I have a 22" kick. It's fine. I'm not that tall and I like playing on a 20" kick because it brings the toms down a little. I heard an awesome BLX 20" kick the other day and I was wondering how many of you use a 20" kick and what are it's major limitations.
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I've had from 18" to 26" bass drums so far. I do not think of any kit as being for a particular kind of music. You can play anything in any context. So what drumset I'm using has never been dictated by the genre.
However, the set I'm using has sometimes been dictated by the space I'm playing in, and if I'm working for someone I don't know very well, or if I do know them well and know them to be "conservative"/"traditional", then I'll take a kit that fits in with the norms, that caters to the common myths and won't seem odd. However, I do not
agree with those beliefs at all. I'll cater to them for a paycheck without a hassle and with a good chance of getting called back, but I really believe that they're nonsense. Once I get to know someone better, and I know they like my playing, I'll start stretching the envelope.
At the moment, however, for acoustic bass drums, I only have a 22" and a 24". I'm going to be getting either an 18" or 16" soon, too. Aside from the comments above, I wouldn't hesitate to use any of them for any style of music. Keep in mind, however, that left to my own devices, I'm also never trying to do stereotypical things that fit into a genre. I actually loathe that approach.