ludwigdrummer26
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How many of you mount your rack tom on a snare stand?
What's the pros and cons? Doesn't it mute the sound?
What's the pros and cons? Doesn't it mute the sound?
And indeed, for 15+ years, I had my Ludwig Vistalite 14x10 on a snare stand (14, 16, 18, 22 combo) ... on stage, with a band ... none would be the wiser ...My last 4-piece kit had the 9x13 tom mounted in a stand. It worked out great. Charlie Watts has had his tom in a snare basket for almost 40 years.
Pros = easy peasy.
Cons = if you don't overtighten the snare basket so as to choke the drum (which is possible on a snare anyway), there are none IMHO.
Pros = easy peasy.
Cons = if you don't overtighten the snare basket so as to choke the drum (which is possible on a snare anyway), there are none IMHO.
I have been putting my 10x10 tom in a basket for more than a year and it works great. It also saves on hardware space and weight compared to suspending the tom from a cymbal stand
When I put a snare or a tom tom into a snare stand I set up so only the tips of the basket grip the rim instead of resting the whole drum on the arms. Like this: