LOL! "Pringles tom"! LOL! I should get a RIMS mount for it. The twist tie just isn't making it.
More people comment on my spare stick holder---obviously empty at the time of this pic.Its really from a secret cache of NOS Slingerland accessories...somewhere. I risk assassination just by revealing it's existence.Help2
Cheers!
Strider
Never really paid attention to how Ginger set up his drums as I am usually drooling at Clapton's guitar rig :)
But, as a novice, seems like it isn't very ergonomic to set up your toms parallel to the ground and very high up. OBVIOUSLY, he made it work, and then some. Even as a guitarist, I have always loved his drumming.
Surrounded by drummers here! (I am a guitarist.) He claimed it gave a better angle for striking the tom head. More of a downstroke than a poke, I guess.
I bought these extension rods in the early '90's at a Mom and Pop music store in my small city. They were called "Staxx" but a google search just now gave no such result. They thread onto the top threads of the cymbal stand and are still tight and non-wobbly.[IMG][IMG]http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n206/strider_07/IMG_9878.jpg[/IMG][/IMG]Cheers!Strider
I don't know about Staxx, but there are several items on the market that will do that. Love that photo Strider. You look like a happy man!
Funny there is a cymbal mounted in just the same fashion in the Thread Tdennis started about shoddy pairing jobs on drums.
Yes. I have a splash with a metal crash with another splash that is leaning out, all stacked. A hard downstroke on all 3 sounds pretty cool. I also have another splash stacked on a crash on the other side of the rack. I bought the attachments for stacking and they work good. I would have given you one, LD, but my chick cousin bought a ludwig kit and i gave her an el cheapo China cymbal and my last stacker to mount it.
He claimed it gave a better angle for striking the tom head. More of a downstroke than a poke, I guess.
Interesting, thanks.
Surrounded by drummers here! (I am a guitarist.) I have something like the Staxx thing, but it needs to be tightened down to the cymbal stand with a tension rod--so the threads for the cymbal mount get mangled.
I use mine (on one already mangled stand) mostly in tight quarters, typically with a small splash or crash. Works well but much smaller cymbals than Ginger.
Ian Paice had his set up like that when they did Made in Japan
also you could try a Grombal on the lower cymbal maybe
I can recommend the Duplicate X cymbal stackers, they are made by a guy in the Cleveland area who runs a drum shop named Dudley Taw. He has straight versions and tiltable ones in different heights to accomplish the stacked effect. Best thing about these is they are hand machined, rock solid and they have a split threaded insert so they screw over the lower cymbal threaded rod and tighten down on it with a set screw without any thread damage. Hand made and available only through small drum shops or direct from Taw's drum shop. The bases are set up to fit your choice of 1/4 -20 (vintage American) or the 6 or 8 mm thread patterns (most Japanese and modern).
Dudley has been through some health issues with himself and his family, so if you have some delay in getting a response please be patient, or if needed I can assist in communication, I just got a couple more of these very cool stackers in the last couple of weeks and I will be seeing him again in the next month.
Here's his website: http://www.duplicatex.com/
