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hey guys, my drumming friend really likes the sound murph gets with that silk red kit of his. does anyone know his drum setup? the stolen gear page only lists his cymbal setup. thank you very much.
I think Murph uses Gretsch drums and his cymbals I think are Paiste. He plays a 4 piece typically with a crash ride, crash cymbal, and a high hat. I know in the past he played a double bass pedal and the first time I saw him in 1989 he had a yellow drum set with 2 bass drums, in 1991 he was playing a red Gretsch Blackhawk set with a double bass pedal he used a few times in several songs both new and old for the Green Mind tour. On the Green Mind tour when I saw him, they had Murph in the front and center of the stage at the Cotton Club, a small club in Atlanta. Murph gets great sound on his kits and he plays very solid.
I like his clear blue drums. Are they newer ones, or are they the old Vistalites? I love those, they are my favorite looking drum set….looking because I’ve never played them. I like my Sonor Force 2000 set though a lot. I’m glad no one stole those from me…..they just stold everything else, even the hardware…….bass turds!!!!
I have found some Gretsch drums on Ebay for $289 buy it now from this guy with a music store. He has a lot of these all the time, I dont know how much shipping is but I think it was reasonable for a kit. I may look into it, no harm in having too much gear.
RJ
"tonas " wrote:I thought he played Ludwigs. :-It depends. Usually bands "hire" a drumkit for tours. I’ve seen Murph use various drumsets over the past. I think the drums he plays at home (which are HIS drums, I guess) are the red Gretsch-kit (with the scratched high-tom), the same gear he used back in the 80s that J found on ebay before the reunion started. The kick-drum is a different & bigger one than back in the day. It has either a Gretsch-logo or a Ludwig-logo on the front skin, but I believe it’s always the same basic (Gretsch) drum. For the reunion, I’ve seen Murph use at least 6 different kits (they played Europe 3 times in 2005, the first leg of the tour had Murph playing the original Dinosaur Gretsch kit, the second was a green-looking set, the third had a maple finish or something), in Japan/Australia 2006 he played another different kit (also with a maple-looking finish), for the spring 2006 US tour I’ve seen pix where he plays a clear "see-through" kit (I heard that J has/had one ?), and a 6th kit (black with a white-sparkle ring on the drums) for the spring 2006 European tour. I think he ALWAYS uses Paiste 2002 cymbals. They sound amazing ! But are quite expensive.
"trensidoh " wrote:It depends. Usually bands "hire" a drumkit for tours. I’ve seen Murph use various drumsets over the past. I think the drums he plays at home (which are HIS drums, I guess) are the red Gretsch-kit (with the scratched high-tom), the same gear he used back in the 80s that J found on ebay before the reunion started. The kick-drum is a different & bigger one than back in the day. It has either a Gretsch-logo or a Ludwig-logo on the front skin, but I believe it’s always the same basic (Gretsch) drum. For the reunion, I’ve seen Murph use at least 6 different kits (they played Europe 3 times in 2005, the first leg of the tour had Murph playing the original Dinosaur Gretsch kit, the second was a green-looking set, the third had a maple finish or something), in Japan/Australia 2006 he played another different kit (also with a maple-looking finish), for the spring 2006 US tour I’ve seen pix where he plays a clear "see-through" kit (I heard that J has/had one ?), and a 6th kit (black with a white-sparkle ring on the drums) for the spring 2006 European tour. I think he ALWAYS uses Paiste 2002 cymbals. They sound amazing ! But are quite expensive.What set was the yellow double bass drum set I saw Murph use at the 9:30 Club Feb 20, 1989? I also looked and looked for a recording of that show but it might be a lost treasure. There was a guy filming the show that night.
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