Ross Federman's Gear

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Hiddeninthesand.com lists this kit in a list of Tally Hall's equipment.

"Ross plays a 5-piece Pearl Reference kit in Granite Sparkle."

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Ross Federman used these headphones at a 2021 DJ concert for Sonic Lunch's Sonic Disco event.

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In Ross's 2005/2006 bio on tallyhall.com, he lists his drumset as a Pearl Session kit.

"drumset: pearl session (replace with "yamaha" as soon as i purchase a new one)"

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Used by Ross as the character of Hot Rod Duncan from Tally Hall's 2007 SXSW video, best visible on a newspaper at 0:52.

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This photo from the recording of 2005's Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum shows Ross using a pair of Direct Sound EX-29 headphones.

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At 3:00, Tony Hoffer is shown setting up the SP-1200 for Ross Federman to use.

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At live shows, Ross would use a Roland SPD-S Sampling Percussion Pad to trigger sound effects that are present in the album recordings of Tally Hall's songs but not possible to make live.

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Ross and the rest of Tally Hall often used a vibraslap named Henry at live shows, more often at acoustic shows.

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Ross used these bongos in most live acoustic performances in his career.

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Visible in Ross's live kit in this Tally Hall concert photo.

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Visible in Ross's live kit in this Tally Hall concert photo.

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At about 4:17 in the video you can see this cajon

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43 seconds in you can see ross federman banging on a hand drum, also in frame is this cymbal

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At about 1:45 minutes in you can see ross use these hi hats

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I asked ross federman himself and he said he uses this ride along with other cymbals

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Ross Federman personally mentioned to me that he uses the Zildjian 17" A Custom Crash cymbal. (User-uploaded photo available)

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Ross Federman himself told me what cymbals he used, among these was the 17" A Custom projection crash

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Ross Federman personally confirmed that he uses Vater Fusion Wood Tip Hickory Drumsticks in his performances. [User-uploaded photo as source]

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Ross Federman personally mentioned that he uses Vater Percussion 1A Hickory Drumsticks.

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In the source above, https://www.hiddeninthesand.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tally_Hall#Equipment_List, it states that "Ross [Federman] prefers Sennheiser e904 tom microphones.”

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In this photo, Ross can be seen using the Telefunken ELA M 251. Because of the lack of the "E" engraving that the 251E model has, it can be confirmed that this is the original ELA M 251.

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