Wavelength
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Mine is placed as regularly as possible.
Very interesting setup with the remote hats & ride placement HC. Stunning looking kit too. Especially like the earthquake kick and the (18"?) floor tom placed to your left.My ride is almost dead center above my kick.
That's interesting DMC. Do you usually play open handed?I keep mine right next to the hihat, sometimes even to the left of the hihat. This photo is a bit distorted; that is a 20 ride to my left.
Thanks LMB. I kinda like it too.Wow, I am totally admiring you set up KIS, that is a kit of beauty!
Thanx KIS. It's kinda John Bonham meets Bill Bruford. I just got my matched 14x14 Luddy delivered yesterday (eBay win). Have yet to incorporate it. Then I'll have to add "meets Tony Williams". And yes, that's an 18".Very interesting setup with the remote hats & ride placement HC. Stunning looking kit too. Especially like the earthquake kick and the (18"?) floor tom placed to your left.
I keep mine right next to the hihat, sometimes even to the left of the hihat. This photo is a bit distorted; that is a 20 ride to my left.
I have mine very high compared to most of the ones seen here. Think Todd Sucherman, only not tilted because I frequently use it as a crash.
I don't see any resemblance to Todd Sucherman's ride placement. His ride is positioned in front of his rack toms, not to the right of them like most other drummers prefer (and like you have yours positioned). It obviously works for him, but I cringe a little every time I see him reach for it; he always seems to have to bend forward and stretch his arm very far to reach the ride (especially the bell).
You can sort of see what I mean here:
Very nice kit, by the way
That's interesting DMC. Do you usually play open handed?
Thanks for that DMC. What you're saying makes complete sense to me. I wish I'd had the foresight to adopt the same posture when I started out. I never had the benefit of guidance on the kit, so I simply adopted the default position of rock players of the day. I'm not sure I could make the switch at my age. If I was a lot younger, or even starting out, I'd certainly see the benefits in doing so.Yes, always. I have been playing since 1983 and my first teacher played open (left hand hats and ride) and made me do the same. He said no one ever did anything with their hands crossed and no one should play any instrument with their hands crossed. I am right-handed and I like having my dominant hand on the snare drum, which is the heart of the set. I don't need to lift my hats hand to make way for big snare hits and it is very useful to have the snare, hats and ride close together.
Sometimes people confuse open-handed playing with ambidexterity. I am not ambidextrous and I am just as rigid as any crossed player with my assigned hand roles. So my ride stays to my left and in the past it has been well to the left of the hihat.