Van Romaine : Equipment

In Van's various playing and recording situations he uses two different kits. One of the kits is used with the Steve Morse Band. The other kit is referred to as the acoustic/electronic kit.

Click here to see a breakdown of the acoustic/electronic kit.

A breakdown of Van's setup used with the Steve Morse Band.

Drums: Gretsch

A. 5x10 snare
B. 5x14 Snare
C. 3x8 snare
D. 8x10 tom
E. 10x12 tom
F. 14x14 floor tom
G. 16x16 floor tom
H. 18x22 bass drum

Cymbals: Sabian

1. cymbal stack (18" B8 Pro bottom,18" HHX Extreme crash)
2. 13" sound control
3. 16" AA El Sabor
4. 18" HHX studio crash
5. 14" regular hi-hats
6. 16" studio crash
7. 21" HHX dry ride
8. cymbal stack (20" AAX china bottom,19" AA med crash)
9. 12" regular hi-hats

All Hardware: Gibraltar

Heads: Evans
toms: coated G2 on top, coated G1 on bottom
snares: coated G2 on top, snare side 300 hazy
kick: EQ3 beater side, EQ1 resonant side

Sticks: Vater LA 5A's, Acoustiks, Acoustiks Solid, Splash Sticks and Retractable Brushes

Percussion: Toca

Electronics: Ableton/Live 7 with RME interfaces. Roland TD-20, Hart Dynamic pads.

Microphones: Beyer Dynamic
kick: Opus 99
snare: M 201
rack toms: Opus 88
floor toms: Opus 87
hi-hats: MC 930
overheads: MC 840