Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers not only lays down a funky groove on his kit, he plays on some cool drum equipment. Let's take a peak at what drums Chad has been seen playing on.

Chad Smith live

Click the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's Friend

Let's first look at a little diagram of Chad's drumkit:

Chad Smith's drum layout

Note: Chad had a Pearl signature kit for sale during a limited time in 2008/2009:

Drums - Pearl Mastersworks Series 5-Piece Kit

• 24 x 16 Maple Bass drum
• 12 x 10 maple rack Tom
• 14 x 14 Floor Tom
• 16 x 16 Floor Tom

• Pearl Sensitone 14x5.5" brass snare
• Peal Sensitone 14x5.5" steel snare

Chad has had a signature Pearl snare:

• CS1450 Chad Smith Signature Snare drum

Cymbals

A) 14" AA medium Hats

B) 10" AA medium Splash

C) 19" AA Medium Crash (or 18.5" Signature Chad Smith Explosion Crash)

D) 21" AA Rock Ride

E) 20" AA Rock Crash

F) 19" AAX China

Hardware - all Pearl

• S2000C Snare Stand
  
• P2000C Eliminator Pedal
• H2000 Hi-hat Stand
• B855W Boom Cymbal Stands x 5
• TH100I Tom Arm
• D150 Drum Throne
• AX20 Adapter

Drum Heads - Remo

Snare - Coated CS Control Sound with dot batter on top snare ambassador on bottom snare side

Toms - Clear Emperor on top of Toms. Clear Ambassadors underneath

Kick - Coated Powerstroke 3 on Bass Drum Batter with a Falam Slam. Custom Painted Head

Photo by Dave Rat

Microphones

HiHat = Shure SM81

Kick = Shure SM7A and Shure SM91A

Overhead = Shure KSM32

Snare =  Shure Beta 56A

Toms = Shure SM98A

Sticks

Vater 5B Chad Smith FunkBlaster

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Brad Doné   |2009-05-26 12:37:11 What mics are being used on his cymbals? Not the overheads but the close miking ones! Reply 0   0

Deion Halden   |2008-05-23 13:21:26 i love chads drumming, i try my best 2 play like him but hes insane!! (i love u chad!!) Reply 5   0

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