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Originally Posted by SeeMoreDMB
Lol at the people who thing Carter doesn't know much/care about his gear. There are several videos of him throughout the years discussing his goal of upgrading to Recording Customs, why he uses a Pheonix bass, which cymbols he prefers, why he started wearing gloves, and why he decided to switch from Pro Mark to Vic Firth (which is an obvious choice that I'm surprised took so long). Just because his drum tech of almost 30 years makes certain choices on the kit for him doesn't mean he lacks extensive knowledge of all types of gear.
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I'm not saying he doesn't know at all, but it's fairly obvious he doesn't care as much as other drummers. He rarely ever does clinics and there's a few videos of him talking about gear, but not many. The most I can remember is the old 2001 video where he's on the kit showing a few things, the most recent Modern Drummer video, and Vic Firth videos.
The switch to Vic Firth I believe is because they joined with Zildjian in 2010 or 2011 but that's not 100%. Of course they'd get Carter to make a video on how much better Vic sticks are. Marketing lol.
He does prefer the yellow grip sticks vs the way they make them without it now, as do I. Apparently customers wanted his sticks without the grip. You can only get the grip sticks now at dmb shows or directly through dmband store, where they're quite a bit more expensive. Like I said he does of course know gear, but he's not a gear nerd like some guys. Henry literally doesn't see Carter most days until show time or right before.
Yamaha couldn't get Carter a signature snare made because apparently they couldn't get it right and couldn't get much input from what I've heard. He toured with it from 05 to 08.
They wanted him to do another drumming DVD like under the table and drumming in 2011 and he didn't want to, so they just scrapped the idea.
The one change I will never understand and it's one Carter requested himself, was adding the 2nd double splash stack and removing his 15" crash. You can't hear those cymbals through Tim and the horns, plus he hardly ever even touches them.
Just more interesting than anything to me. The dude is an absolute beast and I just think he focuses more on playing than gear is all. Yamaha and Zildjian he of course knows, and I'm sure he has a good idea of his kit and what all is there. He knows he has the best equipment. It's more than likely small things that I'm talking about.
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