Brent Fitz (Slash) presents his drum kit

Brent Fitz gives a tour of his drum kit for Slash's 'Living the Dream' world tour. Exclusively for http://en.beatit.tv/ - the drummers' website. Shot on Feb 6, 2019, in Łódź, Poland.
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Hi! It’s Brent Fitz here. We’re in Poland at the Atlas Arena. It’s Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. We’re on the ’Living the Dream’ tour and let’s have a little look at the drum kit.

DW drums. My favorite is always maple shells. This is a 13”, 16”, 18” Black Lacquer DW Maple kit. The bearing edges that I had done by them a little softer so the kit has a sort of warm sound, tunes really nice and more mellow as far as some of the overtones. I’m using clear Emperor heads on the kit. The kick drum is a 26” x 16” with the new Steve Smith Black Dot head - a Power Stroke with a black dot, so it’s kind of a new thing.

The snare drum. I’m into steel snares on this kit. I have two kits on tour with me right now: a Stainless Steel DW kit on my other rig. This is the European rig right now. I use good old steel snares on tour. It’s a 14” x 6.5”. I think on my other tour I was using a Nickle-Over-Steel or something. These are just good workhorse touring snare drums.

I’m using a DW extended footboard kick pedal and hi hat ’cause I have bog feet. It’s really great that they’ve come up with an extra inch longer pedals. They’re great for guys with larger feet. On the hi hat as well. It’s all DW 9000 series hardware. I like straight stands for the crashes - old school. Maybe for the ride, I will use the extended arm. Everything’s pretty classic and old school - one up, two down.

Cymbals. Wanna talk about Sabians? I’m Canadian. Sabian’s factory is in my country. I’ve been playing them since 1981, so I’ve always played them and I love them. Recently, I’ve gotten into the HHX series. I’m using the Legacy ride and the HHX hi hats. These sound great. The bottom hat has the ridges in it, so they’re both crispier for live. I was using the X-cellerator hats and these are actually a little mellower and they fit a little better for what we’re doing right now. AAX series for crashes. I like big, explosive, not really thick crash cymbals. I don’t hit them too hard so I’m never breaking a ton of cymbals. I like thinner cymbals and I like them big, so it’s three 20” crashes and a 19”. This is an Iso Crash. It’s kind of a special cymbal. A few years ago, they put it on the Vault tour and I just loved it. I’m still using them. They have holes in them. I don’t know if that’s a regularly available cymbal. It’s still one of my favorites and I love it for crashing. It’s fuckin’ great! Excuse me. This is a raw bell crash. Sometimes I change them - a Stage Crash or a Raw Bell Crash. These are X-plosion crashes. This is the go-to. Anyone who needs a good rock crash cymbal to add to their kit, a 19” or 20” X-plosion is killer. I love that cymbal, I’ve had them for years and that’s always my go-to. So that’s my favorite Sabian cymbal right there. That’s a 19” X-treme china and that’s basically the gist. The ride is a 22” Legacy.

The sticks are from Vater. I’m so in love with these. These are the Vater MV10. They’re 2B. I’ve played 2Bs my whole life but this MV10 is just a little bit thinner than 2B and it’s three quarters of an inch longer. I just love these Vaters because they’re a little bit smaller than 2Bs and they feel real fast around the kit. MV10 is a marching stick.

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