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so I'm watching You Tube old jazz stuff and come across (Papa) Jo Jones again. I've seen him many times, and always enjoyed his ease and playful showmanship when he did his solos.

But this time it clicked- he has a second floor tom on his left... I do this with my RC kit- I run either the 16 or 18 FT on the left, but did not think about it with the old D-20 kit, until now!

I set up my (otherwise unused) 16" RC floor tom on the left of the D-20 kit, and I am having fun with that. Trying to play like Jo Jones is not likely, but it actually makes a lot of sense with a small kit, possibly more so than a standard 'two down' arrangement with them both on the right. Plus it is a bit wider but a lot less deep, which can be a bonus on certain stages...

Anyway, just wondering if anyone else has tried this, and what your comments are.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrKShqNkcnI[/ame]

^This is an example from '57. There are plenty of others as this seems to have been his preferred set up...

Cobalt Blue Yamaha Recording Custom 20b-22b-8-10-12-13-15-16f-18f
Red Ripple '70's Yamaha D-20 20b-12-14f
Piano Black Yamaha Recording Custom Be-Bop kit 18b-10-14f
Snares:
Yamaha COS SDM5; Yamaha Cobalt Blue RC 5-1/2x14; Gretsch round badge WMP; 1972 Ludwig Acrolite; 1978 Ludwig Super Sensitive; Cobalt Blue one-off Montineri; Yamaha Musashi 6.5X13 Oak; cheap 3.5X13 brass piccolo
Posted on 12 years ago
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Me! I'm running a 13" Pandiero in that spot. (See photo) If you look under my hats you'll see it. Calfskin head sounds like a bass drum with jingles sometimes. I'm a huge Papa Jo fan but I copped the idea from Stanton Moore. Left side is a great spot for another tom! Some guys run a popcorn snare there.

[IMG]http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n632/PurdieShuffle/angles.jpg[/IMG]

John

Too many great drums to list here!

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Posted on 12 years ago
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wow! they surely are the best looking set of Ludwigs in Reading!

left side, right side, it's all relative after all. check out this picture of Bill Bruford.

And check out this fantastic use of the left side bass drum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LljL8ymUQ-c

Posted on 12 years ago
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Hey, J!m,

I too love to experiment with different setups . Who says we all have to follow tradition!? I play with a marching snare, use a cocktail drum as a second floor and employ a snare (on tom) where Purdie has his Pandiero situated, giving me three tom sounds. This week, I may experiment with a fifteen inch marching snare. Ralf has my kit featured on his new site under Star Rewraps.

Keep up the experimentation, J!m!

Brian

Just a drummer who loves all things about vintage drums! Nothing more, nothing less.
Posted on 12 years ago
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Cool! It's fun when you burn the rule book isn't it?:)

Cobalt Blue Yamaha Recording Custom 20b-22b-8-10-12-13-15-16f-18f
Red Ripple '70's Yamaha D-20 20b-12-14f
Piano Black Yamaha Recording Custom Be-Bop kit 18b-10-14f
Snares:
Yamaha COS SDM5; Yamaha Cobalt Blue RC 5-1/2x14; Gretsch round badge WMP; 1972 Ludwig Acrolite; 1978 Ludwig Super Sensitive; Cobalt Blue one-off Montineri; Yamaha Musashi 6.5X13 Oak; cheap 3.5X13 brass piccolo
Posted on 12 years ago
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I have always move my floor tom set-up around for year's..When iam playing a single bass drum set-up i play the bass with my right foot i have two floors to my right and one to my left sometimes i even have a snare too..

On my double bass drum set-up sometimes i have 2 floors to each side of me from 14" to 20" head size..

So as you can see their are no set rules to drum set set-up's..Mikey

Posted on 12 years ago
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