Chad Smith's Cymbals

1:57 into this video, Chad Smith's drum tech Chris Warren mentions Chad's 21” Rock Ride.

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At 1:51 into this video, Chad Smith's drum tech Chris Warren talks about Chad's 19” AA Rock Crash.

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At 2:04 into this video of Chad Smith's drum setup, his tech shows the 14" X-Celerator Hats.

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Listed here as using this crash cymbal in the studio during Blood Sugar Sex Magik sessions.

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Chad Smith did not use the Paiste Monad Danny Carey Signature 22" Dry Heavy Ride Cymbal. According to Ian Piggott's article on Chad Smith's drum setup during the Blood Sugar Sex Magik era, he used a regular dry heavy ride instead.

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At 1:55 into this video, Chris Warren mentions Chad Smith's Sabian 20” AA Rock Crash.

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Chad Smith demonstrates his Signature Series AA Holy China in this video.

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Chad Smith's drum tech Chris Warren shows idrummag.com that he's currently playing two of the AAX Splashes in his current set up (2:08 into the video).

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Used this crash cymbal during Blood Sugar Sex Magik era.

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Listed here using these hats during Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

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At 5:12 on this video, Chad Smith tells us he's using the 2002 24" Ride.

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At 2:20, Chad Smith tells us he's using the 19" 2002 Extreme Crash from Paiste

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At 2:34 Chad Smith tells us he's using the 15" Paiste 2002 Sound Edge (bottom) Hi Hat.

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At 2:39 Chad Smith tells us he's using the Paiste 15" Signature Power Hi-Hat for his top hat.

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In this video at 2:48 Chad Smith tells us he's using the Paiste 12" Signature Splash

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At 2:55 in this video, Chad Smith tells us he's using the Paiste 2002 20" Extreme Crash

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At 3:00 of this video, Chad Smith tells us he's using the Paiste 2002 24" Crash

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In this video at 3:08, Chad Smith tells us he's using this Paiste 20" PST X Swiss Medium Crash

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Playing Paiste 2002 Black Big Beat Hi-Hat 15 in this post.

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In this video, at 1:42, the drum tech talks about Chad using 19" and 20" Sabian AA Rock Crash. The 19" crash has a RHCP logo, but it cannot be bought, and it's a regular AA Rock Crash, only made custom for Chad.

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In a video titled "Chad Smith - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Tour Kit Rundown by Chris Warren," Chad Smith's drum tech, Chris Warren, can be seen at the 2:43 mark showing a Paiste 10" PST X Swiss Splash Cymbal as part of Chad Smith's cymbal setup. This video is provided by Modern Drummer Official on YouTube.

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