Roger Meddows Taylor's Gear

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Roger Taylor used this drum kit during Queen "Magic Tour" in 1986. In this video you can see it in 1:13.

Bass drum logo: Queen on A Kind Of Magic font on a black background

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Roger Taylor used this drum kit at "The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert" in 1992. In this video you can see it at 1:21.

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From late 1975 to late 1982 Roger Taylor used a massive gong which had to be cleaned, packed, moved, unpacked and set up every concert just to be hit once at the end of Bohemian Rhapsody and during White Man or Ogre Battle.

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Roger Taylor used this drum kit during Queen "The Game" tour in 1980 and 1981.

Bass-drum logo: Roger Taylor´s face

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Roger Taylor used this drum kit during "Queen + Paul Rodgers" Tour in 2008.

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Roger Meddows Taylor used Remo Roto Toms during his 1978-1979 jazz projects, as documented on Rogertaylor.info by Daga.

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You can see him play this drums in the liar video

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Roger Taylor can be seen using Zildjian 15" A New Beat HiHats in a photo from the "A Night at the Opera" tour in 1975.

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Roger Taylor used this drum kit during several Queen tours from 1976 to 1979.

Bass-drum logo: white Queen crest / black background

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Taylor owned a Fender Esquire electric guitar, which was used in studio work with Queen (present mainly in 1979 and 1982), along with his own solo work.

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Taylor owned a Fender Stratocaster, which he used primarily in his studio work, (most famously seen in the promotional video for his solo single "I Wanna Testify" in 1977)

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Roger Meddows Taylor used the Zildjian 22" K Custom Dark Ride Cymbal during the 1970s, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Queenconcerts.

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Vic Firth tweets, "They're a 5B-style stick with custom artwork :D" in a reply to someone who's asking about the style of the sticks that Roger posted a photo of in a tweet in 2 Jul 2014.

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This Icon Snare Drum pays tribute to Roger Taylor of Queen, matching the same size and configuration he plays. In addition to such performance-driven features as a MAG throw-off system to reduce buzz and True-Hoops to increases resonance, this Icon Snare Drum features a jaw-dropping maple burl outer ply that's been laser cut and hand inlayed with the ornate Queen crest that Freddie Mercury himself designed.

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Band logo on Queen tour in 1977.

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Roger Meddows Taylor consistently used the Ludwig Speed King Bass Drum Pedal L203 throughout his career, as documented on Queenconcerts by Martin Skala in the coverage of the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert on April 20, 1992.

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Listed on Roger's official Zildjian page.

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Listed on Roger's official Zildjian page.

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Listed on Roger's official Zildjian page.

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Listed on Roger's official Zildjian page.

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Roger Meddows Taylor used a New Era Tambourine during a stage performance, as depicted in the archived photo titled "Killer Queen Taylors."

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You can see him use this kit in One Vision video 1:41

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In this photo, Roger Taylor is seen playing an Oberheim OB-X synth.

As quoted in (Musicradar)[https://www.musicradar.com/amp/news/roger-taylor-favourite-queen-drum-songs]:

“The first synth we ever used as Queen was the Oberheim OB-X. It was one of the first polysynths and absolutely loaded with amazing sounds. That thing is all over the Flash Gordon soundtrack. I’m not sure what happened to it, but I’ve been looking around to try and get a replacement and there aren’t many of them about.”

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In this photo from 2005 you can see Roger Taylor with some Latin Percussion Vajle Congas.

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Listed on Roger's official Zildjian page.

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Roger taylor used this bass drum Logo in the Crazy Tour and The Game 1979 / 1980 it was also used in Hot Space 1982

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This article talks about what gear Queen used during The Magic Tour.

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The source details Roger Meddows Taylor's use of the Simmons SDS 7 drum machine during the 1984-1985 Works Tour, as part of his solo work and with The Cross.

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During the 1984-1985 Works Tour, Roger Meddows Taylor used Simmons SDS pads, as detailed on the Rogertaylor website by author Daga.

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Roger owned a JD-800 in the 90's. It is believed his was used during the Made In Heaven sessions. I'm inclined to believe one of the electric piano sounds was used in Too Much Love Will Kill You.

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