I know he used Tama, but it's not a starclassic or anything like that, it almost looks like a superstar or something like that. Does anyone actually know?








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In the early days, it was probably just a rockstar, or a swingstar or something like that. Not completely sure, but that's what it looks like in the videos.

he switched on and off between Tama and Yamaha. I don't know which Yamaha model he used, but his Tamas were older Swingstar and Rockstar models. Usually 22x16" or 22x18" bass, 14x14" rack tom and 16x16" floor tom. His snare was usually a 14x10 wood, but I don't know if it was a Tama or what.








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Pearls, Zildjians, Vics, Evans.

Dave used a Tama Artstar II and sometimes Rockstars and Yamaha drums(not sure which ones)

*Specs for Artstar II*
8"x14" Snare (Wood Tama, sometimes Yamaha Wooden snare)
14"x15" Rack Tom
16"x18" Floor Tom
16"x24" Bass Drum

And Zildjian Avedis cymbals incase your not sure of them
15" Rock Hats
18" Heavy Crash
20" Heavy Crash
22" Heavy Ride








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all i know was that everything was huge! and it sounded fant-abulous. I do know that Steve Albini recorded all of it with just Sure SM57's, everything else was a matter of production (i.e. compression, gate, reverb, etc.)

i love the sound of those drums...over everything. EVERYTHING!








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he was also known 2 use pearl sets. not sure which kind.








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It was a Tama Artstar II, the kick was 22x16 99% of the time although he did occasionally use a 24X18. He alternated between a 14X8 maple and a 14X6.5 steel or brass snare mostly. Rack was 14x14 or 14x15. Floor was either 16x16 or 16x18.
Hats were 14' new beats for most tours and he alternated with 15's sometimes. His crashes were 16" and 18" (and after recording In Utero a 17" on his left hand side near hats) Zildjian A Medium crashes. Also his ride for most tours was a 20" A medium.
Sometimes these sizes of drums and cymbals were different depending on availabilty of hire etc same reason he used a yamaha occasionally live.

As for heads, on the toms Dave used Clear Pinstripe batters and Clear Ambassador Resonants, bass drum was Clear Powerstroke II Batter and an Ebony Ambassador Resonant w/ Tama logo, and the Snare was a Clear Ambassador with ambassador snare side.

Albini did not record the kick drum with a shure 57, and cymbals and room mics were all condensors microphones not dynamic such as a 57.








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