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On this episode of DTB’s “Gear Masters”, Pete Webber, drummer of the industrial metal band, Fear Factory, shows off the gear that he uses onstage, while on the U.S. Demanufactour 2025.

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Pearl Masters Maple Pure Drum Kit in Putty Gray Finish (10" & 12" Rack Toms, 14" & 16" Floor Toms, 20"x16" Bass Drum x2) - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xL7N0x
Pearl Limited Edition 13″×7″ Power Piccolo Snare Drum - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9LXJb4
Aquarian Triple Threat Snare Drumhead - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/ra72Aj
Aquarian Hi-Energy Snare Drumhead with Kevlar Dot - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/POPbjj
Aquarian Classic Clear Snare Bottom Drumhead - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/55Vnab
Aquarian Force Ten Tom Batter Drumheads - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/e16Nv1
Aquarian Classic Clear Tom Resonant Drumheads - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/aO0eRN
Aquarian Super Kick 10 Bass Drumheads - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/APbj0K
Sabian 19″ Neil Peart Signature Paragon China Cymbal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/19m7eD
Sabian 13″ Neil Peart Signature Paragon Hi-Hats - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/JKx2b2
Sabian 18″ HHX Explosion Crash Cymbals - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Z6ZNbK
Sabian 10″ Sick Hats Cymbal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/gO2GPg
Sabian 12″ O-Zone Splash Cymbal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/o47ORo
Sabian Chad Smith Signature Holy China - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Wy1NXJ
Sabian 21″ Raw Bell Dry Ride Cymbal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/09ePQO
Sabian Leopard Ride Cymbal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/EE3ybW
Sabian 18″ O-Zone Crash Cymbal - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6yJEWQ
Gibraltar Low-Profile Drum Rack - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4G1E50
Pearl Axis A Longboard Double Bass Pedals - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/YRJNDe
Rock N Soc Hydraulic Drum Throne - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/MA9bnM
Roland TM-6 Trigger Module - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/K0DzK7
Roland RT-30K Kick Drum Triggers - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/mO7GR7
Roland RT-30 Snare Trigger - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/qz7yDb
Fat Cables Custom Trigger Cables - https://fatcables.eu/
Apogee Duet Audio Interface - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/POPb0j
Shure Compact Tom Microphones with Bendable Arms - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/55Vnbb
64 Audio Custom 12-Driver In-Ear Monitors - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/kOmWj0
Vater 2B “Fear Factory” Signature Drumsticks - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/LKQ2P0

VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - September 17, 2025
Location - The WC Social Club in Chicago, IL

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Transcript
00:00For the snare, I actually cranked the crap out of it.
00:02There's not much of a kick, jump, and fear factory
00:04because we just stuff them and use the trigger.
00:07My jump tech's name is Rocky, and we have the Rocky J Squirrel.
00:30Hello, ladies and gentlemen.
00:37I am Pete Weber, drummer for Fear Factory, and here we'll do a gear rundown for you.
00:43So I'm sponsored by Pearl Jums.
00:46This is a pretty much brand new Pearl Masters Maple Pure in putty gray finish.
00:52Sounds great.
00:53It almost sounds just as good as my custom reference kit I have at home.
00:56We've got a 10, a 12-inch, a 14-inch, and 16-inch.
01:02We have a limited edition Pearl 13x7 power piccolo snare drum.
01:08And then the kick drums are a little smaller.
01:10They're 20x16.
01:12I like the smaller kick drums.
01:14They're a little more good rebound for the fast double bass stuff.
01:17So I'm sponsored by Aquarium Drumheads.
01:19For the top snare, we use a triple threat.
01:22I also kind of dabble with the higher energy.
01:24It has a Kevlar dot in the middle.
01:26The bottom is just a classic clear, as well as all the toms, except we put the black heads
01:31on the bottom just to kind of make it look cool for the audience.
01:35So for the batter heads, we use Force 10.
01:39They're great for heavy metal drummers, for real hard hitters.
01:42Gives a nice punchy attack.
01:44For the kick drums, we use the Super Kick 10.
01:48There's not much of a kick drum in Fear Factory because we just stuff them and use the trigger.
01:52But they're a great sounding kick drum if you're going to use them acoustically as well.
01:56I'm also sponsored by Sabian Cymbals.
01:58I've been with them for about 10 years.
02:00Awesome guys.
02:01Chris, thank you so much.
02:02So for Chinas, we have the Neil Peart from Rush Signature Paragon.
02:06This is a 19 inch.
02:09For high hats, we also have the Neil Peart Signature Paragon 13 inch high hats.
02:13I have two of those, one here and over on the right as well.
02:17For crashes, we're using the HHX Explosions.
02:19I have two 18 inch, one here and one here.
02:24These two are kind of new for me.
02:26This is a 10 inch Sabian Sick Hats.
02:29They just came out last year.
02:30With Fear Factory, I need to have a closed high hat permanently.
02:34So this works great for that.
02:35And I also use it as a stack.
02:36Along with this stack here, we were using just the Splash.
02:40It's an Ozone 10 inch.
02:42But I added the small Holy China, the Red Hot Chili Peppers Jummers Signature one.
02:47And I stacked them together so they gave a nice little chuck there.
02:51So for the ride cymbal, I'm just using this one for now.
02:54I'm actually getting a custom one in soon.
02:56But this is the 21 inch raw bell dry ride.
02:59It's good.
03:00It's just a little washy for me.
03:01So we're getting a leopard ride that has a big power bell on it coming soon.
03:05And then last but not least is the Ozone 18 inch crash.
03:09It kind of has a China crash sound.
03:12So it's kind of cool effect symbol for the kit.
03:15So for the hardware, I have a Gibraltar low profile rack.
03:19I really like the design of this because you can keep everything low and keep the, there's
03:23no cymbal stand.
03:24So on a small riser, you can get a big kit into a smaller area.
03:29And then for pedals, I have Axis A long boards.
03:34They're great for speed.
03:35So for the springs on these, we have the heavier duty spring.
03:39And I have that cranked really tight.
03:41So for the fast double base stuff, it makes your life a little easier.
03:44So I got with Vader drumsticks last year.
03:48And I'm using their 2B model.
03:49This is my Fear Factory signature ones here.
03:52And I use a grip tape on top of that.
03:54Just helps me hold on the stick when I get sweaty during the show.
03:57So for a throne, I use this rock and stock throne.
03:59It's really cool because it's hydraulic.
04:01So you can just adjust it really quick on the fly instead of, you know, the old ones,
04:05you kind of have to twist them like that.
04:07And it's just kind of annoying.
04:08This one, you can just sit in there.
04:11You know, if you're playing, even you can just pop up and down.
04:13So it's really, really cool design.
04:15So with Fear Factory, all our tracks are done on this computer here.
04:18We use Logic Pro.
04:20It's all connected with my triggers and this Apogee Duet as well.
04:25So for the trigger module, we're using a Roland TM6.
04:28We're only using three of the channels right now, so this is Kick 1, Kick 2.
04:32And we actually trigger the snare as well just to give some extra attack.
04:37So we have extra channels in case we want to do, you know, the toms later or something
04:41like that.
04:42So I'm with 6.4 audio in-ears.
04:44These are my custom drivers.
04:46They're 12 drivers.
04:47So there's a lot of low-end, a lot of high-end, a lot of mid-range.
04:51It's a really clear sound.
04:52It almost sounds like you're listening to like a record, which is really awesome for live
04:56shows.
04:57For tuning on the drums, for the snare, I actually crank the crap out of it.
05:00I like a really nice attack.
05:03Make sure it clears everything else in the mix.
05:07For the toms, I kind of keep them...
05:09These ones I keep a little tighter.
05:11I would say, you know, more in the middle.
05:13For the floor toms, we kind of keep them more loose to create that nice low-end that you
05:18want to hear out front in the PA.
05:21And we actually keep little dots on here just to bring the reverberance down on the drums.
05:27It kind of just, like I said, more of attack.
05:29You don't need like the whole boom sound of the toms, just a real nice clear attack sound.
05:35So for the trigger units, we're using the Roland.
05:37This is the RT-30.
05:40For the kicks, it's the RT-30K.
05:44And we're using fat cables to go to the Roland module.
05:48They're a company out of Europe.
05:49They give us all the cables that we have on stage, too.
05:52They're really cool dudes.
05:53So for the tom mics, a lot of the tom mics, they're kind of like the snare.
05:56They're really big and kind of in the way.
05:58A lot of drummers end up hitting them.
05:59So we got these really nice small sure ones and just has a small bendable arm.
06:04They're completely out of the way.
06:05I never have to worry about hitting them.
06:07And they sound really awesome.
06:09So on the drum rack, my drum tech Rocky over here loves his bicycles.
06:14So he brought these custom cup holders for the other guys on stage as well.
06:19I have my Gatorade one here, water there, Milo's Gatorade over here, and Ricky's Gatorade over there.
06:26So it's nice that they can have somewhere to put it.
06:29They don't have to put it on the stage and accidentally knock it off or splash something
06:33on some electronics or whatever.
06:34So we also have some gadgets on here like the Millennium Falcon.
06:37It's got the same color as the drum kit.
06:39We got a little Krusty the Clown here from Simpsons.
06:42You know, probably no one ever sees these kind of things, but he always puts them in
06:46different spots every day.
06:47So I'll just be drumming and I'll just randomly see a Krusty the Clown on the drum kit.
06:54So my drum tech's name is Rocky and we have the Rocky J Squirrel there as well.
06:59Thank you guys for tuning in.
07:01Catch us on tour with Cavalera Conspiracy or on the future.
07:04You can check out fearfactory.com for future tour dates and we have a new album coming out
07:08in 2026.
07:09So keep an eye out for that and thanks for tuning in.
07:11Cheers!
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