K E V I N R I C H A R D H O T T E
Gear Head Central
Everywhere I perform, someone always comes up to me after a show and asks me about my gear. So for all you gear heads, here is a list of my equipment.
Depending on the size and other characteristics of the particular venue we are playig in, I alternate between electronic or acoustic drums. Not all of this gear will be used at the same time for one particular show or another. One positive thing about not having any major endorsement deals yet is that I am not bound to any one equipment manufacturer, I can pick and choose what I feel is the best of the best to use for my particular needs.
To start with, no matter what kit I am playing I always use Vater "Studio" model drum sticks (wood tip). On the acoustic drums I use Evans 360 heads all the way around.
Primary Acoustic Kit:
Pearl MLX Drums 8 ply maple shells Cherry Wine laquer finish
18x24 kick
12, 13, 15, 18 toms
8.5 x 14 power snare
4x Tama Octo-bans (low pitch)
Sabian 22" medium ride cymbal
Sabian 16" medium crash cymbal
Sabian 8" splash symbal
Zildjan 14" New Beat hi-hat cymbals
Zildjan 18" medium china cymbal
Zildjan 16" heavy crash cymbal
Paiste 16" 2002 thin crash cymbal
Paiste 18" 2002 medium crash cymbal
Paiste 17" 2002 medium Wild Crash cymbal
Tama Iron Cobra double kick pedal
Pearl hardware
Gibraltar arched drum rack
Tama Rhythm Watch Metronome/Click
Roland SPD-s Sampler
SPD-8 Midi Controller
Roland KD-7 Kick Trigger
5 - Roland PD-9 Dual Trigger Pads
Electronic Kit:
Roland V-drums
12" snare x 1
10" toms x 3
8" ride PD-9 pad
Sample Triggers 8" PD-9 pads
CENTENT Whisper Series cymbals with triggers
14,18, 18, 22 inch
Roland SPD-S Sampler
Tama Iron Cobra double kick pedal
Mapex maple shell real snare (for brushes)
Tama Rhythm Watch Metronome/Click
Behringer 16 channel line sub-mixer
ART power Conditioner
Special Note: Keyboards and sound modules
by Roland, Korg, Yamaha, Kurzweil, Proteus
and M-Audio.

Secondary Acoustic Kit A :
MAPEX Armory Fusion Studio Ease kit in Redwood Burst laquer finish
18x22 kick
10, 12, 14 & 16 toms
5.5 x 14 MAPEX Tomahawk snare
Paiste 18" 2002 medium crash cymbal
Paiste 17" 2002 medium Wild Crash cymbal
Sabian 22" medium ride cymbal
Sabian 16" medium crash cymbal
Sabian 8" splash symbal
Zildjan 14" New Beat hi-hat cymbals
Zildjan 16" heavy crash cymbal
Tama Iron Cobra double kick pedal
Pearl hardware
Tama Rhythm Watch Metronome/Click
Miscellaneous:
Sticks by VATER: wood tip Studio & Recording models
Drum heads by Evans (360 model)
Djembe by Latin Percussion
Congas by Latin Percussion
Headphones by AKAI
Shoes by PUMA
Sound Shaping by MoonGel
In-ear monitors by Shure & Sennheiser




Secondary Acoustic Kit B:
Pearl MLX Drums 8 ply maple shells Cherry Wine laquer finish
14x22 kick
13, 14 toms
5.5 x 14 MAPEX MLX power snare
Paiste 18" 2002 medium crash cymbal
Paiste 17" 2002 medium Wild Crash cymbal
abian 22" medium ride cymbal
Sabian 16" medium crash cymbal
Sabian 8" splash symbal
Zildjan 14" New Beat hi-hat cymbals
Zildjan 16" heavy crash cymbal
Tama Iron Cobra double kick pedal
Pearl hardware
Tama Rhythm Watch Metronome/Click


