Miller's Drums

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Michael Miller currently plays the following:

• Drum Workshop drums, hardware, and pedals, in natural maple satin oil finish with brass lugs and rims
  • 8 x 10 tom
  • 10 x 12 tom
  • 12 x 14 tom
  • 14 x 16 tom
  • 18 x 22 bass drum
  • 6 1/2 x 14 Craviotto solid-maple snare drum
  • 5 1/2 x 13 bronze snare drum  
     
• Sabian and Zildjian cymbals
  • 9" Sabian Mike Portnoy Signature Max Splash
  • 14" Sabian AA El Sabor hi-hats
  • 16" Sabian AA Sound Control crash
  • 16" A. Zildjian thin crash
  • 17" A. Zildjian thin crash
  • 20" Sabian AA medium ride
  • 20" Sabian AA Raw ride
  • 22" Zildjian Swish Knocker
     
• Evans drum heads
   
• Vic Firth Buddy Rich signature sticks
   
• Shure microphones
  • Beta 52 (bass drum)
  • SM57 (3: one for the snare drum and two overheads)

Miller also owns a 1974-vintage Fibes set (made by CF Martin) with fiberglass shells and antique copper finish. This set (what Fibes called the Forte set) consists of a 5 x 14 SFT 690 snare drum, 8 x 12 tom, 9 x 13 tom, 16 x 16 tom, and 14 x 22 bass drum. The original Fibes Uniball double tom holder has been replaced with a late-70s Rogers MemriLoc holder; all other drum hardware is original. Accompanying this set are vintage Orange bass drum and hi-hat pedals (imported from France and distributed in the U.S. by Pro-Mark) and 70s-era Slingerland cymbal stands.  

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