Jimmy Chamberlin

Yamaha endorsee from 1994 to 2010. Jimmy used rock custom and recording custom before using a maple custom for the recording of Siamese Dream in 1993. He used differents maple custom kit, one black maple in studio then, a black piano, and then a white marine pearl for lollapalooza tour and the first half of Mellon Collie era. He still has this kit. Then he used an another kit by the end of his time of Mellon Collie tour.

Jimmy used yamaha maple or birch custom absolute from 1999 to 2009 He used a custom green which turns into yellow depending on the light for the "last" pumpkins tour in 2000 (MCA). Then, with Zwan he recorded with the same drum but for touring he used another MCA, in jaguar finish. For the Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, he had a yellow BCA. For the renuion with the Pumpkins he used differents kits, but he toured with a silver sparkle finish. He recorded Skysaw with various yamaha drums.

This was Jimmy Chamberlin's kit after he left Yamaha in 2010. This kit is in a custom liquid copper design. Sizes of this kit are: -6x8 Rack Tom (8 ply) -7x10 Rack Tom (9 ply) -8x13 Rack Tom (9 ply) -10x14 Rack Tom (9 ply) -14x14 Floor Tom (with legs / 9 ply) -16x16 Floor Tom (with legs / 9 ply) -16x22 kick drums (10 ply) - features black lacquer hoops with a band of liquid copper lacquer down around the center - really neat to look at. -5.5x14 matching snare (12 ply)

This was one of the first PHX kits Yamaha ever built. The finish on it was made to look like copper-clad cookware. The sizes are: 22x16 Bass Drum 20x14 Bass Drum 18x14 Bass Drum 8x7 Rack Tom 10x8 Rack Tom 13x9 Rack Tom 14x11 Rack Tom 16x15 Floor Tom 18x16 Floor Tom

Jimmy Chamberlin would like to announce that he is now playing Drum Workshop!

"After 18 years at Yamaha I have decided to move on. I feel that DW is the company that can take me, and my evolution as an artist, to the next level. They are truly an amazing company that are at the forefront of innovation and are making huge leaps in the advancement of the instrument. I feel like I have found a home with like minded people who are just as obsessed with drums as I am! I wish everyone at Yamaha the best and thank all of you for 18 great years."

Jimmy Chamberlin

http://themachinesomehow.blogspot.com/2011/04/it-is-official-chamberlin-signs-with-dw.html

Listed here as using these hi hats.

Listed here as using this cymbal.

Listed here as using this splash cymbal.

Listed here as using this crash cymbal.

Listed here as using this splash cymbal.

Listed here as using this china cymbal.

Listed here as using this ride cymbal.

Listed here as using this crash cymbal.

Jimmy used 5A on tour with Smashing Pumpkins in 2015

Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was one of Sakae’s high-profile endorsers, switching from Yamaha to the smaller boutique company for a time in the 2000s. But the writing may have been on the wall when, earlier this year, he switched back to Yamaha before the announcement of the Smashing Pumpkins reunion.

https://drummagazine.com/sakae-drums-suspends-business-operations/

https://m.facebook.com/VicsDrumShop/posts/breaking-newsjimmy-chamberlin-has-rejoined-the-smashing-pumpkinsever-since-jimmy/1226874014050245/

Sakae Drums have closed up business and Jimmy Chamberlin is now back with Yamaha Drums.