 Gaynor has played a variety of drum sets over the years, including and currently Natal drums, and uses Remo drumheads.He has played a variety of cymbals as well, including at first Paiste during at the start of his career, but then switched to Zildjian in the early 1980s upon joining Simple Minds, which he played for much of the duration of his career.He has also endorsed Anatolian, UFIP, and also Meinl cymbals at various other stages in his career.