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Steve Gadd Drum Set |
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STEVE GADD'S CURRENT SET UP 2010:
1. Yamaha snare
drum 14 x 5.5
Birch
with wood Hoops
2. Yamaha small
tom12 x 8
3. Yamaha small
tom 13 x 9
4. Yamaha floor
tom 14 x 12
5. Yamaha floor tom 16
x 14
6. Yamaha drum throne ds-840
7. Zildjian hi-hat cymbals 14" K
Session
8. Zildjian crash cymbal
18" K Constantinople
9. Zildjian ride cymbal 18"K Session Custom
10. Zildjian crash cymbal 16" K Session
Custom
11. Yamaha hi-hat stand hs-1000
12. Yamaha 22" bass
drum Maple
or 20" depending
on gig
13. Yamaha double
bass pedal dfp-9310
*Steve often uses
a third
crash on the left with rivets. |
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ENDORSEMENTS:
• Yamaha drums and hardware
• Zildjian cymbals
• LP Percussion
• Vic
Firth sticks
• Earthwork microphones
• Remo drumheads
• Earthworks Microphones |
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Steve Gadd photo by Geoff Tesch |
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Steve
Gadd's drumset |
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DRUMS:
Steve
Gadd has been playing Yamaha
Drums since
1976.
His name was for many years synonymous
with the Recording
Custom kit.
Indeed the association led in no small part to the
RC9000 becoming
the most popular professional kit in the
world during the 1980s.
Steve popularised small 10' toms
and introduced floor tom-tom
stands. He still likes birch tom-toms, but recently
has preferred a
maple bass drum. His Clapton kit comprises 22x14 Maple Custom
Absolute bass, 12x8 and 13x9 hanging, and 14x12 and 16x14 floor-mounted Birch
Custom Absolute toms. Othertimes he uses a small 10x7.5 tom, which he made famous
in his studio days, and drops
the 13 tom. For live work he prefers his steel
14x5.5 signature
snare drum. There are five other Steve
Gadd signature models
in the series. |
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CYMBALS:
Steve
Gadd signed
with Zildjian on Feb 21, 1980.
In
2004, the K Custom Session line
was introduced, the result
of several years
of collaboration between Steve and
the Zildjian
Sound Lab to capture his definitive
cymbal sound. The line
includes an 18" Session
Ride, 16" & 18" Session
Crashes
and
14" Session
HiHats.
"Zildjian to me is
the foundation. I play Zildjian because
that's
just what is in my heart. I love the
sound, I love the feel."
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Zildjian 18"K Session Custom |
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Zildjian Gadd Signature Cymbal Bag |
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ZILDJIAN: GADD CYMBAL BAG
Zildjian's Steve Gadd Signature leather cymbal bag
features a padded shoulder strap, comfortable handle,
internal cymbal dividers, and comes in a distinctive
brown color with a replica Steve Gadd signature.
www.zildjian.com
Jackie Gadd R.I.P. |
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BEFORE YAMAHA:
Before
signing on with Yamaha, Steve played a sort of
mish-mosh kit with a Gretsch bass
drum (20")
and Pearl
concert toms
customized by Frank
Ippolito's Professional
Percussion Center in
New York. By adding bottom heads
and using Evans hydraulic
heads he was able to get a
deeper richer
tone that became known as his signature
sound, a sound still popular 30 years later.
He also was among the first to use the
chain drive pedal
concieved by Mr.
Ippolito,
one of standards of modern pedal
construction. Steve also experimented with the Zalmer double
pedal while playing with L'image.
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Steve Gadd 1978 |
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30th Anniversary Signature Kit debut at the 2006 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA |
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YAMAHA SG 30th ANNIVERSARY SIGNATURE KIT:
BUENA PARK , Calif.—For more
than three decades, Steve
Gadd
has been one of the most influential
drummers in the world—and
for 30 years, Gadd has played Yamaha drums.
To commemorate this
special milestone, Yamaha introduced
the Steve Gadd Signature
30th Anniversary Drum Set, a replica
of the custom kit that
he has played for almost 20 years.
Manufactured in a limited edition of 50 units, each kit
includes
a certificate of authenticity personally
signed by Gadd.
"It's an honor to have such a strong association
with an artist
of Steve's stature," says
David Jewell, marketing manager,
Yamaha Drums. "He
has personally helped Yamaha Drums
improve
and maintain quality throughout the line
over the years.
This new kit pays tribute
to what he has done not only for Yamaha,
but fore the world of drumming." |
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Gadd's first Yamaha kit, the Recording Custom set (model RC9000), became the
most popular professional
kit in the world during the 1980s. Gadd also popularized
small 10" toms, introduced floor tom-tom stands,
and was also one of the first
drummers to use a combination of woods in one kit. Today, he favors birch
toms and a maple bass drum. His choice of hardware color is a distinctive black—similar
to the kit's
lacquered acoustic piano-style finish that he helped Yamaha perfect.
His historic recordings in the 1970s include virtuoso outings on The Leprechaun with
pianist Chick Corea
and Steely Dan's Aja, as well as several cuts with
Paul Simon (including "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover"
and "Late in the Evening").
Still in demand, Gadd has recently toured the world with Simon, Eric Clapton,
and James Taylor.
"This is a one-of-a-kind set that will make any Steve Gadd fan proud to play
them," says Jewell.
"Offering it is our way to honor Steve for playing our drums
for the last 30 years."
The Steve Gadd 30th Anniversary Signature Drum Set will ship around July/August
2006.
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America.
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GADD TECH:
Luis Conte (percussion), Steve Gadd, and
Scott
Hoffman (drum tech)
on tour with James
Taylor 2005. *Photo by Alex Solca
Since 2003, Scott has been the drum tech for Steve Gadd
(with Paul Simon and James Taylor).
Scott He is best known for his years playing with Southern
rock band 38 Special, from 1992 - 1997.
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Conte, Gadd, & Hoffman |
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John Beck, Duke Gadd, & Steve Gadd - 1980's |
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| Set Up: MISSION FROM GADD EUROPE - September 2010 |
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