Mike Mangini
drummer
Mike Mangini's Drum Sets
At 5:18 you can see the whole 2014 tour kit. According to Pearl's website, it's a Masterworks BMW Frozen Blue w/ satin hardware with the following sizes: - 22x18 bass drum x2 - 20x18 bass drum x2 - 6x7 tom - 8x7 tom - 10x8 tom - 12x9 tom - 13x9 tom - 16x16 floor tom - 18x16 floor tom - 20x14 Gong drum - 14x6.5 snare drum - 10x6.5 snare drum - 6x12 rocket tom - 6x15 rocket tom - 6x18 rocket tom - 6x21 rocket tom
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As it can be seen on the video, this was the drum set Mike used in the "Along For The Ride Tour" with Dream Theater. With some improvements from the first version he used with the band, Mike have been using some variations of the same set to make the sound of the band ever better and even more unique.
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The video from the 2012 tour shows the Custom Lacquer Pearl Reference Pure Mike used back then. According to Pearl website, the sizes are:
26x16 bass drum / 22x18- bass drum (x2) / 18x16- bass drum / 6x6.5- rack tom / 8x7- rack tom / 10x8- rack tom / 12x9- rack tom / 14x9- rack tom / 16x16- floor tom / 18x16- floor tom / 14x5- Reference Pure Snare / 10x6.5- Custom Snare Drum / 20x14- gong drum / 6x12- rocket tom / 6x15- rocket tom / 6x18- rocket tom / 6x21- rocket tom / 10x6.5- Epro Drum (x4)
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As we can see in this youtube video video (at 2:47 i.e.), he uses not one by 2 Roland TM-2 trigger volume for his live performances.
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