How many brands of drum gear have YOU owned?

Traditional Grip

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I thought this would be a fun little Drummer World game:

Simply list every brand of Drums, Cymbals, Sticks, and Hardware you have owned and name your favorite one. (No need for least-favorites please)

My list is pretty long, so hear we go:

Drums:
CB700
Leedy
Ludwig
Leedy and Ludwig
Slingerland
Taye
Premier
Pulse
Sonor
Pearl
LP
Toca
Mapex
Favorite: Slingerland

Cymbals
Zildjian
Sabian
Paiste
Saluda
Wuhan
Stagg
Meinl
Soultone
Favorite:Up to a few days ago a would have said Saluda, but after acquiring some, I'm gonna have to go with Paiste

Sticks
Vic Firth
Vater
Promark
Cooperman
Regal Tip
Meinl (Timbale Sticks)
Innovative Percussion
Favorite: Can't Decide

Hardware
I honestly think I've owned a peice of every brand at this point
Favorite: Vintage Ludwig or Slingerland

Now it's your turn!
 
Hi TG, these are mine.

Drums: Sonor, Slingerland, Rogers, Ludwig, Apollo

Cymbals: Sabian, Zildjian, Paiste, Chamber, Zanke?

Hardware: Sonor, Slingerland, Yamaha
 
DRUMS:
Pearl Session
Pearl VSX Birch
Mapex Mars
Ddrum Dominion Ash
Alesis E-Kit

Favorite=Ddrum Dominion..!

CYMBALS:
Sabian B8 Pro
Zildjian ZBT
Paiste PST7
Meinl Custom Classic Dark

Favorite=Meinl CCD..!

HARDWARE:
Pearl 800 (?) series
PDP 800 Series
DW 3000 Series
DW 5000 Series
Gibraltar of various series'

Favorite=Gibraltar..!

STICKS:
Pro-Mark 747
Vic Firth 5A & 5B
Regal Tip Alex VanHalen
Cheap (SPL I think) Funk
Hot Rods
Lightning Rods

Favorite=Cheap-o Funk or Vic
 
Hardware: DW, Pearl, Yamaha, Tama, Gibraltar
Snares: Tama SLP, Ludwig, C&C, N&C, GW, Craviotto, Unix
Kits: Tama, Tama, C&C
Cymbals: Zildjian, Paiste, Agop, Mehmet
 
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The question is ,whose have I not owned?
 
Previously:

Pearl
Paiste
Premier (stands only)
Aquarian
Hohner

Now:

Mapex drums
Mapex hardware
Remo
Vic Firth
Sabian
 
Drums (set): Premier, Tama, Slingerland, Mapex

Snares: Premier, Tama, Mapex, Pearl, CB700

Cymbals: Sabian, Zildjian, Paiste, Meinl, Pearl (no really)

Sticks: All of them Prefer Vic Firth

Heads: Remo, Evans

Favorites in bold
 
Drums:
Ludwig
Slingerland
Gretsch
Pearl
Corder
Mapex
Peace
Pacific

Cymbals:
Zildjian
Paiste
Sabian
Meinl

Hardware:
Mapex
Slingerland
Ludwig
Gibraltar
Tama
Yamaha
Pearl

Peace and goodwill.
 
Drums: Ludwig, Sonor, Pearl, Tama

Snares: Sonor, Pearl, Mapex, Tama

Cymbals: Meinl, Sabian, Masterwork, Turkish

Hardware: Gibraltar, Sonor, Mapex, Pearl, Yamaha, Tama, Sakae
 
Drums - Star, Gretsch, Ludwig, Mapex
Cymbals - Zildjian, Sabian
Hardware - many
Sticks - Many, currently Zildjian hickory
 
The question is ,whose have I not owned?

LOL! My feelings exactly!

Drums: No name stencil, Pearl, Ludwig, Pacific, Mapex. Currently own/use Ludwig and Mapex.

Cymbals: No name stencil, Camber, Sabian, Paiste, Zildjian, Saluda, Meinl. Currently own/use Sabian, Paiste, Zildjian, and Meinl.

Heads: Remo, Evans, Aquarian, Attack, Ludwig. Currently own/use all of them.

Sticks: Pro Mark, Ludwig, Regal Tip, Vic Firth, Zildjian, Vater, Richsticks. Currently using Vater and Vic Firth.

Hardware: Pearl, Gibraltar, Ludwig, Yamaha, Pacific, and Sonor. Currently using Yamaha, Gibraltar, Pearl, and Sonor. Currently own/use all of them.
 
Drums:
Ludwig
Rogers
Pearl
Sonor
Tama
Risen (Favorite)
DW


Cymbals:
Zildjian (Favorite)
Paiste
Sabian


Hardware:
Ludwig
Gibraltar
Tama
Yamaha
Pearl
Axis
DW (Favorite)
 
If I remember correctly, I've owned Stewart (first kit), Slingerland, Ludwig (twice), Premier, Pearl, Tama, Yamaha.

Cymbals? Zildjian only after all these years.
 
In approximately temporal order:

Starfire (1991)- First 5pc drum set (long gone) and a pretty decent cymbal stand that I bought around 2001 and still have. I can't find any reference about this brand.

Meinl (1992) - First cymbal, a 8" splash IIRC. It eventually broke around 1996-1997. Also bought my second Meinl cymbal a few weeks ago, a 17" Gen-X China Crash.

Thunder by Taye (2000) - Second 5pc drum set (still have it)

Camber (2000) - Second set of cymbals (14" hi-hats and 18" crash-ride). Still have the 18" (fissured) but no longer use it. Might hang it on the wall as decoration or something. My first hihats (1992) could have also been Cambers, but I don't remember.

Sabian (2001) - My first proper ride, a 20" Sabian Pro that I still own and love.

Paiste (2005) - My first "decent" set of cymbals (14" HH, 16" Crash, 20" ride), a set of PST3s that I used for 11 years until last Xmas. Added a 18" PST3 crash-ride in September 2016.

Power Beat (2005) - A simple straight cymbal stand that I still have.

Tama (2005) - Clamp with cymbal boom.

Sonor (2016) - My first "brand" kit - an SSE Player with HS-200 hardware.

Owl Classic Cymbals (2016) - My first good/great cymbals. Bought a kit of HH/Ride/2xCrash for each drumset.

Wuhan (2017) - Just bought a 10" splash that is great for the price ($25)


Other stuff:

Zildjian - Sticks and my cymbal bag.

Vic Firth - Sticks.

Plus lots of sticks from random unknown brands.

Remo - Always buy Remo Coated Ambassador for my snare batter head.

Evans - Using EMAD heads for the bass drum batter since last year.

Aquarian - Using Studio-X batter heads for toms batter since last year.

I've never ever changed a resonant head ever. Always used the stock ones.


Percussions:

Meinl: A pair of maracas, a hi-hat tamborine, a jingle Darbuka and a Doumbek.

Drum Box Percussion: A mexican brand of artisan cajons.

Unbranded cowbells, bongos, maracas, and other assorted percussions.


Electronic drums:

Roland - SPD-11 octapad (long gone), HD-1 V-Drums Lite, HPD-10 Handsonic

Korg - Wavedrum ("new", standard version)


Drum machines: I've owned several. Will only list the ones I still have.

Korg - ER-1, Volca Beats
Akai - XR-20
Elektron - Machinedrum UW
Emu - MP-7
 
Drum kit : Tama (five different !), now : Premier
Training kit : Roland (3 different), now : Arbiter Flat.
Hardware and pedals : all Tama from the beginning.
Cymbals : poor first price Paiste, and after till now : Sabian with the exception of a wonderful Ufip.
Heads are all Evans from a very long time.
 
KITS
Ludwig
Impact
Blaemire
Slingerland
Yamaha
Corder
Sonor
Staccato
North
Gretsch
Tama
Premier

SNARE
Ludwig
Impact
Blaemire
Corder
Slingerland
Tama
Dunnett
Geo. Way (orig & reissues)
Canopus
Taye
Guru
Pork Pie
Leedy
Rogers
Tempus
Pearl
Fever
Mapex
DeMowbray

CYMBALS
all of them.
 
Drums
Pearl
Premier
Gretsch
DW
Ludwig
Slingerland

Cymbals
Sabian
Paiste
Istanbul

Hardware
Pearl
DW
Rock n Soc
LP
Gibraltar
 
Drums: Tama, Slingerland, Pearl, Ludwig, Yamaha, American Custom
Cymbals: Sabian, Zildjian, Paiste, Istanbul
Snare drums: Gretsch, Ddrum, Ludwig, PDP, Pork Pie, Slingerland
Favorites: Ludwig, Sabian, Pork Pie & Yamaha hardware
 
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