Editing John Dolmayan (section)

== Equipment ==
[[File:John Dolmayan's Drum Kit @ Super-Con 2007.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Dolmayan's drumset]]
Dolmayan uses [[Tama Drums]] and hardware, [[Paiste]] cymbals, [[Evans Drumheads]], LP percussion and his signature [[Vater Percussion|Vater]] drumsticks.
*'''Drums''' – [[Tama Drums|Tama]] Starclassic Bubinga<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tamadrum.co.jp/artist/tama_artist.php?artist_id=132 |title=John Dolmayan's drum setup on the Tama USA website |language=ja |publisher=Tamadrum.co.jp |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929160745/http://www.tamadrum.co.jp/artist/tama_artist.php?artist_id=132 |archive-date=September 29, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
**10"×8" Rack Tom
**12"×9" Rack Tom
**13"x10" Rack Tom
**16"×14" Floor Tom
**18"×16" Floor Tom
**22"×18" Bass Drum
**14"×6" John Dolmayan Signature Snare
*'''Cymbals''' – [[Paiste]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=setup&endorserid=394 |title=John Dolmayan's cymbal setup on the Paiste website |publisher=Paiste.com |date=February 8, 2007 |access-date=October 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927132347/http://www.paiste.com/e/endorser_det.php?page=setup&endorserid=394 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**Traditionals 22" Medium Light Swish
**RUDE 14" Hi-Hat
**2002 6" Bell Chime
**Signature 18" Fast Crash
**Signature 10" Splash
**Signature 8" Splash
**RUDE 14" Hi-Hat
**Signature 19" Full Crash
**RUDE 24" Mega Power Ride
**2002 24" Big Ride
**2002 19" Wild China
*'''Sticks''' – [[Vic Firth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/dolmayan.php|title=Artists – Vic Firth|access-date=December 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225080420/http://vicfirth.com/artists/dolmayan.php/|archive-date=December 25, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
**John Dolmayan Signature 16" length, .580" diameter

In the early 2000s, Dolmayan, an avid comic book collector and vendor since childhood, commissioned a group of notable [[comics artist]]s to create artwork for the [[drum kit]] he used. He had [[Arthur Adams (comics)|Arthur Adams]] illustrate a scene of giant women fighting robots and [[Godzilla]]; [[Simon Bisley]] illustrated the [[Hulk]] and [[Thing (comics)|Thing]]; [[Kevin Eastman]] provided illustration of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]; and [[Tim Vigil]] depicted a sexually explicit scene of demons engaged in a sex act.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2006/08/08/system-downs-drummer-his-art-covered-kit/|title=System of a Down's drummer on his art-covered kit|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|author=Collis, Clark|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 8, 2006|access-date=May 12, 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120165340/https://ew.com/article/2006/08/08/system-downs-drummer-his-art-covered-kit/}}</ref>