Jeff Porcaro
Jeff Porcaro's Gear
A key componant of his kit from 1988-1992
"Lastly, on Kingdom of Desire, he used a Pearl MLX (maple), alternating between: 3 1/2" x 14" Pearl Free-Floating brass piccolo, Pearl 5 1/2" x 14" steel, 5" x 14" Solid/Select maple, Ludwig Black, Brady 10" soprano snare drum with his toms."
A key component to his collection from 1988-1992
In Sara Quah's instructional video featuring Jeff Porcaro, his drum kit is miked using a Telefunken ELA M 251 condenser microphone.
Jeff Porcaro is noted for using Paiste Formula 602 14" hi-hats, as detailed on the official Toto website's tribute to his equipment.
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Jeff Porcaro is noted for using the Ludwig Black Beauty snare drum, as detailed in "Jeff's Drum Set History" on the Jeff Porcaro blog.
Jeff Porcaro is noted to use Paiste 2002 14" Heavy Hi Hats, as detailed on the official Toto website's tribute to his equipment.
Jeff Porcaro is noted to have used the Paiste 12" 2000 Splash cymbal, as documented on the official TOTO website in a tribute to his equipment.
Jeff Porcaro used the Paiste Formula 602 14" Blue Label Heavy Hi Hats as part of his setup from 1986 to 1989, according to the Cymbal source.
Jeff Porcaro is listed as using the Paiste 19'' 2002 Crash on the official TOTO website, which details his equipment.
Jeff Porcaro is noted to have used the Paiste 22" 2002 Ride cymbal, as detailed on the official TOTO website's tribute to his equipment.
Jeff Porcaro is noted to have used the Paiste 20'' 2002 China cymbal, as detailed on the official TOTO website's tribute page dedicated to his equipment.
Jeff Porcaro used the Paiste 8" 2002 Bell, as detailed on the official TOTO website's tribute to his equipment.
Jeff Porcaro used the Dynacord Add-One drum machine, as detailed on the official TOTO website's tribute page to his equipment.
As mentioned on the official Regal Tip website.
Jeff Porcaro used the Paiste Signature Fast Crash 18" cymbal in his setup from 1990 to 1992, as detailed in the Cymbal source on his gear.
Part of his 1990-1992 setup before his death
Jeff Porcaro used the Paiste 20" Signature Thin China as part of his cymbal setup from 1990 to 1992, as documented on the Cymbal wiki dedicated to his gear.
Jeff Porcaro used the Paiste 20" 2002 Crash cymbal from 1982 to 1988, as detailed in the Cymbal source.
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