How many toms you got

[Out of Round]

On two different kits:
- 13/16 (one up/one down)
- 12/14/16 (one up/two down).

 

[bud7h4]

2 up 1 down.
Ideally I'd like 2 down but a 16 and 18 take up too much room and I don't like 14" (I like the wider interval between my 12 and 16)

 

[sumdrumguy]

To answer the question as posed in the subject line, the answer is 141.

But on gigs I use 2 (1 up 1 down) or 3 (2 up 1 down)

When this thread first popped up I interpreted it the same way. I also thought, "I wonder how many toms Bermuda has tucked away."

Now we know

 

[Mr. Heavyfoot]

5 on my Artstar (10 12 13 14 & 16) plus a 10" Pearl acrylic concert tom. Wish I had a matching 8 & 18 but that many drums is too wide a spread for my liking these days. Not a fan of 1/1, but I keep trying to work with it. 2/1 works good for me but if I had 8 10 12 & 14 would be all i'd ever need

 

[Pete The Drummer]

Just 1, a floor tom. I have a tiny car (only just bigger than a smart car), perfect for town driving and getting parked at gigs, but the trade off is I go with a much smaller kit these days.

 

[TOMANO]

Sometimes 2, sometimes 3.

 

[Bo Eder]

Two

 

[Jml]

Usually 1 up, 1 down.

 

[JesterAu]

For me, two.

Graph checks out.

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LOL I am some what confused, as someone with 6 and a skill level of just above beginner I feel it needs revising

 

[Drumolator]

I own three toms, but I only used all three of them once. I usually play one up and one down. Peace and goodwill.

This still true. One tom gets no love from me. Peace and goodwill.

 

[Sausagetoad]

I like 2 rack toms. With three, the hi-hat is too far away. But a fill I like to do is just eights down the toms...snare, tom, tom , tom, it works great in 4/4 time. Plus with one rack, you're always crossing over, and your fills are limited.

 

[joedrum]

I might try a single tom at some point.

That's actually fun. Floor or mounted?

 

[joedrum]

Slim Jim don't need no stinkin tom tom!

 

[joedrum]

One up one down btw.

I'm a legend in my mind but in fact I'm very ok.

 

[dcrigger]

I usually have 3 set-up. Sometimes 4. Rarely 2. Sometimes though rarely more than 4. How many I USE depends on the music and what I choose to play. I've countless sessions - set-up my normal 5 piece - and ended up playing no toms - or hitting one tom once or twice. Same with gigs - I often play gigs (and sessions) where I have little idea of what we are actually going to end up playing. So I tend to set-up a kit that allows me to cover the widest range of things reasonably well.

Other than that - my only thought it.... the graph is nonsense.

 

[MntnMan62]

I have two kits. One has 4 toms and the other has 5 toms.

 

[Lunasee]

I have 3 up (10, 12, 13), 3 down (14, 16, 18) and three rototoms.

 

[Jeremy Bender]

 

[Bozozoid]

A big push on my going 4 piece is that if I can't be happy with 2 toms I'll throw in the towel. I want to be ecstatic over two drums...is that to much to ask drum gods!?. Even with my Premier support hoop 6 piece Signias I heavily favored the 10 and 14. The 12 and 16 were constant downers.

 

[spelman]

How many toms you got?

- All of them