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What drums does Matt Cameron play?

Matt Cameron has been seen with a custom flat black Yamaha Maple Hybrid kit on the road with Pearl Jam, a Keplinger cast steel snare used on Black Hole Sun, Zildjian K Sweet and K Paper Thin cymbals and Remo Emperor heads. He has said he played a Yamaha Absolute Birch kit earlier.

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What drums does Matt Cameron play?

Drumeo's 2025 build with his tech Neil Hundt showed a custom Yamaha Maple Hybrid kit in flat black. Remo's profile notes he moved from Ayotte to Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute drums in 2002 and later a black Yamaha Oak Custom.

What snare did Matt Cameron use on Black Hole Sun?

A Gregg Keplinger custom cast steel 14x7 snare, which Drumeo reported is still in his touring rig alongside a Keplinger stainless steel 14x5 and a Yamaha Recording Custom aluminum 14x8.

What cymbals does Matt Cameron use?

Drumeo's 2025 breakdown showed Zildjian K Sweet 14 inch hi-hats and a 19 inch K Paper Thin crash, drawn from Zildjian's K Sweet and Paper Thin lines.

What drumheads does Matt Cameron use?

Remo lists him with Emperor Clear and Ambassador Clear heads, a Powerstroke 3 Clear on the bass drum and an Ambassador Hazy snare side.

What record inspired Matt Cameron?

He told Yamaha that Return to Forever's Romantic Warrior blew his mind when he was 17, and named Narada Michael Walden and Billy Cobham among drummers he loved.

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Matt Cameron is the drummer of Soundgarden and played with Pearl Jam from 1998 to 2025. This guide covers his Yamaha kits, Keplinger and Yamaha snares, Zildjian cymbals and Remo heads, plus a record he has said shaped him.

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