Matt Garstka

As a featured artist for TAMA, Matt Garstka has his gear posted for viewing. His main kit is a Starclassic Performer B/B with the following specs:

18"x22" Bass Drum

6"x14" Warlod Masai Snare Drum

6"x8" Tom Tom

6.5"x10" Tom Tom

7"x12" Tom Tom

12"x14" Floor Tom

14"x16" Floor Tom

In this tweet by @remopercussion, Matt Garstka is shown sitting down at his drum kit, complete with Remo Drum Skins.

20" Byzance Traditional Medium Crash

Traditional, warm sound in an extremely wide dynamic spectrum. Energetic, exploding attack and a louder response.?

These are the hi-hats Matt used in his Madness of Matt lesson series on his YouTube channel. The descriptions of the videos state that he used the top cymbal of the Sand Hats and the top cymbal of the Byzance Traditional Hi-Hats (no mention of which particular kind), but this couldn't be confirmed from the video and it sounds like they are just Sand Hats.

In this video Matt talks about his artist concept fat stack. this stack is based off the stack that Matt had been using for years. The stack consists of a extra dry china and an extra dry crash. Both cymbals have several holes in them to add to the tone of the cymbals. According to matt, the cymbal sounds very stacato when fasened tightly. this makes the note very short. when fassened looser it sounds fater and will resonate more

in this post on the Meinl cymbals website, they go through Matt's cymbal setup. they show the vintage pure ride that he uses in his setup

IN this video for the Meinl Fat Stack, Matt can be be seen using a Extra dry china in his cymbal setup.

in this post on the meinl website, they go over Matt's cymbal setup. They show that Matt uses a byzance splash in his cymbal setup

In this playthrough of Tooth and Claw By Animals as Leaders, Matt can be seen playing two extra dry duel crashs.

In this playthrough of Tooth and Claw by Animals As Leaders, Matt can be see using Meinl extra dry hi hat cymbals.

In this Playthrough of Tooth and claw By Animals as Leaders Matt can be seen using a byzance traditional china. he uses this china coupled with a byzance vintage trash crash to make a stack. Matt likes to put the china on the botton and the trash crash on top to form a stack. Stacks like this are a staple of his cymbal setup

In this Playthrough of Tooth and claw By Animals as Leaders Matt can be seen using a byzance vintage trash crash. he uses this crash coupled with a byzance traditional china to make a stack. Matt likes to put the china on the botton and the trash crash on top to form a stack. Stacks like this are a staple of his cymbal setup

In this post Matt can be seen playing a jazz china

I’m so happy these Equilibrium hihats are now released!! It was a lot of work experimenting and refining these hats but I couldn’t be more happy:) They have that papery sound I love to hear when they are open, that have a nice crisp tip attack and a solid chick????I thought these little demos would give you guys an up close and personal look at them. @meinlcymbals

Matt Garstka is a Vic Firth featured artist and the Peter Erskine Ride Stick (SPE2) is noted as one of Matt's sticks of choice.

Matt Garstka is a Vic Firth featured artist and the Tomas Haake (SHAA) sticks are noted as one of Matt's sticks of choice.

Matt Garstka is a Vic Firth featured artist and the American Classic 55A sticks are noted as one of Matt's sticks of choice.

In this video for Guitar Center, Matt shows off his signature Vic Firth sticks. He says that the sticks are a combination of vic firth's 55a and budy rich sticks. the stick is a bit thicker than the typical 55a sticks. The taper of he sticks allow for more choppig around the kit. The stick's tip allows for a greater attack on cymbals. This configuration of stick is perfect for the syle of drumming that Matt has.

In this post Matt shows off the tama bell brass snare he uses. He states that this is the best sounding snare that he has ever tried

In this post Matt shows off his tama brass snare. this is one of the snares that he has in his collection

In this post Matt shows off his Starclassic brass snare. this is one of the drums in his collection

Matt Garstka is a featured on the TAMA website. Amongst the gear that he is listed as using, he has an Iron Cobra Hi-Hat Stand.

Matt Garstka is a featured on the TAMA website. Amongst the gear that he is listed as using, he has a Round Rider Hydraulix Throne.

Matt Garstka is a featured on the TAMA website. Amongst the gear that he is listed as using, he has an Iron Cobra double bass pedal.