williamsbclontz
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Try playing with just rototoms as toms like this:
Or set em up like Mark Heron
That is one sexy cymbal collection
Try playing with just rototoms as toms like this:
Or set em up like Mark Heron
OOOPs....forgot to download photos......
Love this!! Being a snare drum addict, this makes perfect sense to me
Works great! Properly tuned, you'd not know they aren't toms AND you have greater flexibility on the look. See a snare that just looks great? Buy it and rather than hide it between your legs behind a bass, mount it as a tom. Voila! snare collection gets seen AND heard.
Also the larger playing service makes it much easier to play. JW
In clarification for this thread - do you ever play the kit with all snares turned on for another flavor? Perhaps you have all the "tom" snare wires removed, I can't tell from the photos. Might be a buzzing frenzy. I have played with three snare drums before and liked the options.
I got 6 hand drums of various configurations from an estate sale a few years back and experimented using those. Had a 12" and a 13" djembes as toms for a while along with a 14" supertumba conga that was cut off at the bottom (due to damage) that made a great floor tom.
The djembe's were all key tuned (no cords) and with standard heads on them (although the fit was funky), I got a pretty decent sound. Certainly different than the usual reso headed tom set up. All this combined with the 22x8 pancake kick made for a decent sounding conversation set.
I love to think outside the box like this & have come to understand that anything can compliment your kit as long as the sound and ease of play is right. My favourite bell cymbal was a 6" saw blade that had just the right ring to it.
The sky's the limit for sure.
My favourite bell cymbal was a 6" saw blade that had just the right ring to it.
The sky's the limit for sure.
You could always get cheesy... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL9BrZ-zUpQ
Maybe the answer is to strip everything down and try using your existing stuff in a different way. Maybe just snare and hi hat or kick and hi hat.
You're right. Then again we live in Arizona, so we have an inherent sense of being different. Or is it territorial?