Nigel's Gear

NEW June 21, 2006 See Nigel's page at DW Drums

Chris Sobchack, Nigel's drum tech extraordinaire, writes:
"As you know, we have 3 kits that float the globe doing studio and live gigs.
We have named each based on its color or finish ply.

We have the following:

#1 'Ghana' [2000] which is a special Ghana [exotic zebra]wood finish [finish is Deep Rich Red Burst] that John did for Nigel. It has been retired as our dedicated studio kit as it records so well.
It toured the world for around 2.5 years before becoming the studio kit.

Five mounted toms, 7"x8", 8"x10", 9"x12", 11"x14", and 13"x16"; two 18"x22" kick drums;
two 8"x22" woofers; 5.5"x14" snare.
DW hardware (Pedals are 5000 series)

#2 'Pinky' [2002] is a standard [curly] maple collector's kit, but I don't see the pink burst as a lacquer option so I assume it was a custom color for Nigel [Ed.: Garrison at DW told us that 'the finish is Hot Pink Lavender overall to Rich Purple fade']. We call this our "B" rig because it was the second kit we received and usually lives in Europe or acts as our second kit when we need to be in more than one place at the same time. . . common with Elton! Now if we could only clone me and Nigel!

#3 'Formula 1, or F-1 for short' [2005] A VERY custom new collector's maple kit with the new bass drum configuration that we absolutely adore. It is a fade of Ferrari Red to Formula One Yellow with Nigel's trademark cartoon signature character airbrushed into the shells! This kit has been used as our "A" rig live kit and is seen always in Vegas and was used for Live 8 last year [2005]. This is a very precious kit and has been signed on the woofers by John Good and B.B. King. After almost 2 years on tour, this kit has one tiny scratch. As I always tell my helpers. . . . I will KILL them if anything happens to this kit as it is such an incredible piece of art.
So far so good!"

#4 'Annette' [2007] debuted at the Red Piano shows in Las Vegas in February 2007.

"Bobby" debuted in 2003 but is no longer used. Made from birch wood;
same specs as "Ghana," but only one kick drum, as it was built as a recording kit.


Paiste Cymbals
14" Paiste Signature series Power Hi-Hats
18" Paiste Signature series Full Crash
20" Paiste Signature series Silver Mellow Ride
24" Paiste 2002 series Ride with Rivets



by Vic Firth
"Rock" stick with oval wood tip, 16 5/8" long, .630" diameter


Vic Firth Rute
505 brush, with thirty-one plastic bristles (.094") secured in a vinyl handle (.690" thick). 15" long.


Remo
Ambassador coated drumheads
Ambassador smooth white (bottoms of toms)

Sennheiser Evolution microphones
E602 & E604

Trigger Perfect
drum triggers

Yamaha
MC32/12 mixing console

Soundcraft
Ghost 32 channel mixer

Alesis
DM PRO and ADAT XT20

SONY
MDR-7509 and MDR-7505 headphones
Read the article about Nigel's use of SONY's headphones

SHS
audio cables

Quik Lok
QL 400 mixer stands
Read Quik-Lok's press release dated August 19th, 2001.
NEW 7/27/02 Read another piece on Pro-Music-News...nice photo, too!

Austin Taylor
Custom wardrobe design
click on Press Room/In Print and scroll down for Nigel in an Austin Taylor shirt

FootJoy
gloves

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