Do pros ever use other pros stuff?

[Class A Drummer]

Just wondering, do professionals ever use someone elses signature stuff? Like would i ever catch someone like Tommy Igoe using Steve Gadd signature sticks, or Someone elses signature snare or somthing?


Just wondering, couldnt find in search...

[Ironcobra]

i suppose its a possibility, but not likely. most of the stuff that the pros use are given to them or they are paid to use it. and most signature products are a regular product with a name on the side. i suppose you could find Mike Portnoy using a Neil Peart DW snare because he admires him, but i think tama is paying him to much to use a regular tama maple snare. but usually, WONT HAPPEN

[Class A Drummer]

wouldnt he lose his tama sponsorship if he was caught using DW?

[kung_f00]

Yes. Actually, Mike Portnoy used one of Peart's setups to do a cover of one of his drum solos.

And pros have been known to use other artists signature cymbals.

[Drummer30]

Signature cymbals for sure:

Mike Portnoy uses Jojo Mayer's Fierce Crash

According to MD mag the drummers for Fountains of Wayne and My Chemical Romance use use Paragon Cymbals

Though are the only for sures that I have although I'm sure there are some drummers using HHX evos, etc. too so...

Not too sure about drums though although possibly snares I guess.

As for sticks, unless they really like them I'd say a pro would get their own custom or by standard model sticks instead.

[Class A Drummer]

Yes. Actually, Mike Portnoy used one of Peart's setups to do a cover of one of his drum solos.

And pros have been known to use other artists signature cymbals.

Is he aloud to do that though? Play a different companies drums than the one he is endorsed by? I would think that is against the rules.

Edit- actually i just remembered that Peart use to use Tama, and Portnoy still does. Maybe somthing mixed in with that. Idk

[Drumms]

Anders Jivarp, the drummer of Dark Tranquillity uses a Tama Lars Ulrich signature steel snare and a Sabian Signature Duo ride. Or is it a Signature Tri-Top ride?

[jonescrusher]

Is he aloud to do that though? Play a different companies drums than the one he is endorsed by? I would think that is against the rules.

Edit- actually i just remembered that Peart use to use Tama, and Portnoy still does. Maybe somthing mixed in with that. Idk



Don't be surprised if some endorsees are 'breaking the rules' every time the enter the studio....

[Drummer Karl]

Of course...that happens very often.
Many other drummers (like John Blackwell) use The Evolution cymbals...many other use signature sticks from other drummers.

I`ve also seen pros using signature snare drum of other pros.

But why? I think the answer is easy. If you like a sound of something you play it, right?
And if you like a product as a pro which was developed with another pro? Does it change anything?

I mean, a snare drum is a snare drum, a stick is a stick and a cymbals is a cymbal.

I think if Tommy likes Steve Gadd`s signature sticks he like them actually because they feel nice. For me it is nothing special when pros play "signature" stuff by other pros.

Karl

[figure_02]

I've heard that Joey Jordison uses Meinl in the studio.

[DrumGod]

Chris Adler used to use a Paiste Flange bell while being endorsed by Meinl but they made the Distortion Splash and he uses that instead now...
I always here of people using oothers sig stuff but they all excape me at the minute....duh

[hawk9290]

One of Daniel Adair's favorite snares is the Steve Ferrone snare.

[fijjibo]

I bring some answers....
lol

A player is allowed to use other signature gear provided it is under the brand of the players own endorsement.

for example - Jason Bittner sometime uses a Mike Portnoy snare at clinics.

It comes down to:
1, it gives the desired sound
2, it is covered in the endorsement contract.



Is he aloud to do that though? Play a different companies drums than the one he is endorsed by? I would think that is against the rules.

Edit- actually i just remembered that Peart use to use Tama, and Portnoy still does. Maybe somthing mixed in with that. Idk

That kit was a replica of the kit Neil used while endorsing Tama.

He is allowed to use other gear i the studio as long as no photos or anything are taken of him with the other gear.

[Class A Drummer]

That kit was a replica of the kit Neil used while endorsing Tama.

He is allowed to use other gear i the studio as long as no photos or anything are taken of him with the other gear.

Pretty much as long as there is no record of it, and nobody is there to see it happen ; )

[fijjibo]

Yeah.

I mean, people are bound to see it, but as long as the artist doesnt make a habit of it, it should be fine.

[spartacus1989]

there are quite a few pros who have used:

- Mike Portnoys Max Splashes and Max Staxs!
- Jojo Mayers Fierce Crash
- Signature LP Cowbells

[Skitch]

Is he aloud to do that though? Play a different companies drums than the one he is endorsed by? I would think that is against the rules.

Edit- actually i just remembered that Peart use to use Tama, and Portnoy still does. Maybe somthing mixed in with that. Idk


I think that the rule is that if they are in a club, they can do what ever they want....

One stage, in front of 30,000 people and being recorded for a DVD, it is a big deal.

I remember a story about a very prominent drummer who endorsed a Japanese brand showing up to play a TV show and using a Gretsch kit. I was told it was his way of telling the Japanese company. "Goodbye!" intentionally.



Mike

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[bballdrummer34]

lewis nash uses jack dejohnette's cymbal

[chazgrohl]

I've heard that Joey Jordison uses Meinl in the studio.

he does yeah, have ya seen the roadrunner compilation album, the bonus dvd, watch it, it shows joey in the studio, aint sure what kit, but he has meinl crashes, not using his sig snare either as far as i could see

actually heres a clip from it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1USZo7SFHo&NR=1

[kacperivo]

i think that Stanton Moore used to play Vic Firth Sheila E. model before he got his own signature... so yes, why shouldn't they play other pros stuff? it's all about the sound after all :)

[cducar]

This isn't really using other pro's stuff, but Alex Rodriguez of Saosin uses Gretsch stuff sometimes. I saw him recently at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, and he had a Gretsch kit while he is endorsed by Shine. But it may be rented stuff for touring, because they do that.

[da cheese walks]

I mean, a snare drum is a snare drum, a stick is a stick and a cymbals is a cymbal.l

and a contract is a contract.....

i reckon endorsers can rest easy if Portnoy uses Pearts snare....i mean he helps them shift enough stuff.....theyre not worried....

[Ekim]

Rod Morgenstein was using one of Neil Peart's signature Paragon Chinas when I saw him w/ the Dixie Dregs.

I know I've seen other instances live, I just can't think of them offhand.

[Shinx]

I'm not sure if I would ever sign an endorsement deal, just to keep my artistic freedom. Then again, I'm very human and I very much enjoy money. Though with my current playing level and genres of music I play, I shouldn't be too worried about that dilemma just yet.

[bojangleman]

ohh...i thought we were talkin about pro's..lol...jp...but seriously


According to MD mag the drummers for Fountains of Wayne and My Chemical Romance use use Paragon Cymbals.


Alex