What drums does Brann Dailor play?
Brann Dailor has been seen using a Tama Starclassic Performer B/B kit with a Starphonic brass snare, Speed Cobra pedal and his own Tama bronze signature snare. His Meinl setup includes his Classics Custom Ghost Ride, Byzance Foundry Reserve hi-hats and Byzance Traditional crashes.
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What drums Brann Dailor uses: a sourced gear guide
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Snares
Hardware
Cymbals
Earlier kits
Earlier cymbals
“What I use live would be the Meinl MB20s, because they cut through those Marshalls”
Sticks and heads
Studio
“That shotgun or that Glock sound. That crack with the body behind it.”
“I knew I was going to use that Benny Greb ride cymbal because I just love it.”
About Brann Dailor's gear.
What drums does Brann Dailor play?
He has been seen using a Tama Starclassic Performer B/B kit with a 22x18 bass drum, 10, 12 and 13 inch toms and a 16x16 floor tom. Earlier, MusicRadar showed him on a Tama Starclassic Bubinga kit.
What cymbals does Brann Dailor use?
His Meinl setup has been listed as 15 inch Byzance Foundry Reserve hi-hats, 19 and 20 inch Byzance Traditional crashes, a 22 inch Byzance Jazz China Ride and his 21 inch Classics Custom Ghost Ride signature.
What snare does Brann Dailor use?
He has been seen using a Tama 14x6 Starphonic Brass snare, and Tama made a limited 14x6.5 bronze Brann Dailor signature snare. On Emperor of Sand he tracked mostly with a Dunnett titanium snare.
What drum pedal does Brann Dailor use?
He has been seen using a Tama Speed Cobra double pedal and an Iron Cobra Lever Glide hi-hat stand.
What drumheads and sticks does Brann Dailor use?
MusicRadar showed him with Evans EQ3 bass drum heads, a Power Center snare batter, G2 clear tom heads and Vater 5B wood tip sticks.
Brann Dailor is the drummer and a lead vocalist of Mastodon. This guide covers his Tama Starclassic kits and signature bronze snare, his Meinl cymbals including the Ghost Ride, and the snares and drums he tracked Emperor of Sand with.
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