Drummer Sammy Kestinholtz

Gear/Setups

Pop/R&B/Country Set Up

Yamaha Maple Custom Drums Vintage Finish
10″x 4″ or 13″x5″ Snare

MSD-0116 14″ x 6 1/2″, 10-lug, wood rims, Gold strainer; Vintage finish/ 14″x 6.5″ Paul Leim/Roy Haynes model
22″x 16″ Bass Drum
10″x 10″ Tom
12″x 12″ Tom or omit 10″ and use 9×13″ with the 12″
14″x 12″ Floor Tom with legs
16″x 14″ Floor Tom with legs

Zildjian Cymbals
15″ Master Sound Hi Hats or 14″ Session Custom (Gadd) Hi Hats or 16″ prototypes
16″ A Custom Crash
10″ K Splash
22″ A Custom or K Light Ride
18″ A Custom Crash or 16″ Armand Crash
22″ A Zildjian Swish or Oriental China Trash

REMO Heads
Bass Drum Batter Head- Power Sonic or Coated Powerstroke 4 or Pinstripe
Resonant Head-Ebony or White Ambassador
Toms Batter Head-Vintage Ambassadors/Vintage Emperors or Pinstripes Toms
Resonant Head-Clear Ambassadors
Snare Drum Batter Head-Coated Ambassador/Vintage Emperor/Emperor X
snare side-Clear Ambassador

Zildjian Sticks
Ronnie Vannucci model
Vinnie Colaiuta model
professional wire brushes retractable
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Big Band Set Up

Yamaha or Rodgers by Yamaha
24″x 16″ Bass Drum or 22″x 16″
09″x 13″ or 12″x10″ Mounted Tom
16″x 16″ Floor Tom with legs
variety of vintage and new snare drums

Zildjian Cymbals
14″ New Beat Hi Hats or 15″ K prototype Hi Hats
16″ A Custom Crash or 16″ Armand Crash
12″ A Custom Splash
21″ Sweet Ride or 20″ K Jazz Ride (80′s) or 22 K Light Ride
18″ K Crash
22″ Swish Knocker or Oriental China Trash

REMO Heads
Bass Drum Batter Head- Power Sonic or Coated Powerstroke 4
Resonant Head-White or Ebony Ambassador
Toms and Snare Drum Batter Head-Vintage Ambassador or Ambassador
Resonant Head-Clear Ambassador

Zildjian Sticks

Jazz model natural and black finish

Maple Jazz model

professional wire brushes retractable
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Jazz Set Up

Yamaha Maple Custom Vintage finish or Tour Custom Brown Sunburst
VSD-1460 14″ x6″ Vintage Series Maple Snare Drum with Reinforcing Rings/Roy Haynes model
18″x 16″ Bass Drum or 20″x 17″
10″x 10″ Tom or 12″x 12″/12″X8″
14″x 14″ Tom OR 14″X12″

Zildjian Cymbals
15″ K prototype Hi Hats or mismatched A’s from 1950′s
20″ A Zildjian (1960′s)
12″ K Splash
20″ K Ride or prototype Constantinople Ride
19″ Armand Ride “Beautiful Baby”
20″ Crash of Doom

REMO Heads
Batter Heads-Coated Ambassador or Vintage Ambassador
Resonant Heads-clear Ambassador

Zildjian Sticks
Maple Jazz Model

7A natural and black finish models
professional wire brushes retractable
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Additional Info

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