Greetings everybody! I was finding with the clamp-on tom mounts that I was flying off of my cymbal stands, that the toms would sag during play, and sometimes just while they were sleeping waiting for me they'd drop down. I couldn't get the socket tight enough around the ball, and I wasn't a huge fan of clamping on the stands anyway, having grown up on the "2-up over the bass" setup. I've played around with snare baskets and the offset option, but I've always come back to 2-up. I have a virgin bass drum that I didn't want to drill a mount into, but I was considering the sliding DW one among others. These drums are literally like new for being around 2010 or so, and I didn't want to drill it. I'm no purist (I've already had the BD altered to suit my needs by a pro) but I couldn't decide 100% on the BD mount. Anyway, I researched, and researched and RESEARCHED, and pulled the trigger on the Ludwig Atlas Arch. I bought 2 of them to add the 2nd upright to one arch and it works GREAT. It all mounted on easily and start-to-finish, I was playing my drums in under an hour.
I used the 2nd arch mounts to remove the GTS mounts on my toms to clean up (and lighten up) the look. If I decide to go back with the GTS mounts, I'll use the two mounts on other lugs for cymbals and save some hardware weight. As I am an old drummer now, that's a bonus.
There is absolutely ZERO difference in the sustain, which quite surprised me. I thought there would be some change, but nope. None.
So far so good with them, they don't move or sag. They all fit in the current drum cases too. I was a little concerned about that but no issue. I like the fact that once I place them in their final location, the whole mount slides out of the lugs and I never have to move the ball-and-socket. I think that's a large part of the reason these things fail with moving around a kit like this.
I'm still fiddling around with fine-tuning, but the pics below show it in all its glory. LOL
I used the 2nd arch mounts to remove the GTS mounts on my toms to clean up (and lighten up) the look. If I decide to go back with the GTS mounts, I'll use the two mounts on other lugs for cymbals and save some hardware weight. As I am an old drummer now, that's a bonus.
There is absolutely ZERO difference in the sustain, which quite surprised me. I thought there would be some change, but nope. None.
So far so good with them, they don't move or sag. They all fit in the current drum cases too. I was a little concerned about that but no issue. I like the fact that once I place them in their final location, the whole mount slides out of the lugs and I never have to move the ball-and-socket. I think that's a large part of the reason these things fail with moving around a kit like this.
I'm still fiddling around with fine-tuning, but the pics below show it in all its glory. LOL
