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The Drum Kits of the Pros: Tommy Aldridge, Calvin Rodgers, Art Cruz & Nic Collins

samedi 30 août 2025, 17:00 , par Sweetwater inSync
The Drum Kits of the Pros: Tommy Aldridge, Calvin Rodgers, Art Cruz & Nic Collins
One of the best parts of being a musician is that there’s no right or wrong way to play your instrument. Almost everything is up to personal interpretation: your gear, your technique, your solos, and the way you hear and feel music. At Sweetwater, we believe this wholeheartedly, which is why we invited four very distinct and distinguished professional drummers to sit down with legendary bassist Billy Sheehan and shredder guitarist Phil Demmel to write music together. The results are as varied as the kits they play on. Speaking of their kits, let’s showcase the killer kits that these drumming icons used for their performances!

Tommy Aldridge (Ozzy Osbourne & Many Others)

There are few players that bring such an aggressive, dynamic, and exciting performance behind the kit as the great Tommy Aldridge! Even at 75 years old, the man hits the drums harder than most and is an absolute whirlwind behind his massive double-bass Yamaha kit. By far the biggest kit of all the drummers who joined, his kit choice was as big as his dynamics.

Yamaha Recording Custom, Real Wood

7-inch x 10-inch Mounted Tom

8-inch x 12-inch Mounted tom

13-inch x 14-inch Floor Tom

15-inch x 16-inch Floor Tom

18-inch x 22-inch Bass Drum (x 2)

Yamaha Recording Custom Stainless Steel

6.5-inch x 14-inch Snare Drum

Paiste Cymbals

22-inch Metal Ride

20-inch Paiste Signature Reflector Heavy Full Crash (x 2)

19-inch Paiste RUDE Thin Crash

19-inch Paiste Signature Power Crash

12-inch Splash

20-inch Paiste RUDE Thin Crash

20-inch Paiste 2002 Medium Crash

18-inch Paiste RUDE Thin Crash

17-inch Paiste Signature Full Crash

16-inch Thin Crash

18-inch Paiste PST Swiss Thin Crash (x 2)

13-inch Paiste 2002 Sound Edge Hi-hats

14-inch Paiste Signature Reflector Heavy Full Hi-hats

Remo Emperor Clear – Toms

Remo Powerstroke 3 Clear – Kick

Remo Emperor Coated – Snare

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Calvin Rodgers (Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin & More)

Credited as a revolutionary voice in the world of gospel drumming, Calvin Rodgers brings feel, speed, and chops to the kit that very few others possess. In the video, you’ll notice how his performance with Billy and Phil takes a groovy, choppy twist as his skills influenced the other guys to give him space to chop it up and bring serious groove and feel to the tune. The gorgeous Cherry Amber Fade Pearl Reference One drums he was playing reside in Sweetwater Studios for high-level recording and performance.

Pearl Reference One, Cherry Amber Fade

7-inch x 10-inch Mounted Tom

8-inch x 12-inch Mounted Tom

14-inch x 14-inch Floor Tom

16-inch x 16-inch Floor Tom

16-inch x 22-inch Bass Drum

Pearl Reference One 3mm Brass

6.5-inch x 14-inch Snare Drum

Meinl Cymbals

16-inch Bullet Stack

8-inch Byzance Brilliant Splash

22-inch Raw Bell Ride

19-inch Byzance Extra Dry Thin Crash

19-inch Polyphonic Crash

18-inch Sand Thin Crash

15-inch Traditional Medium Hi-hat Cymbals

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Art Cruz (Lamb of God)

A blazing-fast and technically talented metal drummer — who “has a nice pocket,” according to Billy Sheehan — Art Cruz brings speed and feel to the kit with his approach. Though he typically plays on much larger Ludwig setups, in this video he shows that he doesn’t need a big kit to play some big parts!

Ludwig Legacy Maple, Red Burst, Sweetwater Exclusive

9-inch x 13-inch Mounted Tom

16-inch x 16-inch Floor Tom

14-inch x 22-inch Bass Drum

Ludwig Supraphonic LM402

6.5-inch x 14-inch Snare Drum

Zildjian K Dark Sweet Cymbal Pack, Sweetwater Exclusive

15-inch K Sweet Hi-hats

17-inch K Custom Dark Crash

19-inch K Custom Dark Crash

21-inch K Sweet Ride

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Nic Collins (Phil Collins, Genesis, Mike + the Mechanics)

The son of the great Phil Collins but also a talented, exciting player in his own right, Nic Collins is building a career of his own. Though only 24 years old, Nic brought incredibly interesting and technically impressive parts to his performance with Phil and Billy. The Gretsch USA Custom kit he plays in the video is also from Sweetwater Studios and is not currently a production model. We’ve linked a similar USA Custom kit in case you’re interested in finding a similar kit.

Gretsch Drums USA Custom

7-inch x 10-inch Mounted Tom

8-inch x 12-inch Mounted Tom

14-inch x 14-inch Floor Tom

16-inch x 16-inch Floor Tom

16-inch x 22-inch Bass Drum

Gretsch USA Custom Bell Brass

6.5-inch x 14-inch Snare Drum

Sabian Cymbals

15-inch Artisan Hi-hats

19-inch HH China

18-inch HHX O-Zone Crash

19-inch HHX Complex Thin Crash

20-inch HHX Complex Thin Crash

21-inch AA Holy China

22-inch HHX Legacy Ride

Remo Controlled Sound Coated

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