I'm guessing small stages aren't something Jack White has to worry about too often. Dead Weather play pretty reasonable venues, not exactly your average bar gig...

I actually tried putting my tom lower today. I'm using a 24" kick and I had to move the tom way over to my left. Having the tom that low and over may look cool, but it's not too easy to play, at least not for me. I had to raise it up a bit, still low, but not as low as on his kit.

Very nice and refreshing look on sizes and set-up. Not for every kind of music but very well suited for what they play.

I think with traditional grip it won't work too well.

I revamped my set up years ago when I stopped with the double bass nonsense. The 8&10 that were over the high hat came down and I run 8-10-12 up front. On the RC drums all three of them are 8" deep so it makes a nice neat (and low, even over the 22) set up. The 13&15 act as floor toms and I put either the 16 or 18 on the left. Usually the 16 because the 18 is a friggin tympani!

One thing I spend a lot of time on is Tom angles. I set all my drums such that like the snare, I can do a rim shot easily on any of the drums with either hand. Not that I'm a big rim shot fan-boy or anything but having the drums flat relitive to the sick gives a clear and consistent tone as well as allowing heads to last through a presidential term.

The mounted 10 on my be-bop kit looks a bit silly but it sure plays nice! The floor time are angled away from me a bit, like Keith Carlock does with all his toms. I can't do that with rack toms but for the lower drums it makes sense to get my "rim shot capable" placement. It