Beat bottom or A Quick Beat top over A New Beat top) 2x 19" medium thin crashes from any of the A Custom, Avedis or K lines: For example, he has on occasion used two 19" A Custom Projections, on others a 19" K Med Thin Dark and a 19" Avedis Med Thin and on still others a 19" A Custom Projection and a 19" Avedis Med Thin. His Zildjian profile states he uses 2x 19" Avedis med Thin crashes. 21" Avedis Sweet Ride, sometimes with four sizzlers, 22" K Ride, 22" Avedis Medium Ride, or 23" Sweet Ride. A "stack of totally busted stuff on a cymbal stand" was used in The Mars Volta. On the stand were two hi-hats cymbals with holes drilled through them, a splash cymbal with a cracked bell, a Zildjian ZXT Trashformer and various, smaller shredded cymbals with metal washers. Theodore switched to a 17" K China with QOTSA. Hardware: Prior to his endorsement with DW, Jon used Pearl Eliminator single kick pedal and applied surf wax for playing barefoot, along with various straight cymbal stands. Now Theodore uses DW 7000 series Hi-hat and straight cymbal stands with a 5000 pedal. Heads: Remo coated Ambassador on snare batter, CS dots on tom and bass drum batters, clear Ambassadors on bottoms of toms and on front of bass drum. He has also used Powerstroke 3 bass batters (and, on occasion, as resonant heads, too) with a falam pad and coated Ambassadors. Sticks: Jon is a Vic Firth endorser. He uses their American Classic Extreme 5B wood tip model. Discography With Golden Golden Super Golden Original Movement Golden Summer Apollo Stars Rhythm & Beat Jazz 12" With HiM New Features (2001) Five & Six In Dub (2000) Our Point Of Departure (2000) With Hikaru Utada "Kremlin Dusk" (2004) With Royal Trux 3-Song EP (1998) Veterans of Disorder (1999) With Will Oldham Ease Down the Road With Trans Am Illegal Ass EP [[Red Line (album)|The Red Line LP (2000)]] With The Fucking Am Gold (2004) With The Mars Volta Tremulant (2002) De-Loused in the Comatorium (2003) Live (2003) Frances the Mute (2005) Scabdates (2005) Amputechture (2006) With SaberTooth Tiger Death Valley b/w Love Money (GSL 12th Anniversary Single) Extinction Is Inevitable LP (2006) With Omar Rodríguez-López Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo (2007) – "La Tiranía de la Tradición" Old Money (2008) – "Population Council's Wet Dream" &