Hi Friends...does anyone know if the mounts and stands for Ludwig concert toms and timbales are interchangeable? I play rock and Latin tunes, so I want to throw a set of Ludwig timbales on my bass drum in place of rack toms. They sure look like it, but any info would help.
Thanks!
Pics added for reference...
Timbales
[IMG]http://img.iwascoding.com/3/2011/10/18/D1/2AE493F2237D49DF88741E6971369362.jpg[/IMG]
Concert toms
[IMG]http://www.killerusedgear.com/fleetwood/trimounts.jpg[/IMG]
Concert tom stand
[IMG]http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/6/0/4/2/6/webimg/499745790_tp.jpg[/IMG]
Yes they are the same mounts....Mikey
Awesome...thanks for the confirmation, Mikey!
Aaron
There are several styles. The early ones take two countersunk (flat head) screws and have a smaller backing washer. It has just the two sides bent up to form the sides to fit over the flat part of the clip stand. These are shown on the timbales.
The next version was the same size but was bent to provide a channel to allow normal screws and for the spring clip. The picture included shows the later style with the channel. The older ones would have been flat across as the yellow line indicates. Most of the newer ones had the spring clip. These used two screws for the bracket top and bottom and two on the sides as shown on the red white and blue kit shown.
The later ones had a larger washer and had four holes in the bracket. Two in the same spots as the old style brackets and two more. The backing washer was larger in diameter and had four holes top and bottom and two on the sides.
Since the earlier style didn't have the extra bends for the spring channel, the clip of the stand is closer to the shell.
They will all still fit on any stand but the early ones will be too close together for the big felt ring on the later stands.
Versions two and three are shown below.
Man, Thin Shell...you really broke it down...thanks for the info! This will definitely help...much appreciated.
Hey, thinshell, nice breakdown...
Now, just an observation... the "concert toms" that are pictured appear (to me at least) to be a set of "tri-toms" for marching purposes (probably 10x14, 10x16, and 10x18) and had the "double" clip mounts to accomodate the mount that was worn over the shoulders...
Nice looking drums!
Hey, thinshell, nice breakdown...Now, just an observation... the "concert toms" that are pictured appear (to me at least) to be a set of "tri-toms" for marching purposes (probably 10x14, 10x16, and 10x18) and had the "double" clip mounts to accomodate the mount that was worn over the shoulders...Nice looking drums!
I agree with that assessment. Since he called them concert toms I didn't think I needed to correct the OP.
Yeah...you guys are probably right...they are not even my drums...I just found a pic online that had a good shot of the clips. I was actually wondering why they had double clips! Thanks for all the info.
