bits and bobs and where to put them

[dan-the-man278]

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone could help me out...

For a while now, i've been collecting a few extra bits of percussion kit but now i'm struggling with where to put them... I have a half moon tambourine, two LP jam blocks and a medium sized cowbell and I want to know what kind of stands i will need if I want to use them when playing kit.

I would also like to spend as little money as possible as i'm saving for new heads and cymbals etc. (aren't we all??)

Thanks,
DAN

[spartacus1989]

Can you post your setup pictures or go to http://www.dwdrums.com/kitbuilder/kitbuilder.aspto give us an idea of what the kit looks like.

[sticksnstonesrus]

Sorry about the huge pic....I don't have a better one available, but I use a four-peg cross-clamp (I think it's LP) that attaches to a single cymbal stand that I have on the left side of my rack. I have the half-moon tambo, blast block, cowbell, and chimes above. Just a couple inches over my hi-hat...

http://www.picpile.net/ims/pic_450w0ZKg/23798.jpg

[dan-the-man278]

it's just dead basic snare, bass drum, 2 rack toms, low tom, hats and crash cymbal just next to that. how much is the 4-way clamp stand and will it work? my cowbell and blocks have screw clamp things on them already, but the tambourine doesnt...

DAN

[Deathmetalconga]

Check out this thread also: http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23501

If you have some basic tools, you could make a lot of your own mounts. Mainly you need a good vise, a propane torch, a hacksaw, some large pliers/channel locks and a 3/8" coarse thread die tapper and threader (and scrap metal).

Here is an extreme possibility that also involved welding:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/KahunaSetinModernDrummerDec.jpg

For about $75, less than the cost of a few LP mounts, you could be making your own custom mounts like these:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Stand1.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Fengmod3.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Fengmod2.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Footcowbell.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Stand2.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Foottambourine.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Footblock.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l53/Agogobell/Cymbalsstacked2.jpg