Im kind of at an inbetween point with my drum set up. I was going for the big thrash monster kit, but i find myself slowly culling out elements i find i dont use that much.
Right now all the available gear i have is:
Drums
Gretsch Catalin Ash:
22" Kick
8", 10", 12" 13" Mounted toms
14", 16" floor toms
14" snare
Cymbals
Zildjian
14" A custom mastersound hats
18" A custom fast crash
20" A custom ride
20" Oriental china trash
20" A Rock ride
18" A Rock crash
12" A Splash
9" Zil Bell
Sabian:
17" AAXplosion crash
10" Chopper
Wuhan:
14" China
Now recently i took out the 13" tom and the chopper, both of them i used, but not too much, and with the 13" tom gone i can make room on my right side for a ride inbetween the mounted and floor toms. I do miss the chopper for some accent work, but use my splash and smaller china to replicate it anyways. I noticed a huge improvement in speed and accuracy while playing because my mounted toms stretched out way too far to the right.
Im just wondering if having a rack for all of this junk would allow me to use every piece and put it in a spot where i could use all 4 mounted toms and keep my ride nice and low between where the 13" would sit and the 14" floor tom if that makes any sense. The double tom mount on the bass drum seems to be the #1 thing holding me back at the moment. I have tried moving everything around with the hardware i have, and gave up after 3 hours of shifting junk and not finding a good setup.
The only additions i want to make to my kit would be an X hat for a closed hat while doing double bass licks, but im thinking a cobra clutch will eliminate that need. The REAL thing holding me back is that with the 3 mounted toms my setup is super comfortable, and i end up using my two floor toms way more, as i have been able to move them a bit closer. The flip side of the coin being that the 13" tom had a really neat sound when tuned either high or low, and was kind of a neat thing to spice up fills.
Any advice on this issue would help me out big time.
Right now all the available gear i have is:
Drums
Gretsch Catalin Ash:
22" Kick
8", 10", 12" 13" Mounted toms
14", 16" floor toms
14" snare
Cymbals
Zildjian
14" A custom mastersound hats
18" A custom fast crash
20" A custom ride
20" Oriental china trash
20" A Rock ride
18" A Rock crash
12" A Splash
9" Zil Bell
Sabian:
17" AAXplosion crash
10" Chopper
Wuhan:
14" China
Now recently i took out the 13" tom and the chopper, both of them i used, but not too much, and with the 13" tom gone i can make room on my right side for a ride inbetween the mounted and floor toms. I do miss the chopper for some accent work, but use my splash and smaller china to replicate it anyways. I noticed a huge improvement in speed and accuracy while playing because my mounted toms stretched out way too far to the right.
Im just wondering if having a rack for all of this junk would allow me to use every piece and put it in a spot where i could use all 4 mounted toms and keep my ride nice and low between where the 13" would sit and the 14" floor tom if that makes any sense. The double tom mount on the bass drum seems to be the #1 thing holding me back at the moment. I have tried moving everything around with the hardware i have, and gave up after 3 hours of shifting junk and not finding a good setup.
The only additions i want to make to my kit would be an X hat for a closed hat while doing double bass licks, but im thinking a cobra clutch will eliminate that need. The REAL thing holding me back is that with the 3 mounted toms my setup is super comfortable, and i end up using my two floor toms way more, as i have been able to move them a bit closer. The flip side of the coin being that the 13" tom had a really neat sound when tuned either high or low, and was kind of a neat thing to spice up fills.
Any advice on this issue would help me out big time.