Jojo Mayer

In this photo originally sourced from the Rock Shop in New Zealand, Jojo Mayer's custom kit includes the following; 20” x 17.5” bass drum, 14” x 14” floor tom, 10” x 8” mounted tom, 8” x 7” mounted tom, 14” x 5” snare drum and a 13” x 5” snare drum all in the Sonor Prolite Series.

At the 1:00 minute point in the Vic Firth Jojo Mayer Performance Spotlight, Jojo Mayer is seen playing the Sabian 10” Vault Fierce Hi Hats.

In the photo of Jojo Mayer, he is seen using a 600 series Hi-Hat stand from Sonor.

At the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, Jojo Mayer is seen playing the Sonor X-Hat.

Jojo Mayer uses the Sabian 14" Hoop Crasher, as highlighted by Sabian's Marketing Manager, Luis Cardoso. This versatile effects cymbal is popular among many top artists, including Tim Austin, Rodney Howard, and Mark Guiliana, who all incorporate it into their setups.

At 6:48 in this video from SabianVault, Jojo says about the El Sabor Salsa Splash, "I choose because I was looking for a small sized cymbal that doesn’t sound splashy, but sounds like a pinched up crash cymbal."

During the Vic Firth Performance Spotlight, Jojo Mayer is seen playing a Sonor 600 series Hi-Hat at the 0:22 point of his performance.

At the Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, Jojo Mayer is seen playing the Sonor TA 478 Tom Arm.

Sabian has coordinated with Jojo Mayer to come up with a complex blend of raw tone and semi-dry 'tah' stick sounds which combines for a fierce yet controllable ride.

The 13" HHX Fierce Hats were designed for Jojo Mayer according to Sabian's artist page.

On Jojo Mayer's website under his Tech Ryder for his band Nerve, he requests that he has Evans G-Plus Coated for his setup.

On Jojo Mayer's website under his Tech Ryder for his band Nerve, he requests that he has Evans Genera clear resonant heads for his setup.

On the Evans Artists' page, Jojo Mayer lists the Evans 300 Clear for his snare drum.

According to the Evans Artist page, Jojo Mayer uses the Evans Hydraulic Black series for his bass drum.

In this video from Sabian, at 1:28 Jojo talks about these Cymbals saying "basically I use the Chinese cymbal that’s kind of like my distortion pedal, it’s like when I really want to get into wrapping the stage into a cloud of sound."

This is a 27 ply Beech Snare. If you drop it on someones head, you can murder someone. That snare drum has that type of sound for what I can do.

Jojo Mayer has designed a custom pedal with Sonor to his standards of playing with perfect balance.

On Jojo Mayer's website under his Tech Ryder for his band Nerve, he requests that he has 5 short boom arm cymbal stands for his setup.

Sabian has set up a website highlighting the new 18" Omni series designed by Sabian and Jojo Mayer.

Sabian has set up a website highlighting the new 22" Omni series designed by Sabian and Jojo Mayer.

The Sabian 19" HHX Fierce Crash was designed for Jojo Mayer. It has a thin crash speed and explosiveness with the raw, oriental aggressiveness and dirty tone of a chinese model.

The Sabian 18" HHX Fierce Crash was designed for Jojo Mayer according the Sabian artist page.

In this TED Talk with Jojo Mayer, he is seen having the 10" Sabian Chopper in his set up at the 14:00 minute point.

@dazzler123 also spotted Jojo mentioning the Chopper at beginning of this video from Sabian.

On the Rockshop Drum Blog, the Sabian 14” HHX Evolution China is listed as part of Jojo Mayer's drum set up.

Jojo Mayer is seen playing the the Sabian 19" Holy China on the left side in the overhead shot at 0:24 secs of the Performance Spotlight for Vic Firth Drumsticks.

On the Evans Artists' page, Jojo Mayer uses the Evans Hybrid Coated.

According to the Evans Artist page, Jojo Mayer lists the Evans Hydraulic Glass Bass drum head as part of his setup.

In a Vic Firth product spotlight, Jojo Mayer describes his Signature drumstick.

Designed with Jojo Mayer, the HHX Omni delivers the ultimate in sonic contrast and versatility. This new dark Omni provides more nuanced tone on the ride surface and adds the dimension of playing the shoulder.

In this post jojo shows off the hhx anthology range he designed with sabian. This was designed to be the most versatile cymbals sabian makes.