Equipment
Drums:
Ludwig Stainless Steel Kit
14x10 tom
16x16 floor tom
18x16 floor tom
24x14 bass drum
Jon has stated in interviews that he is still hoping to find a 26x14 stainless steel kick but also enjoys the punchier sound of his current bass.
Prior to the Stainless Steel kit he used:
Fibes Crystallite Acrylic Kit
14x10 tom
16x16 floor tom
18x16 floor tom
26x14 kick
Added to the kit were a DW Rail Mount + tom mount and kick spurs.
He uses a Ludwig LM402T chrome over aluminium snare drum with aftermarket die cast hoops.
Cymbals:
Of recent times Jon has an endorsement contract with Zildjian cymbals. Like most artists his setup varies somewhat over time.
13" combo hats (e.g. K top over A New Beat bottom or A Quick Beat top over A New Beat top)
2x 19" medium thin crashes from any of the A Custom, Avedis or K lines:
For example, he has on occasion used two 19" A Custom Projections, on others a 19" K Med Thin Dark and a 19" Avedis Med Thin and on still others a 19" A Custom Projection and a 19" Avedis Med Thin. His Zildjian profile states he uses 2x 19" Avedis med Thin crashes.
21" Avedis Sweet Ride with four sizzlers (this cymbal is often used as a crash)
A "stack of totally busted stuff on a cymbal stand." On the stand are two hi-hats cymbals with holes drilled through them, a splash cymbal with a cracked bell, a Zildjian ZXT Trashformer and various, smaller shredded cymbals with metal washers.
Jon's Zildjian Artist Profile: http://www.zildjian.com/EN-US/artists/artistDetail.ad2?artistID=1375
Hardware:
Pearl Eliminator single kick pedal (with surf wax; he plays with bare feet), a DW 7000 Hi-hat stand, and DW cymbal stands.
Heads:
Remo coated Ambassador on snare batter, CS black dots on tom and bass drum batters, clear Ambassadors on bottoms of toms and on front of bass drum.
He has also used Powerstroke 3 bass batters (and, on occasion, as resonant heads, too) with a falam pad.
Sticks: Jon is a Vic Firth endorser, he uses their American Classic Extreme 5B wood tip model.
Jon's Vic Firth Artist page: http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/theodore.html
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