Bill Ward has been seen with a Super Zyn cymbal set on Black Sabbath's first album and Paranoid, earlier Zildjian cymbals, a hand-painted Remo bass drum head from the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath tour and a Premier kit with the Bill Ward Band. He has said his Ludwig maple kit has amazing toms.
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“All the tonal qualities are really good, the tom sounds on it are just amazing.”
Modern Drummer reported that his official gear shop offered the original six-piece Super Zyn cymbal set used on recordings from 1968 to 1971, including the first Black Sabbath album and Paranoid.
He described a 2003 seven-piece maple Ludwig kit in Black Oyster Pearl, a birthday present, saying the tom sounds on it are just amazing. A Premier Apple Sparkle Fade kit was used with the Bill Ward Band.
A one-of-a-kind hand-painted Remo 24 inch resonant head with a bat inside the word Black, used on the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath tour in 1973 and 1974.
A Ludwig Speed King, used throughout the 1970s and offered in his official gear shop in 2017, Louder reported.
Bill Ward is the founding drummer of Black Sabbath, heard on Paranoid, Master of Reality and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. This guide covers the drums, cymbals and heads from his career that he released through his official gear shop.
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