I'm thinking about playing out again, and my kits are all too valuable to be toting around to gigs. So I was thinking I would get a nice MIJ stencil kit. The caveat here, is that I tilt my bass drum to the right quite a few degrees, so I need a very flexible rack tom mounting system to keep the tom even with the snare. Of course, I would want something that would be pretty easy to come by.
Anything come to mind?
Thanks.
Can't say I'm all cracked up about any 60's tom mount so couldn't really recommend one.
Snare stand isn't an option?
Stephen, I always found the early 70s Pearl mount worked well. Some said they wouldn't be sturdy enough so I always carried a spare snare stand just in case. Never needed it though and the mount worked well.
I think there was a kit in the FS section recently, Apollo maybe?
Try one of the Swivomatic copycat set ups. They were on several different ones in the late 60s.
Can't say I'm all cracked up about any 60's tom mount so couldn't really recommend one.Snare stand isn't an option?
Thanks for the reply. Call it a peccadillo if you like, but I just can't abide the holes it would leave in the bass drum and tom. If I had the money, I would get that little Canopus Bop kit with the 15" bass drum. You can get those virgin. I would use a snare stand then.
Thanks again.
Stephen, I always found the early 70s Pearl mount worked well. Some said they wouldn't be sturdy enough so I always carried a spare snare stand just in case. Never needed it though and the mount worked well.I think there was a kit in the FS section recently, Apollo maybe?
Thanks Andrew. They look sturdy enough. I'm not a hard hitter, so I don't think that would be an issue anyway. Flexibility is the key issue here.
I really appreciate this. I will look for that Apollo.
Thanks Andrew. They look sturdy enough. I'm not a hard hitter, so I don't think that would be an issue anyway. Flexibility is the key issue here.I really appreciate this. I will look for that Apollo.
Here it is although shipping doesn't seem to be an option http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=41265
I think the Swivo copy Ploughman refers to is also Pearl. It was the mount that replaced the one I mentioned above.
Pearl's Swivo copy is head and shoulders better than the cylindrical one it replaced (first mentioned). I had that first one for years - and suffered its failings - until I replaced it with a swivo copy.
The swivo copy has 3 set screws - as opposed to the one on the first one. I would say that the swivo copy will be even more solid than some of the modern stuff today - VERY solid....and I would think it would be 'flexible' enough (wide enough, wide ranged).
I will keep an eye out for a kit with this....though any MIJ with the hex shaped parts (shafts) can use this swivo copy.
Apollo immediately comes to mind, though others surely used that mount.
I would also say that the MIJ swivo copy is much better than the classic rail with spade mount.
John
I have a MIJ kit like this, although its been nearly a year since I seen it, I keep it at a friends house, the mount is very adjustable. It has mixed lugs, a deep blue ripple finish, and a 14x14 ft. I never did anything to it, the heads are kind of shot, but it does play ok. I think mine is a Majestic, but I am not sure... it has been a while since I seen it. It is a decent beater kit I could leave somewhere so I wouldn't have to haul drums.
