JOE MORELLO: Equipment

DRUMS: DW Collector Series in Desert Sand
(custom lacquer finish)

• 5x14 Edge snare
• 9x13 mounted tom
• 16x16 floor tom
• 16x22 bass drum

CYMBALS: Sabian

• 13"AAX Studio hi-hats (brilliant finish)
• 19" AA medium crash (brilliant finish
• 21" prototype ride (for 20" Manhattan)
• 17" AA medium-thin crash (brilliant finish)

HARDWARE: DW

HEADS: DW

Coated single-ply DW heads on batters of all drums, clear heads on bottoms of toms

TUNING:

Joe tunes his snare drum fairly tight and crisp, with the batter head about a fourth lower than the snare side. All drums are played wide open, with the only muffling being a 2" felt strip on the batter head of the bass drum, running from top to bottom about 3" off the center of the head.

STICKS: Pro-Mark Joe Morello signature mode

Joe primarily uses wood-tip sticks, but he occasionally will use nylon tips in playing situations that require a bit more brightness from the ride cymbal.