Lars Ulrich from the band Metallica is one of heavy metal's most influential drummers. He has always been known to play really cool drum kits and drum gear. Lets look and see what drum gear Lars has been seen using in his Metallica drum kit .

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Lar's Metallica Drum Kit

-Lars uses a Tama Starclassic drumkit made out of Maple in the color 'Green Sparkle'

(Above is the Starclassic in a different color. Click the pic for info)

Drums

-14x6.5" Bell Brass Lars Ulrich Signature Snare (LU1465BB)/14x6.5" Diamond Plate Steel Lars Ulrich Signature Snare (LU1465)

-10x9" and 12x10" toms. Either 16x14" and 16x16", or 16x16" and 18x16" floor toms used

-Two 22x16" bass drums

Cymbals: (Zildjian)
-14'' Z Custom 'Dyno Beat' hi-hats

-17", two 18" and 19" A Medium crashes

-20'' Oriental Trash china

-20'' Z Custom china

Lars also sometimes uses an 18" Z custom china
-Lars used a 22" K Custom 'Dark' ride for recording Metallica's St. Anger album

-Lars also used an LP red jam block (makes a sound like a wood block, heard on "dirty window" on Metallica's St. Anger)

Checkout this cool cymbal configurator at the zildjian site

Hardware: (Tama)
-5x Titan HC104TB Boom stand
-CA45 Cymbal Holder
-Titan HTW99 Tom Stand
-2x HP900P Iron Cobra Power Glide pedals with traditional felt beaters

-Titan HS90 Snare stand
-Titan HH905 Iron Cobra Hi-Hat Stand

-Titan HT310 throne
-MC62 Multi Clamp
-MHA623 Hi-Hat Attachment
-DW 505 Hi-Hat Clutch

Drum Heads
-Remo coated Emperor batter heads on toms with clear ambassador resonant heads.

-Clear Powerstroke 3 bass batter heads with ebony ambassador resonant heads.

-Remo coated CS with reverse dot and ambassador snare side resonant on snare drum

Sticks

-Ahead Lars Ulrich Model drum sticks