lovemysonors
Senior Member
do you simply use a snare stand to hold your rack tom in order to make a virgin kick?
A virgin kick is a bass drum that has not been drilled for a tom mount. This is regardless of rack toms being present, or not. Probably the 4 most common ways to hang a rack tom (without kick drum involvement) would be using a snare stand, using a tom stand, running the tom off a cymbal stand, or using a drum rack. Simply removing the tom from the kick, however, will not make the kick a "virgin".... in order to make a virgin kick?
A virgin kick is a bass drum that has not been drilled for a tom mount. This is regardless of rack toms being present, or not. Probably the 4 most common ways to hang a rack tom (without kick drum involvement) would be using a snare stand, using a tom stand, running the tom off a cymbal stand, or using a drum rack. Simply removing the tom from the kick, however, will not make the kick a "virgin".
It grips securely, but the rubber grips have a lot of "give" to them, so there's no real noticeable loss of resonance between the sound on the stand, and just holding it.
I find that just the weight of the tom on the bottom rim takes away too much resonance for my taste. That's why I use a RIMS-style tom mounting system for my 12" tom.
Now, that's for rock/blues/pop tuning. If the drums are tuned for jazz, it doesn't matter...