Local Oaf
Active Member
Hey everyone,
As some of you know, I have recently lucked into a TAMA Starclassic Performer 4-piece. It was a mf miracle, but it did leave me with a minor inconvenience. The floor tom does not have brackets for tom legs. Great, I know, because that means fewer holes drilled into the shell. It has a TAMA StarCast mounting system instead, which is also great.
The issue is I don't have an additional tom stand and I wanted to run a few options by you all before I shelled out cash to pick one up.
1.) Tom Stand - Solves the problem, may be disproportionately expensive for just one tom.
2.) Combo Tom/Cymbal Stand - A little more oomph for my money and will let me do some real estate shifting for some cymbals. I have found a few options that may keep costs down to a more manageable level.
3.) Tom Cradle - I'm thinking along the lines of a World Max, but I've heard mixed reviews. Anyone with personal experience care to weigh in?
4.) Attachment Clamp - I could theoretically put a clamp with an omni-ball onto my cymbal stand, but I'm apprehensive. I have a PDP 700-series Boom stand on my right side. It has holds up a pretty weighty Zildjian black label Platinum Ride and a trash stack on an extension above the ride. I'm worried it would tip over and put the cymbals and the tom in danger of damage. I've thought I could move the trash stack extension over to my crash cymbal stand to remove a little weight, but I'm still worried the floor tom on a clamp would tip the whole thing anyway. Do y'all think it might work if I just fiddle with how I position the cymbal and the stand?
Anyhow, I'm probably going with either option 2 (combo stand) or option 4 (attachment clamp). Any help you could provide would be great. Thanks!
As some of you know, I have recently lucked into a TAMA Starclassic Performer 4-piece. It was a mf miracle, but it did leave me with a minor inconvenience. The floor tom does not have brackets for tom legs. Great, I know, because that means fewer holes drilled into the shell. It has a TAMA StarCast mounting system instead, which is also great.
The issue is I don't have an additional tom stand and I wanted to run a few options by you all before I shelled out cash to pick one up.
1.) Tom Stand - Solves the problem, may be disproportionately expensive for just one tom.
2.) Combo Tom/Cymbal Stand - A little more oomph for my money and will let me do some real estate shifting for some cymbals. I have found a few options that may keep costs down to a more manageable level.
3.) Tom Cradle - I'm thinking along the lines of a World Max, but I've heard mixed reviews. Anyone with personal experience care to weigh in?
4.) Attachment Clamp - I could theoretically put a clamp with an omni-ball onto my cymbal stand, but I'm apprehensive. I have a PDP 700-series Boom stand on my right side. It has holds up a pretty weighty Zildjian black label Platinum Ride and a trash stack on an extension above the ride. I'm worried it would tip over and put the cymbals and the tom in danger of damage. I've thought I could move the trash stack extension over to my crash cymbal stand to remove a little weight, but I'm still worried the floor tom on a clamp would tip the whole thing anyway. Do y'all think it might work if I just fiddle with how I position the cymbal and the stand?
Anyhow, I'm probably going with either option 2 (combo stand) or option 4 (attachment clamp). Any help you could provide would be great. Thanks!