Carmine Appice has said Slingerland built him a one-off leopard lacquer maple kit in 2004 with two 16x22 bass drums, played with a 5x14 brass snare. He has signature gear from ddrum, including ES and Classic 70s kits and a brass snare, plus Vic Firth signature sticks.
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“This is a custom one-of-a-kind job that Slingerland made for me in 2004,”
He has said Slingerland made him a custom leopard lacquer kit in 2004 with two 16x22 bass drums, 8x12 and 9x13 toms and 16x16 and 16x18 floor toms. ddrum has also made ES and Classic 70s signature kits for him.
With the Slingerland kit he was seen with a 5x14 Slingerland brass snare. ddrum also made a brass signature snare for him.
Vic Firth makes a Signature Series Carmine Appice stick in hickory with a teardrop tip.
ddrum made a Shade signature cymbal for him, and Istanbul Mehmet prepared a Carmine Realistic Rock cymbal line.
Carmine Appice is the American rock drummer behind Vanilla Fudge, Cactus and Beck, Bogert and Appice. This guide covers his custom leopard Slingerland kit, his ddrum and Istanbul Mehmet signature gear and his Vic Firth signature sticks.
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