Famous Last Words' Cody Paige - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 161

[Applause] what's up guys my name is Cody and I'm out here on the road with famous last words and I'm going to show you the drum kit that I'm using on tour all right so the shells this is a SJC custom kit it's a I believe a 22 by 20 kick drum we have a 14 by 8 snare drum 12-inch Tom and a 16 inch floor tom sounds great I love it as far as drum heads we're using mainly Remo so the snare is a Remo power stroke p77 coated and then the Tom's are both clear pinstripes and then the kick I actually still have the Aquarian Super Kick on there right now it sounds great so why not just keep it on it and then as far as bottom heads Rezo snare head we're doing a Remo hazy 300 reso head and then the Tom's are just the original Evans g1 clears for resonance so cymbals we are playing Sabian right here we have the ax stage hats they're a little dirty but you kind of still tail up here we have the Sabian ax explosion crash love these crashes these are definitely one of my favorite similars I've ever had under here we got this little guy the ax air splash got some holes in it love it absolutely look this is my newest and probably my most favorite cymbal I have on kit so far a 12 inch mini a holy china and that was Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers his signature thing they made little mini ones so I snag Lindos love that as well up here we have the 19 ax explosion crash my Sabian over here if you have a 19-inch a a holy China favorite trying to ever look I still have to my no symbols that I'm using this is my probably my original ride I've had for over 10 years now it sounds amazing I just decided to keep it you know if it ain't broke don't fix Jason Bittner from shadows fall signature ride my no M v10 Bell blast ride loud Bell cuts really nice above that and then last but not least we have the auxiliary hi-hats over here these are 13 inch - sound caster custom medium high hats I like to kind of open up instead of always crossing so those are really nice kind of a comfort thing and then they sound a little bit different than the main hats as well so excuse it some variety and then as far as hardware we're doing all DW 9000 hardware all around DW 9000 hi-hat stand - DW 9000 Street similar fans the ride is a DW 9000 boom stand this is also a 9000 boom stand but I'm just using it as a straight stand and then I have pedals my favorite pedals ever those are the tama iron Cova 900 holding glide just got those recently I've been using iron Kovas for also about time they're amazing they've never broken never given me any problems love them and then last but not least I guess we got the rockin socks right and then sticks we are doing the vic firth x 55 be mom love them they're kind of like a beefed up 5 be a little bit longer they're about 16 and a half inches so it gives me some extra weight up here near the taper and comfortable I love them in general but on this kit I usually like to tune the top heads except for the snare of course yeah Tom's usually to me as low as I can get them without like I like a nice fuzzy sound I don't like a lot of rain with a lot of you know high-end ring out or whatever goes out so those stay generally pretty loose and they do stay in tune pretty well kick drum similar thing you know if you can see I kind of have it muff over there I usually do something in a big blanket there is give it a nice again you're learning you know overtones and then these snare like I usually do the top and bottom like pretty tight obviously don't want to go super tight because then it can start to bend the bearing edge along the thing and drum but generally that stays pretty tight I like I'm just quick fast crack again no overtones and o-ring I don't like any of that so we also have a couple moon gels on the Tom's as well give it a little extra well so that's it for the heads and then as far as symbols you know I am playing mainly saving like I said earlier the thing with saving is I found that you know I played a lot of different symbols you know and I've cracked a lot of different symbols you know you break them you can really quick save Ian for me they've always lasted they've always lasted me you know a long time before I would crack one of them you know toured with them done local gigs all kinds of different stuff studio work and they just cut really really well they sit perfectly in the mix for me and they sound great you know playing metal and hard rock you want something that kind of cuts through the chunk of the guitars and the heavy bass and everything these do that extremely well so I'm very satisfied with that mike portnoy guys like that you know huge improvements there Sabian guy so I kind of you know saw those guys playing growing up when I was younger and then this time I was naturally drawn to Sabian and they work they're perfect for me what's up guys thank you so much for hanging out with me and the band today let me show you the kit that I'm using we're currently on tour with Concord divide there's a few dates left so by the time you see this tour will be over of course but be on the lookout for more tour dates later in the year next year you can check out our social media famous last words Facebook Instagram Twitter and yeah thanks again you