KITS:

Ludwig USA Maple Classic in 'mirror' chrome (above)

Sonor Delite in 'bird's eye sunburst' maple

Yamaha RTC / 9000 in 'stage white'

Tama Starclassic in 'diamond dust'

Roland V- drums TDW-20 with full expansion kit and LOGIC PRO X

CONFIGURATION:

usual sizes in 'one up two down' configuration

( for fly-in backline - 12” or 13" rack tom but always 24” kick and two floors - LUDWIG, DW, SONOR or YAMAHA PREFERRED -

13" x 9" rack tom

16" x 16" floor tom

18" x 16" floor tom

24" x 16” bass drum

SNARE DRUMS:

1984 USA Ludwig Chrome '402 Supraphonic' 14x6.5 - P85 throw

1986 USA Ludwig 'Black Beauty' LB419T 14x6.5 - Supersensitive P71 throw

2018 USA Ludwig chrome-over-brass 402B 14x6.5 P88 throw

2017 USA Q Drum Gentleman's Copper snare 14x7 - Trick throw

DRUM HEADS:

- Aquarian Drumheads -

Snare - Response 2 Coated/Classic Clear Snare-side reso

Toms - Response 2 / Classic Clear reso

Kick drum - Superkick 2 / Regulator ported reso

CYMBALS:

Full Paiste 2002 range and personal vintage cymbal vault

HARDWARE:

Kick pedal, hi-hat and all hardware DW 9000 series

Vater 1A drumsticks/Brushes/Mallets

Hardcase drum and traps cases

Protection Racket kit mats

Porter & Davies BC2 Tactile Drum Throne Monitoring **

UE 11 PRO CUSTOM IN-EAR MONITORS

Drum Techs - Dan Clark / Bazra White

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THANKS!

* Special thanks from SB to all below for their invaluable help and guidance *

PAUL @ CUSTOM IEM CO

Ludwig Drums - Jamie @ Active Music Distribution

Simon, Terry @ PMT and fab staff - all stars!

Team Scampi Tour Crew - Scampi, Angus, Brian, Ricky, Kaz & Batty

Solid Music Management Ltd

Danny and all @ Thunder Towers

CATS in SPACE fellow cadets

Glynn @ Maple Studios,

Mike Mangini, Bill Legend, Keith Atack,

Robert Sutton Photography

AEG

Mark Cunningham (TPi)

Dil & Tim @ Porter & Davies **

Pete Riley, Col Stanton

Greg 'Gregster' Hart, Mickie 'Mohawk'

Ritchie Sparks & Mike Carey web and social media.

Don Airey, Don Powell, Robin Trower, Paul Page, Dave Bronze,

David Richards RIP

and as always, my musical life mentors, Mark, Sharon, Houndie, Dennis and Roger J

#all-awesome...

This site is dedicated to my little brother Kirk 'Krik' Bacon (missing in action)