I'm really picky about the gear I use. I'm quite attached to the characteristics of my set of timpani, I play on either calfskin heads (of a specific thickness and which I've tucked myself) or a specific model of Remo heads, and my current go-to pairs of mallets have been carefully chosen over a number of years. My gear makes it easy for me to sound like me when I make music – it's critically important to my comfortability and ability to express myself as a performer. I use t