Cobus

Cobus Potgieter (born October 23, 1986),  known on YouTube as deedlebag is best known as a South African drummer who is best known for his drum covers and for starting the YouTube Band Project. He is the 2nd most subscribed drummer on YouTube.

Biography
Born Pieter Jacobus Potgieter in Carnavon, South Africa, Cobus grew up in a non-musical family. In fact, he didn't touch a drum until he was 16. He first tried out the drums when he went to an outreach in the local church with his friends; the drummer showed them a basic 4/4 rock beat, then invited someone in the audience to try it out; Cobus agreed. When he was able to play it without much effort, he realized that he was itching to play the drums again. The next year, his parents bought him a cheap no-name brand drum kit.

YouTube Beginnings
In the summer of 2006, he was getting ready to play at the church he attended when his friend asked him to play something. He agreed, and he played a 46-second solo. He then uploaded the video to YouTube under the username "deedlebag".

A year later, he found himself not being able to sleep one night; he then went to the "student church", set the church's camera in an overhead postion, went on the drums and reocorded 11 covers in that single night. This would be later known as the "Overhead Series" of covers.

Videos
His most popular video is - Cobus - Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife (Drum Cover)  with over 7 million views.

His least popular video (as of December 2013) is  - Ventura Lights - Way Up Here: NOW ON iTUNES!

Gear
He uses :


 * Drums : Drum Workshop/ PDP :


 * 14" X 5.5 Snare
 * 8" X 7" Rack Tom
 * 10" X 8" Rack Tom
 * 12" X 9" Rack Tom
 * 14" X 12" Floor Tom
 * 16" X 14" Floor Tom
 * 22" X 18"Bass Drum


 * Cymbals: Sabian


 * 13" HH Fusion Hi-Hats
 * Stacked : 10" AAX Splash and 10" China Kang
 * 18" Vault Saturation Crash
 * 18" HHX Groove Crash
 * 6" AA Splash
 * 20" AAX ISO Ride
 * 22" AAX Omni
 * 18" Artisan 3-point Crash
 * 20" AA China
 * Drumsticks : Pro-Mark Drumsticks - Cobus Potgieter Signature Series Drumsticks


 * Drumheads : Evans Drumheads -


 * Snare : Genera HD (Batter/Top) Hazy 300 (Resonant/Bottom)
 * Tom-tom : G2 Coated (Batter/Top) G1 Clear(Resonant/Bottom)
 * Bass Drum : EMAD2 Clear (Batter/Top)