Artists and engineers that have collaborated with Ramsey include T-Bone Wolk,[1] Pete Moshay,[1] Kevin Killen,[1] Paul Bryan,[1] Robert Hazard, Mike Mills, Jerry Marotta, Glenn Rosenstein,[2] and Francis Dunnery.
He is drawn to innovative, tasteful, song-centric players who provide appropriate parts for the music.Neil Peart, Phil Collins, John Bonham, Gary Husband, Mitch Mitchell, and Vinnie Colaiuta are among his top influences in this vein.
Ramsey primarily plays a Pearl Masters Series kit (1994), Zildjian cymbals and Remo drumheads.
For variety, he often adds unique "trash" elements to the kit such as 16” unmatched high hats or china cymbals.
In the studio, Ramsey also plays on a Ludwig maple John Bonham-style kit featuring 26x14 bass drum.