Arejay Hale

Arejay Hale, drummer for Halestorm, uses the Pearl Crystal Beat Ultra Clear (730) drum set. His setup, as detailed on the Pearl Drums website, includes a 24x14 bass drum, 14x13 tom, 16x15 and 18x16 floor toms, a 20x15 gong drum, a 10x5 Firecracker snare drum, and a 14x6.5 Hybrid Exotic snare drum.

Areja Hale has been using these during the 2019 Halestorm tour

According to Ahead's site Arejay Hale uses the Ahead GL drumming gloves.

In this video in 2013, he stated that he uses the Vater Hammer sticks when touring with Halestorm

Tour Kit

Masters MCX Red Glass Sparkle

26x16 bass drum 24x16 bass drum 14x14 floor tom (used as rack tom) 16x16 floor tom 18x16 floor tom 20x14 gong drum 14x6.5 Masters MCX snare drum 10x6 Effects snare drum 6x18 Rocket Tom 6x21 Rocket Tom

Arejay Hale uses the Pearl Reference Series drum kit, as detailed on the official Pearl Drums website. His tour kit includes a Neon Green Sparkle finish with the following components: a 20x20 bass drum, 10x7 and 12x7 toms, 13x13, 14x14, and 16x16 floor toms, 6x18 and 6x21 rocket toms, a 13x6.5 Reference 20-ply snare drum, and 12x7 and 10x4 Maple snare drums.

Before he became a Vater artist, he used promark sticks. In this video, you can see the classic promark stripes in his drumsticks.

2:06 " So I asked them either if it was possible either to do a Hammer Drumstick in the nude finish or use a different type of drumstick that is already in the nude finish with the two butts, and they suggested the Morgan Rose Alien Freak sticks which of course, Morgan has always been a good dude, he's a great drummer, you know, one of my favourites of this time, and a good friend of ours (all the guys in Sevendust are amazing). So, I was just like 'why don't I try using Morgan's stick'. So, they sent me out a couple pairs one night, and I just loved it. I love these a little bit more than the Hammers because they're about the size of a 2B, (it's) a little bit thicker, and also, they have no lacquer, so the grip is a lot better you know, especially during the summertime festivals where it is really hot out (there), and we get really sweaty, we're playing, and we're hitting really hard. The natural finish is great for grip so I can really hold on to it. It doesn't slide out of my hands, and it's awesome you know. And I love it because it's thicker so I can hit a lot harder, you know my snare drum cracks, and my toms just punch through the mix and the PA. Everyone has been impressed by it, and I have been using these for probably 3 or 4 months now I guess, since the beginning of the year, and I just fell in love with them, they're great, and they're awesome cuz... also just one of my favourite drummers gets to play them too. So thank you Morgan Rose, and thank you Vater for giving me this awesome drumstick to play every night."

Used in this video promoting the Heavy A's by Zildjian

Listed in his setup in the video description

Listed in his setup in the description of the video

Listed in his setup in the description of the video

Used in this to showcase the Heavy A's from Zildjian

Listed in his setup in the description of the video

Before switching to Pearl, he was a Ludwig Artist Sizes: 26x16" Kick Drum 14x14" Rack Tom (normally he used a 14x10" rack tom) 16x16" Floor Tom 18x16" Floor Tom While on tour in Manchester, England 2012 1:38 "It's kinda funny about this kit, it's not mine. laughs This kit actually, we borrowed from our dear friends in the band Black Stone Cherry, our good friends from Kentucky. Great guys, hell of a band. John Fred (Young), their drummer, recently switched over from Ludwig Drums to DW drums. So they had this kit over here that they weren't using. So, they were gracious enough to let us use it while we were here."

While on tour in Manchester, England 3:14 "My cymbals I'm using over here are a little bit different than the ones I am using in the states, I use two 19" crashes just like in the states, except I use medium Z3's by Zildjian."

(While on tour in Manchester, England 2012) 3:26 "Over here, I've got an A Custom Medium Crash"

(While on tour in Manchester, England 2012) 3:29 "And a K Custom Dark Crash"

(While on tour in Manchester, England 2012)

3:33 "And an Avedis Zildjian Medium ride, 22"."

While on tour in Manchester, England 2012) 3:37 "My ride in the states is a 21" Anniversary ride from A Custom"

6:17 "These are a staple of every Halestorm show. We can't do a show without them. We literally take these with us anywhere we go in the world."

3:35 "My first drum company that I was sponsored by was Ludwig. And, you know, growing up with John Bonham, and being a massive Led Zeppelin fan as a kid, that was like one of the things that made me want to play. So, when I got sponsored by Ludwig, the first thing that I wanted to get was the exact John Bonham set-up 14x26' Kick, 14' (rack tom), 16' (floor tom), 18' (floor tom), you know, the supraphonic snare, and all that, very simple set up, even a speed king pedal. I loved it, but unfortunately at the time, Ludwig had a hard time providing drum kits for us across the world, so I had no choice but to move to a more global company."

3:35 "My first drum company that I was sponsored by was Ludwig. And, you know, growing up with John Bonham, and being a massive Led Zeppelin fan as a kid, that was like one of the things that made me want to play. So, when I got sponsored by Ludwig, the first thing that I wanted to get was the exact John Bonham set-up 14x26' Kick, 14' (rack tom), 16' (floor tom), 18' (floor tom), you know, the supraphonic snare, and all that, very simple set up, even a speed king pedal. I loved it, but unfortunately at the time, Ludwig had a hard time providing drum kits for us across the world, so I had no choice but to move to a more global company."

3:35 "My first drum company that I was sponsored by was Ludwig. And, you know, growing up with John Bonham, and being a massive Led Zeppelin fan as a kid, that was like one of the things that made me want to play. So, when I got sponsored by Ludwig, the first thing that I wanted to get was the exact John Bonham set-up 14x26' Kick, 14' (rack tom), 16' (floor tom), 18' (floor tom), you know, the supraphonic snare, and all that, very simple set up, even a speed king pedal. I loved it, but unfortunately at the time, Ludwig had a hard time providing drum kits for us across the world, so I had no choice but to move to a more global company."

Listed as a part of his setup in his artist page

Listed as a part of his setup on the Pearl website

Arejay Hale uses Zildjian 13" A Pocket Hi Hats, as listed in his setup in the January 2019 issue of Modern Drummer.

Arejay Hale uses the Zildjian 14" Oriental China Trash, as listed in his setup in the January 2019 issue of Modern Drummer.

Arejay Hale uses the Zildjian 17 inch K Custom Hybrid China Cymbal, as listed in his setup in the January 2019 issue of Modern Drummer.

According to the January 2019 issue of Modern Drummer, Arejay Hale uses the Zildjian 21'' A Sweet Ride (Brilliant Finish) as part of his setup.