splash, inverted on
10" Terry Bozzio radia splash
10" A Custom Splash
10" 'trash hats' (a cut down paiste sound formula crash ontop of a cracked myra splash)

Pearl Elimator double pedals.

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[PIPER561]

Nice kit, nice finish. Cymbals are a little high up for me, but if its working for you stay with it...

I like all those cymbals stacked up near the hi-hat, what kind of hardware did you use for that? I've always wanted to get cymbals stackers like that, and what kind of heads do you use for the snare?

peace

[kung_f00]

Ooh, you're the first person I've seen with that pdp all-maple snare.. how do you like it?

[wy yung]

Lovely kit there my friend. Who signed the autograph hanging on your wall?

[hammertone]

Interesting cymbal arrangement with lots of things to hit!

I like the idea of making your own trash hats too, hadn't occurred to me before.

Thanks for sharing.

[Solaris]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I'm pushing 6'3" and i sit pretty high on my stool, so that would explain the high cymbals hehe.

I picked up a pearl cst 80 cymbal stacker and used it with a cymbal arm, with the original cymbal arm holding the trash hats, and the extension going from the hats to the two splahes, which are just stacked with a felt inbetween.

That PDP snare is great, it has a really nice crack when tuned up high but doesn't loose any body. Its perfect for rock, and works just as well in funk/latin/jazz as well. Needless to say with the wood hoops the rim shots are ear ringing :)
At the moment I have a CS Dot on the batter and just the stock PDP reso, I'll probably swap it out for a snare side amb soon.

The signed drumhead was from Dom Famularo, I was lucky enough to see him, Tommy Igoe and Thomas Lang at a clinic ab otu the middle of last year. Dom didn't stop smiling the entire show, man he's such an inspirational guy.

[indiadrummer]

wow, I love that snare. Full wood likes really cool
I like the finish, very "sunny"
hey that kinda fits your name :)

[Pearl Player]

Beeeautiful Kit.. And welcome to the ranks of us export players LOL

Mike!

[timebandit]

hey, nice kit! love the black hardware!

[SOGdrummer]

Solaris,

Beautiful kit. I especially like the cymbal selection and the all maple snare. I play a Yamaha Anton Fig maple snare and am also using a CSDot on the batter...it does seem to work well with the maple snare. They do crack when tuned up.

Nice looking set up all around!

Thanks for sharing.