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Scott Schroedl's Equipment List

All of the gear listed below is of professional quality and I have years of experience using.

*Click on the snare drum names to view photos of the drums.

Live Gigs and Session Equipment List

Acoustic Drumsets
  • 2003 Noble & Cooley CD Maple 9"x10", 10"x12", 16"x16" toms, 17"x22" kick in custom blue sparkle
  • 2001 Noble & Cooley CD Maple 9"x10", 9"x12", 16"x16" toms, 17"x22" kick in translucent purple
  • 1968 Ludwig 8"x12", 9"x13", 16"x16" toms, 16"x20" kick in Psychodelic Red
  • 1994 Premier Signia 8"x8", 9"x10", 10"x12", 12"x14", 16"x16", 16"x18" toms, (2) 18"x22" kicks in Cherrywood finish
    Snare Drums
  • 2005 Noble & Cooley 7"x14" Solid Shell Maple Classic with die cast hoops
  • 2003 Noble & Cooley 5"x14" CD maple with die cast hoops
  • 2001 Noble & Cooley 5"x14" Solid Shell Maple Classic with die cast hoops
  • 2001 Noble & Cooley 4 3/4"x14" Alloy Classic with die cast hoops
  • 2001 Noble & Cooley 7"x14" Symmetrical Ply
  • Custom made 5"x14" maple shell with die cast hoops
  • Custom made 6.5"x14" maple shell with die cast hoops
  • Custom made 3.5"x13" maple shell
  • Custom made 6"x12" maple shell
  • Premier Signia 5.5"x14" maple shell
  • Pacific SX Series 5.5"x14" all-maple snare with wood hoops and vintage-style tube lugs
  • Tama Brass shell 6.5"x14"
  • 2000's Ludwig Black Beauty 6.5x14 Hammered Tube Lug Brass Shell
  • 1990's Ludwig Black Beauty 5"x14" Hammered Std. Lug Brass Shell
  • 1980's Ludwig Supraphonic LM-402 6.5x14" snare
  • 1960's Ludwig acrolite 5.5"x14" aluminum shell
  • Zildjian 6.5"x14" with cast bronze shell, die cast hoops
  • Remo 12" Black Max Tunable Sound Shape (sounds like a modern marching snare)
  • 15" Slingerland marching snare

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    A few snares of my ever growing collection

    Paiste Cymbals

    RIDES

  • Paiste 2002- 20" Ride
  • Paiste Signature-22" Dark Metal Ride
  • Paiste Signature-22" Reflector Bell Ride "Powerslave"
  • Paiste New Signature- 21" Dark Energy Mark II Ride
  • Paiste Signature- 20" Full ride
  • Paiste Signature- 20" Dry Crisp ride
  • Paiste Signature- 20" Flat Ride
  • Paiste Giant Beat- 20" Multi-functional
  • Paiste Giant Beat- 24" Ride
  • Paiste Dimensions 22" Medium ride

    CRASHES
  • Paiste New Signature- Dark Energy 15"
  • Paiste New Signature- Dark Energy 17"
  • Paiste New Signature- Dark Energy 18"
  • Paiste Signature- 16" Full Crash
  • Paiste Signature- 18" Full Crash
  • Paiste Signature- 18" Fast Crash
  • Paiste Signature- 18" Power crash
  • Paiste Signature- 18" Crystal crash
  • Paiste 2002 Series- 19" Crash
  • Paiste Dimensions 16" Power crash
  • Paiste Dimensions 18" Power crash
  • Paiste Giant Beat- 18" crash

    HI-HATS
  • Paiste 2002- 15" Sound Edge Hi-hats
  • Paiste Signature- 14" Heavy Hi-hats
  • Paiste Signature- 14" Dark Crisp hi-hats
  • Paiste Rude Series- 14" Hi-hats
  • Paiste Alpha 12" Rhythm Hats

    SPLASHES
  • Paiste Signature- 8" Splash
  • Paiste Signature- (2) 10" Splash

    CHINAS
  • Paiste Signature- 20" Heavy china
  • Paiste 2002 Series- 18" Thin China

    EFFECT CYMBALS
  • Paiste Signature- 12" Flanger Bell
  • Paiste Signature- 13" Mega Cup Chime
  • Paiste 2002 Series- #6 Cup Chime 5 1/2"
  • Paiste 2002 series- (2) 6" Accent cymbals
  • Paiste Noise Works- 12/16 Trash Set
  • Factory Metal Pro-line FX Celtic Bell with jingles

    Other older cymbals
  • Ufip Class- 22" Ride, 11" China Splash, 10" Splash, 6" Ice Bell
  • Ufip Rough Series- 13" Wave Hi-hats
  • Ufip Natural Series- 8", 10" Splashes
  • Zildjian- 21" Rock ride, 14" New Beat Hi-hats, 16" Medium Crash, A Custom 18" Crash
  • Wuhan- 12" China

    Acoustic percussion
  • Fat Conga String Cajon, (3) LP congas, LP Matador bongos, vibraslap, assorted cowbells, assorted shakers, maracas, guiro, ratchet, sleigh bells, agogo bells, thunder tube, handheld and mounted tambourines, woodblock, castinets, triangles, claves, TreeWorks Tre44 studio chimes & Tre54 Chime Damper with integrated mount.

    Electronics
  • Akai MPC 1000 Midi Production Center with 128MB expansion used for drum sampling and MIDI sequencing
  • Dell Inspiron Laptop for sample storage and editing
  • DDRUM 3 high speed triggering interface with pressure and position detection, with onboard sampler
  • DDRUM cast precision pads (3-toms, kick, snare)
  • Mac laptop for use with DDRUM 3 sample storage including over 10,000 acoustic and electronic drum and percussion sounds from around the world.
  • DrumKat turbo 2000 v4.5 midi pad/controller with 10 pads and 9 trigger inputs
  • MalletKat Pro with internal sounds including standard melodic sounds as well as tuned percussion
  • Aura drum throne bass shakers (for live)
  • Sensaphonics ProPhonic 4 in-ear monitors
  • Rane ME30 eq, DC24 compressor/limiter, HC6 headphone amp
  • Furman power conditioner
  • (2) quad rack mount DI's for DDRUM 3 outputs
  • Yamaha Click Station

    Hardware
  • Assorted Drum Workshop tom, cymbal, hi-hat stands and stackers
  • (2)Rock-n-sock thrones with backrests
  • (3)Axis "A" double pedals
  • Assorted Tama cymbal clamps and boom arms
  • DrumTech DTS drum tuning system on snares and toms
  • RoboKey motorized drum key (but no batteries!)

    Sticks
  • Assorted Vic Firth sticks, brushes, mallets, rutes, and blades.

    Drum Heads
  • Bass Drum: Aquarian Super-Kick II batter with Double Kick Pads & Regulator resonant bass drum heads with offset small hole
  • Tom Batter Heads: Aquarian Clear Response 2, Satin Finished Texture Coated, or Clear Performance II tom batter heads/ American Vintage Medium on 1968 Ludwig toms.
  • Tom Resonant Heads: Aquarian Classic Clear
  • Snare Batter Heads: Aquarian TCSXPD, TCRSP2SXPD, Power House Kevlar, and Modern Vintage Medium
  • Snare Side Heads: Aquarian Classic Clear snare heads
  • Snare Wires: Noble & Cooley Cam Action Snares. I use these on all of my 13" and 14" snares. They make a huge difference in sound over "standard" snare wires.