A Lot Like Birds' Joseph Arrington - GEAR MASTERS Ep. 155

[Applause] my name is Joseph and I play drums for lot like birds and this is a rech renowned maple it's a vintage pearl finish I prefer a wrap on the tour because it takes the wrap around the shelves because it takes a lot less damage the lacquers tend to crack a little easier even though they're a little more beautiful and aesthetically but has these cool walnut hoops on the kick drum and the maple sound that Gretch makes sound the maple drums make is just unreal it's always been unreal and this is kind of their modern twist and it's it's an amazing kit so I just love the way it projects it cuts through it's still fast nice it has a nice woody flavor to it but still cuts through the guitars and so the start of the snare drum this is a Gretchen six and a half by fourteen hammered grass like hammered actually brass is the only alloy snare drum that I like has wood characteristics while still having the projection and then and then I like I like the the depth because with six and a half any deeper and it loses some attack and personality and any thinner and it loses a little bit of depth and deep this beautiful six and a half is for rock and pop it's kind of my ideal depth and then so rack Thomas is a 10 by 7 it's these these Tom's are a little shallower than your typical rack Tom's but I kind of like the way that is I was a little skeptical at first but once I got the kid there is a little more attack than body but I fell in love with the way they sound and once you really you know where the men on tour they they sound amazing at those new studio sessions with these particularly once they sound great so this is 7 deep instead of 8 and this is a 12 by 8 instead of 9 which is the tip where the typical sizes and this is a 16 by 14 16 is tom 14 inches deep all renowned I think gum maple or renowned maple with their 35 maybe 35 I think degree bearing edge instead of a 45 which is awesome and there's silver lining on the inside which it's a beautiful touch Rosa kick-drum this is a 22 inch by 18 22 was it's kind of the best middle ground you know 20 inches have a little more attack 24 a little more boom but 22 is like the perfect in-between which is why it's the most common I really like the 18 inch depth gives a little more bonny and again this incredible renowned maple sound is just Gretch is famous for the kick drum just sounding unreal you barely touch it you know put heads on it to tune it up with a good emo clear powerstroke 3 and it's just it's like buttery just fills the room ok so I use a controlled sound X coated on the snare drum a remote control sound X it's still one ply which makes it more sensitive but it has a little bit more it's a little thicker that is general single ply heads and I came in ready mill it's like twelve or fourteen or something how's it dot in the middle for a little bit of inning effect a little less ring my favorite snare out of the market right now vintage and brews on the Tom's I like clear and coated but I prefer clear live because again I'm trying to cut through the bass and guitar frequencies and so the clear heads allow me to do that live better I generally like coated on recordings clear ambassadors on the bottom for the resident heads and kick-drum I have a always used clear Remo clear powerstroke 3 on the batter and powerstroke 3 on the resident and I deviate sometimes experiment around but this is just it's just the most genius combinations of always been the Zildjian fan since I was 12 years old that's 20 years of playing Zildjian cymbals I have a start over here crash cymbal this is a this is an a medium thin crash 20 inches I used to always play a custom early but I tried this in a shop once and just blew my mind super super big but nice and buttery I really like this 21 inch medium in anniversary a custom ride ride cymbal and then I've always used a 19 inch a custom crash on my left side always come an accent cymbal and then I have a Z mastersound bottom hi-hat which you can't buy anymore that's a really cool piece that I really like the thickness of it and that a mast a custom master sound on top fortunate I hats yes I've always always been a huge fan of DW hardware I went through a lot of different companies when I was younger but that the 9000 series feels great moves great and lasts forever I mean I think I've had these 9000 boom stands for like ten years they've been on like 13 full US tours and I've never replaced a single part they're extremely easy easy to flex and move and get exactly where you want them nice and beefy I have a 9000 series single single kick pedal trusty kick pedal that I've used for I've used that model almost my whole life and it's just I can't imagine using anything else 9000 series hi-hat stand just feels like butter you know a nice response and super beefy very very sturdy sticks vic firth just I mean I again I've tried so many different kinds of sticks so many so many models and companies and ultimately vic firth just the most balanced and perfect center of the system but that was a gift actually these are these are no names Texas so these these five bees are just they're just fat enough and they're just light enough to get everything you want done with them I even play lighter music at home with these but I come on the road just literally beat the crap out of them and they feel so good so five bees vic firth amazing company by the way so serious out out to west own they are an amazing company and these are the es 60s they're six drivers and they just I mean I don't know a lot of science behind it but I have gone through other in-ear companies as well and these are just the best I've ever tried sound heard used it's it was their flagship line for a while now they having ES 80s which now I'm kind of gun to get those and these will be my backup pair you know but these es 60s are just incredible and they're an also an amazing company they're artist support is unreal we've had we've had some you know you have little issues here and there just from wear and tear and send them in and they fix them and take good care of you they're an awesome company so amazing thanks for checking out all our equipment and I hope you enjoyed the video and we just released our full-length our our fourth LP divisi on May 5th definitely go check it out let us know what you think and come see us on the road we will be on the road constantly so there you