. Trying to avoid the expense of purchasing toms, I will try some of your suggestions when I get back to the studio (where my drums are). Thanks again.[/QUOTE]
I hear you man. Money was the reason I played my PTC kit for so long, (20 yr). I borrowed $1,600 in 88 for that kit. Since then my four kids have grow up and moved out and I felt it was definitely time to buy again. So in 2009 I bought my 8pc Yamaha kit for 3K. I also looked into cutting down my 2 rack toms on the PTC kit a couple of yr. ago which was only a couple of hundred dollars. I decided to leave it be. Power toms could come back you know, lol.