Larry has had a long association with Yamaha drums (and hardware), and Paiste cymbals. He also prefers to use ProMark
sticks.
Yamaha Beech custom (white) with:
12" x 8" Brady (Australian) snare WSD-086 14" x 6.5" snare WBD-824 24" x 16" bass drum WTT-814J 14" x 10" tom WTT-816 16" x 14" tom WFT-816 16 x 16" floor tom WFT-818 18" x 16" floor tom 14" rack
*Cymbals and hardware likely to be the same – or similar – to those used on previous tours
(as specified below).
(Europe 1997)
Yamaha Maple "30th Anniversary" (with custom finish).
14" x 8" Brady snare 12" x 4" Yamaha "Peter Erskine" snare for "Streets" 14" x 12" tom left of the hi-hat 16" x 16" floor toms (x2) 24" x 16" bass drum
Yamaha fitted this drumset with a special custom finish.
*Cymbals and hardware likely to be the same – or similar – to those used on previous tours
(as specified below).
Larry used the following kit during the 1993 Zoo TV shows throughout Europe:
Yamaha Maple "30th Anniversary" (with custom metallic finish)
13" x 9" tom-tom above the bass drum 15" x 13" tom-tom left of the hi hat 16" x 16" floor-tom 24" x 16" bass drum 12" x 8" Brady snare drum
Paiste Line Signature Series
16" Power Crash 17" Power Crash 18" Power Crash 18" Full Crash 22" Power Ride 14" Sound Edge hi-hat or... 14" Heavy hi-hat
ProMark 5A Signature sticks Tambourine Latin Percussion cow bell Latin Percussion timbales Two JBL Control 1 speakers
During the 1987 Joshua Tree Tour through North America and Europe, Larry used a Yamaha Turbo
Tour Custom Kit, comprising:
Yamaha bass drum BD824T Yamaha 14" piccolo snare SSD493 Yamaha tom tom TT814T Yamaha floor toms FT916C (x2) Yamaha floor tom FT918C Ludwig 13" piccolo snare Latin percussion Tito Puente timbales
Promark 5A ZX series sticks Latin percussion cow bell Latin percussion wood block Rhythm Tech half moon tambourines (x2)
Joshua Tree Tour kit information obtained from the official 'Rattle
and Hum' book by Peter Williams and Steve Turner.
CS-930 cymbal stands (x4) CS-935 cymbal stands (x3) DFP-780 double foot pedal FP-850 foot pedal HS-930 hi-hat Stand SS-930 snare stand TH-945A tom holder DS-940 drum stool
Rane SM26 Splittemixer Alesis DataDisk (for storing MIDI data) Alesis D4 Yamaha DTS70 drum trigger system E-MU sampler Yamaha tape deck KX 630 Ensonic DP4 Parallel Effect Processor Alesis HR16 drum computer Tech Bullet "Larry Mullen" 12 channel mixer Carver PM600 Magnetic Field Power Amp (for headphones) Carver PM600 Magnetic Field Power Amp (for JBL Control 1 speakers)
Main stage: Bass drum miked with Beyerdynamic M88 or Shure SM91 Snare miked on bottom with Shure SM 57 and B&K 4006 on top Hi-hat miked with B&K 406 or Shure SM81 Cymbals miked with B&K 4011or AKG 414 Toms miked with Sennheiser M421 or Shure SM98 Voice miked with Sennheiser M420 headset or SM58 wireless UHF Headset: Shure SM-58 wireless UHF, or Isomax Countryman
B-stage: Bass drum miked Shure Beta 52 Toms and snare miked with Shure Beta 56 Hi-hat miked with Shure SM-57