“I love these drums because they sing! Such incredible tone with attack.”
What drums does Sarah Thawer play?
In a 2019 DRUM! interview Sarah Thawer has said they love the Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit and has said they use a 13 inch Steve Jordan snare, Zildjian K Custom Hybrid hats, K Custom Special Dry cymbals and Vic Firth 5A or 5B sticks. Remo lists their current heads.
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Drums
“I love these drums because they sing! Such incredible tone with attack.”
“I also played the new Live Custom Hybrid Oak at NAMM this past January and fell in love instantly.”
Snares
“I have been using the 13” Steve Jordan a lot”
Hardware
“I mainly use the Yamaha double chain drive single pedal (FP-9500C).”
Cymbals
“I am a big fan of short and quick response sounds, so I have tons of fun with splashes and stacks.”
Sticks
“I play Vic Firth sticks and mainly play 5A or 5B.”
Drumheads
About Sarah Thawer's gear.
What drums does Sarah Thawer play?
Sarah Thawer told DRUM! in 2019 that the Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple is the kit they love, with a 22 or 20 inch kick, 8, 10 and 12 inch toms and 14 and 16 inch floors, plus Steve Jordan 13 inch, Recording Custom and 10 inch Birch snares.
What cymbals does Sarah Thawer use?
In 2019 Sarah Thawer named Zildjian 13 inch K Custom Hybrid hats, K Custom Special Dry splash, ride and crashes, K Cluster crashes and stacks of Trashformers, A Custom EFX, K EFX and an FX Oriental China Trash. Istanbul Cymbals now lists them as an artist.
What drumsticks does Sarah Thawer use?
Sarah Thawer has said they use Vic Firth 5A or 5B sticks most often, switching to the Peter Erskine Ride Stick, American Jazz 1 or Modern Jazz Collection 1 and 4 for jazz.
What drumheads does Sarah Thawer use?
Remo's current artist page for Sarah Thawer lists Ambassador Clear, Coated and Starfire Gold, Emperor Coated and Colortone Purple, Pinstripe Clear, Powerstroke P3 Coated and Smooth White, Controlled Sound Black Dot and Ambassador Hazy Snare Side heads.
What bass drum pedal does Sarah Thawer use?
Sarah Thawer has said they use the Yamaha FP-9500C double chain drive single pedal most of the time, switching between the plastic and felt sides of the beater.
Sarah Thawer is a Toronto born, Los Angeles based drummer who moves between jazz, fusion, Indian music, R&B and hip hop. This guide covers the Yamaha drums, Zildjian cymbals and Vic Firth sticks named in a 2019 DRUM! interview, plus the Remo heads on their current Remo artist page.
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