Mike Klose - Ellicott City, Maryland

My Dream Set: Tama, Midnight Blue, with Paiste Rude cymbals.

I had wanted this set ever since I saw The Police on their "Ghost In The Machine" Tour back in 1981.

Stewart Copeland was playing a navy blue Tama set with Paiste Rude cymbals, the coolest looking & harshest sounding cymbals that I have ever come across.

His set-up was different than mine is now, but I still knew back then what I wanted for myself.

24 years later, I finally got busy and ordered the various parts off of the Internet, slowly putting together my set over approximately a 6-month period until I finally reached the finished product.

22" x 18" Tama Bass Drum
12" x 9" Tama Tom mounted on Tama Road-Pro Snare Stand
14" x 14" Tama Floor Tom
16" x 16" Tama Floor Tom

12" x 5" Pearl Firecracker Steel Snare mounted on Tama Road-Pro Snare Stand

3 - 16" Paiste Rude Crash Cymbals each mounted on double-braced stands
1 - 18" Paiste Rude China Cymbal mounted on double-braced stand
1 - 20" Paiste Rude Ride Cymbal mounted on double-braced stand
1 - 10" Paiste Rude Splash Cymbal mounted on double-braced stand
1 - 14" Paiste Rude Splash/Crash Cymbal mounted on double-braced stand

(Paiste doesn't make a Rude splash cymbal larger than 10", so I bought an extra pair of Paiste Rude 14" hi-hat cymbals & converted the top hi-hat cymbal into a splash/crash cymbal)

1 Pair 14" Paiste Rude Hi-Hat Cymbals