Matt Sorum In Guns N Roses

[tom bower]

I no this is a stupid question but what snare does Matt Sorum use on the Use Your Illision 1992 tour in tokyo?

[Thrush]

I'm not 100% sure what model, but it's deffo a Yamaha

[~deadly-drums~]

pretty sure hes signed DW??

[PureRockFury]

Back in Guns N' Roses he was a Yamaha artist...for quite a few years after that too. That snare was a 14x6.5 or even maybe a 14x8 Birch snare. I have that video and the UYI 1 video as well. Matt Sorum is a great player by any standards. His playing on the cd's was controlled by producers and labels but when he was able to unleash his fury he did it well.

[tom bower]

Cheers, did he ever use a Ludwig Black Beauty for Guns recoardings or live.

[tom bower]

Do you no on what recoarding for Velvet Revolver he used his black beauty?

[PureRockFury]

In Guns N' Roses live performances he always had to use Yamaha and Zildjian products because of his endorsements. In the studio he could have used anything he wanted and I'm sure he probably did. Now with Velvet Revolver he is and has been a DW artist for quite some time, as said before he has to use those products live but in the studio who knows what he used

[Russvoid]

i'd also love to know what snare he plaed on those guns tours.... it sounded great!

[havenscradle]

i have the tour book.........and matt's my favorite by far...........but anyway, on teh UYI tour he used Yamaha Rock Tour Custom drums..........they're no longer made......but i beleive they were mahogany/birch.........as for the sanre........it was a 14x8 with a 2 ply coated head and the stock yamaha snare side head......he also used an auxilary Joe Montineri snare.........but it was like a 12x4

[havenscradle]

oh yeah, an Timmy Doyle was his tech, and now Timmy is teh tech for Joey Kramer.......can't wait to see VR play in Charlotte

[octagon]

when guns ´n roses played in brazil (Rock ´n Rio-92) Matt sorum used a Remo´s clear head in the snare.

[FiregloRy]

He used a dozen snares in the studio for recording the two "Illusions". On all the ballads he played a Yamaha 14x8 birch snare ("The Big Red"). He used a Black Beauty and a Sonor brass snare drum as well.

[czx]

I remember him saying he used a prototype Yamaha carbon fibre shell alot back then.

[Mavrck033@aol.com]

He now currently uses a "6.5X14" DW Copper snare or Ludwig Black Beauty snare.

[Beat Poet]

I no this is a stupid question but what snare does Matt Sorum use on the Use Your Illision 1992 tour in tokyo?

I can't bring up all the research I did, but everything points to it being a Yamaha Recording Custom 14x8, birch. You can buy the modern equivalent today, I did, as I've played in GNRs tributes for years. Naturally it works brilliantly for GNRs and it fits the other applications I use it for too. Various videos seem to show that that snare remained a near-constant through the tour, though there is an alternate one at https://www.instagram.com/p/BmK00eLAi7z/, used in South America at the end of 92, right from the horse's mouth.

One question I'd like answered is what was his second snare on that tour, as it worked as brilliantly with the snares on (Nov Rain outro intro, Estranged military parts, drum solo licks) as it did off (KOHD reggae and more). I have this little 10x7 Gretsch I use, which does a good enough job, but I do love Matt's second snare.