Re: Official JJ JOHNSON thread (on JJ Johnson himself).

[Matt]

those constantinoples crash so beautifully.

[J.]

i actually got the idea for the hats off Nate Morton and then i found out JJ was rockin them aswell. Hopefully on thursday i will be too !

is that the guy from house band or something like that?

and yes matt, they do crash beautifully. man I love those cymbals.

[InSight.]

He uses possibly the best cymbal set-up ever

[Levi.]

With Doyle its 16" A custom over Z custom (my next hi hats )

I'm not quite sure, but I thought with Doyle, he used a 17" A Custom over Z Custom, or 16" K Lights.

And yes, he does have one of my favorite cymbal setups ever.

[Dave-the-drummer]

With Doyle its 16" A custom over Z custom (my next hi hats )

I'm not quite sure, but I thought with Doyle, he used a 17" A Custom over Z Custom, or 16" K Lights.

And yes, he does have one of my favorite cymbal setups ever.

I dunno, maybe i got 16" and 17" mixed up. awk well.

And yes J, Nate morton played on the rockstar house band, but he also pats for the bonnie hunt band and cher etc. His playing is great!

[J.]

With Doyle its 16" A custom over Z custom (my next hi hats )

I'm not quite sure, but I thought with Doyle, he used a 17" A Custom over Z Custom, or 16" K Lights.

And yes, he does have one of my favorite cymbal setups ever.

yeah you're correct Levi. 17" a custom, then 16" K lights. my bad.

yeah he has my favorite everything setup ever.

[Dave-the-drummer]

He had this red ayotte kit that is my favourite kit EVER!

Also i know JJ has like 6,786,495 snare drums but he has this one in particualr that he switches on alot! Its 12" by 7" (i think)and its great, i love its look and sound! I can't remember what song he uses it on but i just remember thinking "Day-um dat snare is P.I.M.P. like a lethal weapon"

[Matt]

isn't that a snare that matches his Ayotte kit?

[Dave-the-drummer]

I think so, i thought he still used it ?

[Matt]

i'm pretty sure he does, i want to say that he uses it as a side snare 100% of the time with JM, at least i think he did both times i've seen him.

that is, if i remember correctly.

[Dave-the-drummer]

Yea i think he might do, i thought he used it alot, i love it!

[Matt]

it sounds absolutely incredible, i wish Ray was still involved with Ayotte, I'd totally get some.

[Dave-the-drummer]

A guitarist in my band, his brother has an ayotte kit! He lives in canada now, he also has a snare built for him by an ex kit builder from DW! His drums are incredible! Ill try and get some pics! He is a big jazz player!

But back to JJ, or this thread will run its course!

[J.]

man I loved JJ's ayotte kit. shame they 'went under'. I wonder what his kit would be like if he was still with them.

[Matt]

Probably something super classy.

[Rubber314chicken]

Like stave drums made of none other than waterfall bubinga?

[Matt]

that would be quite classy.... with ayotte style hoops that are natural maple with a stripe of wateefall bubinga.... SECKS.

[Rubber314chicken]

Yea, that would be really classy. Or you could go for the craviotto style drums like this:

[Matt]

As much as I love Craviotto, I don't really care for the visual appearance of the two tone drums like that, if it were a stripe, visually, i'd like it better...

[Rubber314chicken]

As much as I love Craviotto, I don't really care for the visual appearance of the two tone drums like that, if it were a stripe, visually, i'd like it better...

Like if the orange was brown on the snare?

[Matt]

well, the snare is a little bit better, but i'd rather it be where the top and very bottom stripe are the same and the one in the middle is different, but that's just visually speaking....

so, yeah, exactly like if the orange on the snare was the brown that the bottom is.

[J.]

back to JJ!!
has anyone heard of his U.S. Mail project??

[Matt]

beyond a few words in Modern Drummer, nope.

[J.]

yeah same here.

I wanna look it up.

[InSight.]

More about the U.S. Mail project please?

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