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Sarah Jones

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A founding member of New Young Pony Club who became a first-call touring drummer for Hot Chip, Bat for Lashes, Kurt Vile and Harry Styles. A hybrid rig built around a vintage Slingerland kit in lavender satin flame — a seventy-year-old drum set doing arena duty.

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2022 — Love On Tour

The Harry Styles residencies, including fifteen consecutive nights at Madison Square Garden. Old drums are warmer and drier than new ones, which is the right choice for this music — and the single trigger pad means the electronic parts of the arrangements come off her hands rather than off a track.

Bass drum — Vintage Slingerland kit Floor tom — Vintage Slingerland kit Rack tom — Vintage Slingerland kit Rack tom — Vintage Slingerland kit Snare — Vintage Slingerland 14" snare 14"Hi-hats — Meinl Hi-hats Crash — Meinl Crashes Ride — Meinl Ride
The 2022 kit at a glance. Tap a piece to find it below; sticks, pedals and hardware aren't drawn.
Vintage Slingerland kit lavender satin flame — a genuinely rare finish to see on an arena stage ⤷ who plays this
Vintage Slingerland 14" snare ⤷ who plays this
Meinl Hi-hats ⤷ who plays this
Meinl Crashes ⤷ who plays this
Meinl Ride ⤷ who plays this
Remo Coated Emperor on everything — two-ply, warm, controlled ⤷ who plays this
Roland BT-1 trigger pad a thin bar trigger clamped to a rim — the cheapest entry into hybrid drumming there is ⤷ who plays this

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