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Larnell Lewis

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The Snarky Puppy drummer who learned "Enter Sandman" from a single listen and recorded it on the second take. A Yamaha artist since 2005, with Zildjian cymbals, Evans heads and one genuinely idiosyncratic drum: a tom fitted with snare wires.

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2018 — In the Moment

His own record, and the year of the Drumeo Metallica video. Fusion-ish sizes rather than anything big, and hydraulic heads on some drums — two plies with a layer of oil between them, which is where the very dead, thuddy sound in his modern playing comes from.

Bass drum — Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit 22"Floor tom — Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit 16"Rack tom — Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit 10"Rack tom — Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit 12"Snare — 14"x6.5" metal snare 14"Hi-hats — Zildjian Hi-hats Crash — Zildjian Crashes Ride — Zildjian Ride
The 2018 kit at a glance. Tap a piece to find it below; sticks, pedals and hardware aren't drawn.
Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple kit fusion sizes — 22" kick, 10"/12" racks, 16" floor ⤷ who plays this
14"x6.5" metal snare ⤷ who plays this
Snare-tom a tom fitted with snare wires — an extra voice that is neither one nor the other ⤷ who plays this
Zildjian Hi-hats ⤷ who plays this
Zildjian Crashes ⤷ who plays this
Zildjian Ride ⤷ who plays this
Evans UV2 heads two-ply with a UV-cured coating ⤷ who plays this
Evans Hydraulic head two plies with an oil layer — no overtones, all thud ⤷ who plays this
Promark 5A hickory, teardrop wood tip ⤷ who plays this
Yamaha hardware ⤷ who plays this

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