July 2000 - present
This is my no holds dream kit. It's everything I ever wanted and whatever I now desire. I tested out just about every drum kit out there before settling on this guy. I built the kit one piece at a time from the ground up ensuring quality and no compromises along the way. It is my pride and joy. Besides Tama original percussion instruments it features electronics for sampling and a totally custom rack. The Sabian cymbal is a prototype I got from the Vault tour. The small snare drum is a drum I built thinking I would start a business building drums with an innovative finishing technique. I also have developed drums sticks with a special coating that was to make the sticks last longer. Neither venture seemed to be commercially viable to the extent I'd desire. I plan to keep playing this kit for some time.
Sizes
Cymbals - Zildjian A's unless noted otherwise
Heads: G2/G1 on toms, EQ4 on bass drum Headfirst on front, EQ pad in drum but not touching heads, Genera power center on snare
Hardware: Gibraltar rack, Iron Cobra hi-hat and Pedals, Roc-n-Soc throne with Tama base
Electronics:
Gigs
2000 - Brand new drums and rack, pre iron cobra
2001 - added tambourine, microphones, in ear monitors, animal, new carpet
2002 - Added extra sounds - timbales, granite blocks, tambourine - new blue carpet
2003 - Added custom made snare drum
2004 - re-organized, replaced percussion with sampling pad
2005 - Added Gong Bass and china splash, Removed sampling pad and added timbales, granite blocks, and tambourine
2006 - Added octobans and 12" splash (not shown), added sampling pad, removed timbales, granite blocks, and tambourine - new black carpet & custom wiring
2007 - Re-organized, added x-hat and second china, custom bass drum head, removed sampling pad
2008 - Second kick, 18" tom, complete reorganization, riser, Pearl snare, Max Staxx, new wiring harness, custom built octobans, changed cymbals, mounted microphones to rack
2009 - No planned changes...except of course I added the shaker but does that really count?