This is some of the gear you can select when you hire me for a remote session, or I can bring to your studio. I've collected this lot over most of my drumming lifetime, and it's made up of instruments that have a character or special and interesting sound to me - I've been through a lot of drums to find the ones I really love.
| Make/model | Size | Year | Shell | Sound |
| Sonor SQ2 | 13x6" | 2010 | beech | versatile, crunchy |
| Slingerland vintage | 14x5" | 1968 | maple | low & fat, crunchy old school sounds |
| Premier 2000 | 14x5" | 1982 | aluminium | fat, old school pop |
| Sonor Phonic Anniversary | 14x5.5" | 1975 | steel | bright, cutting, controlled |
| Lugwig Supralite | 14x8" | 2015 | ludalloy | fat, loud, Bonham |
| British Drum Co. | 12x5.5" | 2016 | birch | pop, cut |
| Brady/Dixon Rose Gum | 14x5.5" | 2015 | rose gum | thwack, cut, rock |
| Pearl Masters piccollo | 10x4" | 1995 | maple | smack, d&b |
| Worldmax "Black Beauty" | 14x6" | 2009 | black brass | doof, thud, fatness |
| Hovland Drums | 13x5.75" | 2013 | solid walnut | power, beef, control |
| Sonor Phonic | 14x10" | 1978 | beech | weirdo |
| Shells | Vintage beech |
| Tom Sizes | 10x7, 12x8, 13x9, 15x13 FT, 18x15 FT |
| Bass Drum | 22x17 |
| Sound | big, rounded, punchy and controlled |
| Colour | black sparkle |
| Year | 2013 |
Very versatile kit. I've used this for everything from progressive rock, to doom, folk and pop music. It records really well and has a great big controlled sound to it that punches through the mix.
| Shells | Maple/birch 5 ply |
| Tom Sizes | 12x8, 13x9, 16x16 FT |
| Bass Drum | 22x14 |
| Sound | rounded, punchy and controlled |
| Colour | hot red |
| Year | 1977 |
One of my favourite recording kits with a really shallow, punchy and short bass drum and musical toms.
| Shells | 6ply maple/gum |
| Tom Sizes | 13x9, 16x16 FT |
| Bass Drum | 22x14 |
| Sound | warm, fat, big open kick |
| Colour | black nitron |
| Year | 1974 |
This kit is from somewhere in the mid 1970s, and I've restored it to fully working condition. It sounds incredible under microphones.
I use this kit on quieter recordings where there's some space for the drums to sit, and it's been on country disco, pop, soul and motown gigs.
| Shells | Maple |
| Tom Sizes | 13x9, 16x16 FT |
| Bass Drum | 24x14 |
| Sound | big, open and warm |
| Colour | black |
| Year | 1983 |
Massive kick sound, warm toms. This is a beast of a rock kit and great for big beats with lots of space.
| Shells | birch |
| Tom Sizes | 10x8, 12x9, 14x14, 16x16 FT |
| Bass Drum | 20x16 |
| Sound | punchy, cutting, resonant, modern |
| Colour | amber fade |
| Year | 2001 |
Great for modern pop, rock, funk and music that requires real cut and tone from the drums.
The toms are very clear in pitch and the bass drum has a lovely punchy sound.
I've got a wide variety of cymbal styles, ranging from loud and aggressive to much more controlled and dynamic for quieter recordings.
They include:
- Zildjian K Istanbul
- Sabian HHX
- Zildjian K, A, K Custom
- Istanbul Mehmet
- Meinl Byzance & many more
I've built up a collection of microphones that work really well with my drums. You can select particular ones for a remote session if you require.
- 2x Coles 4038 (ex-BBC vintage ribbons)
- 2x Neumann TLM102 (LDC)
- 2x Beyerdynamic MC930 (SDC)
- 2x Beyerdynamic M130 fig-8 ribbon
- 1x Beyerdynamic M160 cardioid ribbon
- 3x Beyerdynamic M201TG
- 5x Beyerdynamic Opus87/88
- 1x Beyerdynamic Opus 99
- 1x Electrovoice RE320
- 1x Electrovoice RE10 (vintage)
- 1x Shure Unidyne III 545SD (vintage SM57)
- 1x Shure Unisphere I 565SD (vintage SM58)
- 2x Heil PR31BW
- 1x Heil PR20UT
- 2x M-Audio Sputnik (tube)
- 1x Sennheiser E602 II
- 1x Sennheiser E604
- 1x Sennheiser E945
- 30" marching bass drum
- 16" Audition Japanese bass drum
- Full IEM setup with Cosmic Ears CE6P custom moulded IEMs
- Lots of hand percussion + mounted blocks/tambourines
- Roland SPD-SX sample trigger unit
- Roland kick & snare triggers for acoustic drums
- Trigger pads for samples
- Percussion synths
- 24 track mobile recording & playback rig
- Lots of experience with Cubase, Ableton, ProTools, Logic, Reaper and other DAWs
- FOH & monitor engineering experience