Top 5Has said they use
Ludwig
Black Beauty snareSaid in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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7 items · Last checked What drums does Tico Torres play?
Tico Torres has been seen playing a DW kit with Bon Jovi and is listed as a DW artist. Earlier he said he recorded Bounce on a Pearl MasterWorks kit with his aluminum Pearl signature snare, and he has talked about Radio King and Black Beauty snares and Ahead sticks.
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Where to start with Tico Torres's gear.
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DW
Drum kit
Top 5SponsoredSeen using
DW
Drum kitSeen in Bon Jovi's Tico Torres Visits Modern Drummer Online, Part 1, June 2013
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Pearl
MasterWorks kit
Top 5Has said they use
Pearl
MasterWorks kit“It’ a Pearl MasterWorks. Man, does that kit sound good.”
Said in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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Pearl
Tico Torres signature aluminum snare
Top 5SponsoredHas said they use
“I’ve also got an aluminum Signature snare drum that just came out. It’s warm but it’s got that metal ring to it.”
Said in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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Slingerland
Radio King snare
Top 5Has said they use
Slingerland
Radio King snare“I usually use a spectrum of snare drums, from Radio Kings to Black Beauties.”
Said in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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What drums Tico Torres uses: a sourced gear guide
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Kits
DW
Drum kit
SponsoredSeen using
DW
Drum kitSeen in Bon Jovi's Tico Torres Visits Modern Drummer Online, Part 1, June 2013
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Pearl
MasterWorks kit
Has said they use
Pearl
MasterWorks kit“It’ a Pearl MasterWorks. Man, does that kit sound good.”
Said in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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Ahead
Drumsticks
Has said they use
Ahead
DrumsticksSaid in Bon Jovi's Tico Torres Visits Modern Drummer Online, Part 2, July 2013
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Snares
Pearl
Tico Torres signature aluminum snare
SponsoredHas said they use
“I’ve also got an aluminum Signature snare drum that just came out. It’s warm but it’s got that metal ring to it.”
Said in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
No store page for this one.
Slingerland
Radio King snare
Has said they use
Slingerland
Radio King snare“I usually use a spectrum of snare drums, from Radio Kings to Black Beauties.”
Said in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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Has said they use
Ludwig
Black Beauty snareSaid in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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Practice
Gretsch
Jazz kit (from Norman Connors)
Has said they use
“I’ll get on a little Gretsch jazz kit that I got off Norman Connors in the ’70s”
Said in Tico Torres (Modern Drummer, Bounce era interview), May 2005
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Questions
About Tico Torres's gear.
What drums does Tico Torres play?
Modern Drummer filmed his then brand new DW kit on the 2013 Because We Can tour, and DW lists him as an artist. For the 2002 album Bounce he said he played a Pearl MasterWorks kit.
What snare does Tico Torres use?
In 2005 he said his aluminum Pearl signature snare beat the Radio Kings and Black Beauties he usually lined up, and that he used it on record and live.
What drumsticks does Tico Torres use?
In a 2013 Modern Drummer video he and his tech JD Derosz talked about their reasons for using Ahead drumsticks.
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Tico Torres is the longtime drummer of Bon Jovi. This guide covers the kits, snares and sticks he has described in Modern Drummer interviews, from his Pearl years to his DW setup.
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