I use "modern vintage" stands all the time, but i haven't seen any drum company that makes the type you're looking for.. You could search ebay or any other classifieds, as you may find people selling some of these types of stands for cheap.. The closest thing that would compliment your set now would be the DW 6000 series stands, Gibraltar 8000 series, or the Ludwig Atlas Classic series, which i think are the best ones because they have solid modern construction,are the lightest of all the series I've mentioned, and have adjustable rubber feet so you can overlap stands for closer placement..Gibraltar flat base stands are the heaviest of the bunch, so i think they wouldn't be practical for you if you're going to gig them all the time.. DW's 6000 series are great, but are more expensive than the Ludwig, but they do have the ultra light weight stands that are the cheapest on the market and are also pretty solid..Only thing is you don't have the versatility that Ludwig has.. Hope this helps you out ;)

Thank you for such a detailed reply!

Ironically, I had an alternative version of my question which was about the modern retro stands and you answered it without me asking it, so we'll played Sir!

I had seen one other brand making retro modern stands and that is Canopus. Has anyone tried those?

Glad to help.. Canopus stands are great as well, but unfortunately for me, they're not distributed in my neck of the wood here in Montreal,Canada, so i can't say anything about they're sturdiness or reliability..

Btw, the Ludwig aerodyne cymbal tilter is great because you can place your cymbal in literally any position..The other brands i mentioned don't have that luxury..

Thank you, that is good to know about the Ludwig, I'll check them out.

I have the Canopus lightweight flat base snare and cymbal stands.

Both are well made and very light weight, but the cymbal stand may not work for heavy hitters. Then again, heavy hitters probably wouldn't be considering these anyhow.

The cymbal stand has a base with legs that are not as long as most other flat base stands.

I have a Gibraltar flat base cymbal stand, and one that Drum Center of Portsmouth sells as their "no name" stand. Both give me more confidence with an 18" or larger crash cymbal.

The no name stand that DCP sells for under $45 is a bargain, and I can easily recommend it.

I like the Canopus snare stand better than the cymbal stand.

You could create your own using the base from and older Ludwig snare stand with that sort of a tripod base mated with the upper two sections of a Ludwig 1400 cymbal stand. The snare stand(s) would likely be cheap to buy, the 1400 not so much as they are the "Ringo" cymbal stands and generally sell for decent money. The top tubes from a Slingy flat based stand would work as well and might be cheaper.

Danmar used to sell a vintage look cymbal stand that was a copy of the older Slingerland and/or Camco lightweight cymbal stands. I don't know if they still make them.

Also hunt for older Gretsch cymbal stands. They used the older looking W & A designs well into the late 70's so they ought to be relatively plentiful and I doubt too many folks are hunting for them so they should be relatively inexpensive.

Early 70's Rogers used that same type of tripod base design but they were double braced so don't look exactly like the old ones. Slingerland "Buddy Rich" cymbal stands also used that sort of (single braced) tripod base. The earliest ones used a small base tripod like their snare stands had.

None of these suggestions are really "modern" stands but they are new enough designs that they should function better than authentic 1940's cymbal stands would, while having a similar look.

Too bad whomever owns the W & A name wouldn't set about making a line of modern "vintage look" stands for use with vintage sets. Might be a decent market for them and the Asian drum hardware plants could probably churn them out with ease.

Good thinkin', K.O., on using the bottom half of a snare stand..........marko