On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Eugene Chung, drummer of the indie pop band, Summer Salt, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on the Reside North American Tour 2026 with Boyscott and Wabie. Summer Salt is currently supporting their newest album, Reside.
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I put the floor tom here where the rack goes just for convenience.
It's just kind of like the style I've always played.
I like to get a lot of the snare sound and not too much of like, I guess like a piccolo sound, not too tight.
Hi, this is Eugene from Somersault and we are on our Reside tour right now.
This tour is going across North America and we are playing songs from our new album, Reside.
We are on tour with Boy Scott and WAP.
This is my drum kit. I have a Ludwig supersonic, it's a 6.5, it's a little deeper.
Yeah, 6.5 depth and 14.
I got, you know, my Ludwig kit.
It's just a, you know, it's like a take on a super classic.
It's heritage blue color style.
Love this kit.
Got a 16 by 16 floor tom.
I put the floor tom here where the rack goes just for convenience.
It's just kind of like the style I've always played.
Got a 22 by 20 kick.
I like to play with these snare weights.
I got the M80 on the floor tom and then I use 270s on the snare, adjustable.
It's just such a great product.
Also for heads, I like to just use the standard Remo Ambassador heads coated on the snare.
I still have the stock Ludwig head on here because I just think it sounds so good.
I'm trying to go as far as I can without changing that.
Use the same thing on the kick.
Out here, we actually have an Evans head because that's who we have helping us get our heads.
So, yeah.
For snare, I go a little tight.
Not too tight.
I like to get a lot of the snare sound and not too much of like, I guess like a piccolo sound.
Not too tight.
For the floor, I'm pretty loose.
As you can hear, try to get that deeper sound.
Only having one tom, kind of try to be a little versatile.
So, hitting it in certain places during certain times, but yeah, just keeping it loose.
Over here, I have some Zildjian new beats that I've had for so long.
Great cymbal.
On the bottom, I have just like a super old Avedis.
Can't really see.
All the labels have been scratched off from just years of wear.
These are just 14s.
14 top, 14 bottom.
I used to play with the bottom on the top for more like bounce,
but, you know, I think I needed a thinner sound with doing vocals and less cymbal bleed.
For my crash, I use a 19-inch Dark Crash from Meinl.
The classic, the Dark Classic Customs.
These are pretty cool cymbals, but I feel like, yeah.
It just gives a nice dark sound.
Kind of loud at times, but it's nice.
I like this cymbal a lot.
So, as you can see, I use two crashes instead of like a ride and a crash.
This is kind of like my ride, but it's a 20-inch Medium Crash by Meinl.
It's a Byzance.
I'd like to get a set of Byzances, but for now, I'm just using this one.
And this, I like this cymbal because it's versatile as well.
It can be used as a ride, even though it's not a ride, but it's big enough to be a ride.
These are Promark Rebound 7A.
I like to play with 7A because I just like the thinness of the stick.
I typically play with these 7A Finesse by Promark.
These are my favorite. They're super light.
The Rebound kind of has like a little more bounce,
so when I play like the drivier songs, I like to switch with this and play these for the softer guys.
So, as you guys know, I use chimes in Somersault Live.
It's a very fun thing. It's just a small tree works chimes.
For my kick pedal, I have this Lowboy that I love here based in Chicago, actually.
I got it at the Drum Exchange a long time ago.
I use a shaker in one song.
I used to have a drum pad, but for this tour, I'm not using it for samples and stuff.
And then we've got our own clips and mics for the tour as well.
So everything's kind of in-house and we try to have as little stands as we can.
And then on the vocal mic, we have this, I think it's called an optogate.
And what it does is you have to be envisioned for it to open a gate for your voice to actually go through.
And it's really helpful for cymbal bleed, being a drummer, that's one of the greatest things.
This is just a standard Ludwig throne that came with the kit.
We were lucky enough to get this kit after some of our stuff got stolen a few years ago.
Thanks.
Thank you guys for watching.
Go check out our album, Reside. We just released it in November.
It's got 13 songs written from us and about our journey living from California to Texas.
Check us out on Instagram and Spotify, Summersault ATX.
Thanks for listening. See you soon.
