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

[J.]

haha yeah dave I remember your comment. but I was already starting to get into him. but you helped. haha.

[Dave-the-drummer]

Here is my Favourite JJ kit:





Gotta love Ayotte, im so jealous of my friends Bro, he owns an ayotte kit.

[InSight.]

Looks like he liked it too! Ha-ha.

But that's a really nice looking kit, very cool

[Levi.]

I dunno, his Ayottes are amazingly nice, but I think I like his Ludwigs a little bit more.

[J.]

I think I dig his ayottes more..
Imagine his ayottes with his current setup now... yumm!!

[Matt]

i actually like the Ayotte kit a lot more than any of his ludwig kits.

[J.]

same here. it's probably the wood hoops.

but i like his current setup more

[Dave-the-drummer]

I think i like everything about the old set up more.

[61'.]

What are his specs on his white marine ludwig 5th photo in the first post? :Dnevermind the snare, I know he uses like 5 or something ;P

[Dave-the-drummer]

I think it looks a little smaller than his usual 24" kick 13"x9" rack 16" and 18" floors. I can' tell if he has 2 floors in the wmp or not.

I would guess 22"x16" kick, 12"x8 rack, 16"x14" floor and 18"x16". plus one of his many many snares.

[61'.]

anyone else wanna help?

[Levi.]

I'm gonna agree with Dave on the kick, but I think he's still using the 13x9 rack tom, 16x16 and 18x16 setup. Again, you can't really tell if it's one or two floors.

[Dave-the-drummer]

Yea i was just guessing, its hard to tell about the floor toms.

[Taylor.]

Here's a video with a few decent shots of the Ayotte kit, in case some of you guys haven't seen it.
Sounds great too. Especially the snare, which I think is his 14x6.5 Keplinger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA8jmW-4WEs

He
may have had a second floor tom, but I think every time I've seen this
kit he was only using one, and this is no exception. And I'm thinking
he's got a 12" up front on this kit, but it is hard to tell.

That big snare fill he rips into at 1:35 almost overpowers the rest of the band in the mix. haha. I dig it.

[InSight.]

Learn to use the internet, Taylor

[Taylor.]

Learn to use the internet, Taylor

Oh for the love.
Uggghh. I did it again, didn't I ?
That's twice so far in just one night.

Accident. Someone tell me how to delete a post. hahaha.

[Matt]

i love that Ayotte kit, a lot.

and yeah, that fill is huge. i love it.

[Dave-the-drummer]

Mmmm i love huge fills like that, a lil' more tom-age may have been nice but yea, thats my kind of fill.

[J.]

that is one of my favorite videos of JJ.
that snare sounds like my chad smith sig snare!

[Dave-the-drummer]

I never new JJ was an endorsee of Aquarian heads. I wonder what heads he uses.

[Levi.]

I never new JJ was an endorsee of Aquarian heads. I wonder what heads he uses.

Apparently he uses Texture Coated top and bottom on his toms, I would guess a TC snare batter, no idea about his bass or snare side.

[J.]

well he uses a coated bass drum batter.

[Dave-the-drummer]

Yea for some reason i thought he used Evans silly me.

[Taylor.]

From what I've seen, I think he's usually running a Texture Coated Force I on the batter side of the kick.

I could be wrong, but I haven't noticed the black muffle ring around the edge, which are characteristic of the SuperKick and Impact bass heads, so the Force seems like the most likely option.

That, or maybe even just a standard 22"-24" Texture Coated or Response 2 batter head is a possibility also. Did the Modern Drummer article mention anything about it ?

[J.]

I just found out JJ Johnson was the drummer for Charlie Mars' "like a bird, like a plane"

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