Wengren, Larkin & Drover On Metal

Larkin’s Setup

Drums Yamaha Absolute Birch (Black/Red Sparkle Flames)
1 24" x 18" Bass Drum
2 14" x 6.5" Snare Drum
3 6" x 12", 6 x 15" Quarter Toms
4 12" x 10" Tom (on stand)
5 13" x 10" Tom (on stand)
6 14" x 14" Floor Tom
7 16" x 16" Floor Tom

Cymbals Sabian
A 14" Paragon Hi-Hat
B 12" AA Splash
C 20" Paragon China
D 12" Ice Bell
E 20" AA Medium Crash
F 22" HH Power Bell Ride
G 18" AA Rock Crash
H 10" Paragon Splash
I 13" Paragon Hi-Hat (closed)
J 20" Vault Crash

Electronics Yamaha
K TP 120 SD 3-Zone Snare Pad

Shannon Larkin also uses Yamaha hardware including 800 series for hi-hat and boom stands; 950 snare stand; 930 x-hat stand, and 9500 double-pedal; Vic Firth American Classic Rock (Heavy) sticks; Remo heads (Pinstripes on toms, PS3 on bass drum, and Coated Ambassador “white dot” for the snare), Yamaha DTX module and Yamaha SKRM-100 SubKick (internally mounted), and Pintech triggers.

Wengren’s Setup

Drums Pearl Reference (Chrome Mirror Wrap)
1 22" x 18" Bass Drum
2 14" x 6.5" Steel Snare Drum
3 10" x 8" Tom
4 12" x 9" Tom
5 14" x 11" Tom
6 16" x 16" Floor Tom
7 18" x 18" Floor Tom
8 6" x 12" Rocket Tom
9 6" x 15" Rocket Tom
10 6" x 18" Rocket Tom
11 6" x 21" Rocket Tom
12 7.25" and 9" bongos

Cymbals Sabian

A 14" AA Stage Hi-Hat (top), 14" Metal-X Hi-Hat (bottom)
B 8" Mike Portnoy Max Stax Splash
C 14" Mike Portnoy Max Stax Crash
D 8" AA Metal-X Splash
E 18" Paragon Crash
F 19" Vault Holy China
G 19" AAX X-Treme Crash
H 19" AA Rock Crash
I 19" AAX X-Treme Chinese
J 20" AA Rock Crash
K 18" AA Rock Crash
L 23" Jimmy DeGrasso Override
M 15" Metal-X Hi-Hat (closed)

Mike Wengren also uses Pearl hardware and pedals, Evans heads (EC2 on all toms [Hydraulic on 18” floor], EMAD2 on kicks, EC Reverse Dot on snare, and Power Center on Rocket Toms. Resonant heads: Glass 300 on snare; kicks and toms are “custom chrome” skins); Vater Mike Wengren Signature sticks, Ddrum 4SE module, Hart Dynamics triggers, Vater Mike Wengren Signature sticks, and Sicskinz bass drum art.

Drover’s Setup

Drums Ddrum USA Series (Silver Lacquer)
1 22" x 20" Bass Drum
2 14" x 7" Custom Dios
Maple Snare (17-ply)
3 10" x 7" Tom
4 12" x 8" Tom
5 13" x 9" Tom
6 16" x 14" Floor Tom
7 18" x 16" Floor Tom

Cymbals Sabian
A 13" Paragon Hi-Hat
B 18" HH Chinese Brilliant
C 18" HH Rock Crash Brilliant
D 20" HH Heavy Ride
E 16" HH Medium Thin Crash Brilliant
F 16" HH Rock Crash Brilliant
G 16" HH Medium Dark Crash Brilliant
H 18" HH Medium Crash Brilliant
I 20" HH Dark Chinese

Shawn Drover also uses a Gibraltar rack system and hardware, Yamaha pedals, Evans heads, Pro-Mark sticks, Buttkicker transducers, Ddrum triggers, and Alesis DM-5 module