Dave Grohl's Drum Hardware

In a MusicRadar article detailing Dave Grohl's drum setup for Them Crooked Vultures, it is mentioned that drum tech Gersh uses a Remo Falam Slam pad on Grohl's bass drum.

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“Dave sits really low - he gets more velocity, power and volume that way, especially with his bass drum technique - and he’s using DW’s lowest seat, all the way down. On the percussive front we’ve got a tambourine and a Ching Ring; an old Bonham thing.”

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Dave Grohl's Drum Tech, 'Gersh' is quoted as saying he uses the Remo Powerstroke 3 for the bass drum.

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The DW "Kitbuilder" for Dave Grohl lists the DW 9500 hi-hat stand as part of his set up.

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Shown in the images that accompany the article on his tour with "Them Crooked Vultures".

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DW Jazz Series drums: 8" and 10" 'Toy' concert toms; 13" tom-tom; 16" and 18" floor toms; 24" bass drum; 20" gong drum - with Remo White Coated Emperor heads on toms; Powerstroke 3 on bass drum; 5B-XL drumsticks with acorn wood tips and DW 9000 hardware

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This picture of Dave Grohl's snare drum from a musicradar.com article shows him using a 14" Remo Emperor X Black Dot.

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Dave Grohl used the Aquarian Hi-Energy head because this was the only brand that wouldn't break when he played it.

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This close-up picture of Dave Grohl's Them Crooked Vultures DW drumset shows him using the DW 9100AL Air Lift Round Throne (originally sourced from musicradar.com).

"Dave sits really low - he gets more velocity, power and volume that way, especially with his bass drum technique - and he’s using DW’s lowest seat, all the way down."

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On the DW artist page for Dave Grohl, it shows that a DW 9991 Single Tom Stand is Holding the 13" rack tom.

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In this live picture of Dave Grohl, the DW 9900 Double Tom Stand is used to mount the DW short stack toms.

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On the DW artist page for Dave Grohl, the Kitbuilder link shows Dave as having 6 x DW 9700 cymbal stands in his setup.

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The DW "Kitbuilder" for Dave Grohl lists the DW 9300 snare drum stand as part of his setup.

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The DW "Kitbuilder" for Dave Grohl lists the DW 9500D 3-Leg rotating hi-hat stand as part of his setup.

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The DW "Kitbuilder" for Dave Grohl lists the DW Boom Cymbal Arm as part of his setup.

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According to Barret Jones, Dave's drum tech, Dave used a Clear Pinstripe batter head.

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According to Barret Jones, Dave's drum tech, Dave used Tama Titan Series Boom Cymbal Stands.

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In this website, it's said that Dave Grohl used DW 5000 Turbo bass drum pedal when he was in Nirvana.

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At 11:00 you can see the ring on grohls hi hat

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