Here are some other kits that Lars uses or has used. If you have ANY pics or info on these kits send it to me, at ridersguy@hotmail.com (You'll get credit for your info and pics).
This is a cool set, used for when Metallica plays... well, ACCOUSTIC
SHOWS! lol. It's a gold-yellow-brownish kit. A tom on both sides of the
hi-hats [8"(?) and a 12"(?)]. 2 Crashes and a ride (sizes?). The set is
a Tama Starclassic Maple. Pics:
Lars uses mainly one Backstage kit, the white, but he has been known
to use his blue one. These kits are both from at least 1994 and on (only
two mounted toms).
Specifics:
DRUMS
8"x14" Birch Snare Drum
9"x10" Tom
10x12 Tom
16"x16" Floor Tom
16"x22" Bass Drum
ZILDJIAN CYMBALS
14" Z Dyno Beat High Hat
18" Medium Crash
19" Medium Crash
20" Rock Ride
Pics:
This set was used in the recordings of Load, Reload and Garage
Inc. It is a mixture of two brands. The mounted toms are Tama Starclassic
Maple, and the bass drums are made by Gretsch. These bass drums are the
same ones used in the recording of the black album.
Specifics:
DRUMS
6,5"x14" TAMA Bell Brass Snare Drum
9"x10" TAMA Tom Tom
10"x12" TAMA Tom Tom
16"x16" Gretsch Floor Tom
16"x18" Gretsch Floor Tom
16"x22" Gretsch Bass Drum (x2)
ZILDJIAN CYMBALS
14" Z Custom Dyno Beat High Hat
17" A Medium Crash Brilliant
18" A Medium Crash Brilliant
12" Z Costum Splash
14" Z Custom Dyno Beat High Hat
19" A Medium Crash Brilliant
18" A Medium Crash Brilliant
18" Oriental China Trash
20" Z Custom China Boy
20" A Ping Ride Brilliant
TAMA HARDWARE:
Titan Cymbal Boom Stands HC104TB (x8)
Iron Cobra Beat Pedals (x2)
Titan HS90 Snare Stand (x1)
Titan HT90 Throne (x1)
Lever-Glide HH95NL Hi-Hat (x1)
X-Hat HH95XH (x1)
Pics:
This set was used in the recording of the black album. It
surprisingly is not a Tama. It is a Gretsch set. The hats used in this set
were Sabian rock hats - 15". Pics:
This set is a Tama Imperial Star kit. Not much to say about it. Pics:
This kit is unknown to me. When he used it, what brand etc. Pics:
When Lars was about 10 years old (1974) he and his friends pertended they were Deep
Purple. Lars was the drummer. His drums were made of cardboard boxes.
In 1977 Lars asked his grandmother to buy him a drumkit. Because he was
a big fan of Deep Purple he wanted to have the same brand as his favourite
drummer, Ian Paice, used - a Ludwig set. But he did not have much time to play it
in Denmark, because soon the whole family moving to Los
Angeles, USA.
James later said that he thought Lars' first drumkit looked like a set from
"The Muppets Show".
