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What drums does Lars Ulrich play?

Lars Ulrich uses a TAMA Starclassic Maple kit with two 22 inch bass drums, his TAMA LU1465 steel signature snare, Iron Cobra Power Glide pedal and Lever Glide hi-hat stand. On his classic signature kit he played Zildjian crashes and a Z Custom China with Remo Pinstripe heads. Remo lists his heads as Emperor, Powerstroke P3, Ambassador and Controlled Sound.

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What drums Lars Ulrich uses: a sourced gear guide

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What drum kit does Lars Ulrich play?

TAMA lists him on a Starclassic Maple kit in LU Magnetic Orange: two 22x16 bass drums, 10x8 and 12x10 toms, 16x14 and 16x16 floor toms and his 14x6.5 LU1465 signature snare. He has played Starclassic Maple since the Load era in 1996.

What snare drum does Lars Ulrich use?

Lars Ulrich uses his TAMA LU1465 signature snare, a 14x6.5 inch drum with a 3mm diamond plated steel shell and die-cast zinc hoops.

What bass drum pedal does Lars Ulrich use?

TAMA's artist page lists a TAMA Iron Cobra Power Glide single pedal (HP900P) in his set-up, with an Iron Cobra Lever Glide hi-hat stand and a 1st Chair Ergo-Rider throne.

What cymbals does Lars Ulrich use?

Mixdown says he has always favoured Zildjian. On his late 1980s signature kit Mixdown lists 14 inch Custom Dyno Beat hi-hats, A Medium and A Rock crashes and a 20 inch Z Custom China.

What drumheads does Lars Ulrich use?

Lars Ulrich uses Remo heads. Remo lists Emperor Clear, Emperor Coated, Powerstroke P3 Clear, Ambassador Ebony, Ambassador Clear, Ambassador Hazy Snare Side and a Controlled Sound Coated Black Dot snare head.

Which metal albums did Lars Ulrich pick for Rolling Stone?

For Rolling Stone he picked 15, including Deep Purple's Made in Japan, Diamond Head's Lightning to the Nations, Motorhead's Overkill, Mercyful Fate's Melissa, Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast and AC/DC's Let There Be Rock.

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Lars Ulrich is the Danish-born drummer and co-founder of Metallica, a TAMA artist since the Kill 'Em All era. This guide covers his current TAMA Starclassic Maple kit, signature snare and Iron Cobra hardware, the Zildjian cymbals and Remo heads of his classic signature kit, and the 15 metal and hard rock albums he picked for Rolling Stone.

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