Vinny Appice as well as Aquarian drumheads and at one point used Zildjian and then Sabian cymbals. Drums: Sawtooth Command series: Appice frequently alters his drum and cymbal setup depending on the artist he's playing with, but usually favors a setup consisting of a 24"x16" bass drum, 10"x8" and 13"x10" rack toms, and 16"x16" and 18"x16" floor toms with a 14"x6.5" snare. Drumheads: Evans: Cymbals: Istanbul Mehmet: Appice usually favors a simple cymbal setup consisting of hi-hats, a ride, two, three, or four crashes, and a china. Drumsticks: Chromacast 5B Vinny Appice Vincent Samson Appice (born September 13, 1957) is an American
Siku (instrument) musicians were required to play the siku, each one taking one row of the instrument. One part of instrument is called "ira", another "arka". It is considered that spiritually "ira" corresponds to male principle and "arka" to female. When many musicians divide in two parts, first playing "ira" and second playing "arka", this gives Andean music a distinctive stereophonic sound. Hear . Now it is more common to see one musician playing both rows of the instrument together, but rustic ensembles retain traditional playing. The most widespread variety of siku, "siku ch'alla", contains 13 pipes (6 in "ira" and 7