Manfred's Drum Gear


Sonor Delite drums

These drums consist of thin maple shells with reinforcement rings. Their sound is warm and direct. The outer ply is birdseye maple. Color is Azure: in dim light it looks green, but in daylight or under a flashlight it changes to bright blue.  8"x8", 10"x9" and 12"x10" rack toms, 14"x14" and 16"x16" floor toms, 20x17" bass drum.

Premier Artist Heritage drums

These drums are made of birch wood, in dark walnut lacquer finish. Lots of projection and overtones.  10"x8" rack tom, 14"x14" floor tom, 18x14" bass drum.

 

Roland V-drums

Roland V-drums with TD-8 module, mesh head pads, V-cymbals. Toontrack Superior Drummer VST plugin.

 


Snare drums

Sonor Delite 14"x5" Birdseye Maple (Azure finish). 9-ply 6.3mm Vintage Maple Shell with 2.1 mm 3-ply dynamic edges.  Die cast hoops. This is a beautiful instrument with a very wide tuning range and pleasantly warm wood sound.
 Sonor Lite LD547 14x7.25, in Scandinavian Birch. 12-ply 7mm shell, throw-off II strainer, seamless ferromanganese steel rims, original 24-strand sonorlite snares. This is a real beauty!  Mischa Machine® SnakeSkin Custom 14"x6" snare, brass lugs, with white powder-coated die-cast hoops. This is a custom-built maple snare with a nice full woody sound.              


Mapex 13"x4"Maple deLuxe. 6-ply 7.8 mm maple shell, 2.3mm Mapex power hoops, made in Taiwan. Nice cutting sound, especially when tuned high. Pearl Sensitone Classic II 14"x5" Brass shell with black Nickel finish. Mastercast hoops. Vintage-look chrome plated solid brass tube lugs. Very sensitivite snare with a wide tuning range and typical warm brass sound. Rogers DynaSonic 14"x6.5" COB (chrome over brass). Built in the 70s. Wonderful sounding drum: warm and deep sound at both low and high pitches. Almost no overtones.                                 

Sonor force 3005 12"x5" Maple shell, Autumn High Gloss finish. With prism holder. High pitched auxiliary snare. Ludwig LM404 Acrolite, 14"x5" Ludalloy aluminum shell, B/O badge, P85 strainer, built around 1980. Classic sound with few overtones. Ludwig LB417 Black Beauty 14"x6.5" smooth nickel plated brass shell, keystone badge, P85 strainer, imperial lugs. A classic!

 

 

Cymbals

My collection consists mainly of Zildjians, some Sabians, Meinl, Stagg, and several Italians (Ufip and Zanki). My cymbal setup varies quite a lot. I like to have my ride cymbal low and my crashes slightly tilted (and loose!!!).

 

Hardware and pedals

-  Gibraltar, Pearl and Tama hardware. 
-  Tama HP900PTWL Iron Cobra twin pedal (left-footed model)
-  DW 5000 TD3 single pedal

 

Percussion

Schlagwerk Cajon La Peru, Meinl Udu, various hand percussion and shakers.
 

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