The Bat Cave
The gear list.
Every kit, cymbal, mallet and mixer, with the heads and sticks on them. For the drummers who always ask.
01
Drum Workshop 8-piece maple
The main kit, in an Exotic Blue Spider Pine finish.
- Drums
- 18×22 bass drum
- 7×8, 8×10, 9×12, 11×14 and 13×16 toms
- 8×22 woofer
- 5×14 snare
- Cymbals
- Hi-hats: 14" Zildjian Constantinople (main), 12" Sabian AAX (remote)
- Rides: 20" Sabian HH, 20" Zildjian Custom Hybrid, 22" Zildjian Constantinople Flat
- Crashes: 16" Sabian AA Fast, 17" Sabian AAX Medium
- Splashes: 11" Zildjian K Hybrid, 12" Sabian AAX, 10" Zildjian A, 12" Wuhan
- Effects: 20" Sabian AA Metal-X Chinese, 20" Zildjian A pang sizzle, 7" Sabian Alu Bell
- Heads
- Snare: Evans Level 360 ST Dry batter, Level 360 300 snare side
- Toms: Evans Level 360 EC2 batters, Level 360 Resonants or G1s underneath
- Bass drums: Evans Level 360 EMAD batter and EMAD Resonant
- Pedals and hardware
- Pearl Eliminator double and single pedals, DW 9000 single pedal
- Tama Iron Cobra Velo-Glide hi-hat stands, DW 9000 remote hi-hat
- Drum Workshop, Pearl and Tama hardware
02
The jazz kits
A natural-finish jazz kit, and a 4-piece Sonor Jungle kit for the smallest stages.
- Sonor Jungle kit
- 16×16 bass drum, 8×10 tom, 12×14 floor tom
- Remo Fiberskin 2 batters
- Remo Fiberskin 2, Evans G1 or Resonant heads underneath
03
Mallets
A vibraphone, two marimbas and an electronic mallet controller.
- Instruments
- Musser M55 vibraphone
- Jenco 4-octave Brazilian rosewood marimba
- "The Phoenix", a White House Percussion modular marimba
- MalletKAT electronic mallet controller
- Mallets
- Marimba: Malletech (Leigh Howard Stevens), all models
- Vibes: Musser Good Vibes 235
04
Sticks, brushes and rods
Matched to the room: heavier sticks for rock, lighter ones for jazz.
- Loud rooms and rock
- Vic Firth Gavin Harrison signature
- Vic Firth Rod Morgenstein signature
- Jazz, big band and small group
- Vic Firth Buddy Rich signature
- Vic Firth Jack DeJohnette signature
- Brushes and rods
- Regal Tip Classic 583R brushes
- Innovative Percussion BR-CW (Chad Wackerman Paintbrush)
- ProMark Hot Rods
- Concert, corps and timpani
- Cooperman Nick Petrella snare sticks
- Vic Firth SD1 General and SD2 Bolero
- Vic Firth Corpsmaster
- Vic Firth timpani mallets in several sizes
05
Electronic and keys
An electronic kit and an 88-key controller.
- Instruments
- Roland V-Session electronic kit
- StudioLogic SL-880 Pro 88-key controller
06
Sound and recording
The mixers, the PA and the recording corner.
- Mixers
- Mackie Onyx 1640
- Allen & Heath MixWizard
- Behringer 12-channel
- Whirlwind splitter
- Recording
- Akai DPS24 digital recorder
- Behringer B2031A monitors
- Amps, processing and speakers
- QSC RMX 1450, PLX 1604, PLX 3402 and PLX 3602 amplifiers
- dbx 231 graphic EQ and dbx loudspeaker management
- Yamaha SM15V monitors
- JBL JRX 15s and MRX 18s
Also in the house
Two grand pianos.
A Steinway and a Yamaha, in the piano room at Music Retreat at Willow Creek.
Piano lessons ↗
Booking
Put a band on the stage.
Tell Bruce the date, the place and the kind of night you have in mind. He will tell you which band fits and what it costs.