JR!

I also want to make mention that with a 14X24 AND a 9X13, well ... that immediately puts the 13" up pretty high on the bass drum. Way around that .. contingent on your personal sitting height .. is to get the tom down as low as it will go on the bass drum top shell without hitting. Rather than slide the rack tom to the far left of the rail .. which really makes it left side heavy .. is to source out a SHORTER piece that attaches to the rail. Those were made in a couple, possibly three, different heights! On the pic I showed of just the rail consolette you can see that it isn't very tall, whereas many of them are! Just another thought!

Tommyp

Thanks once again Tommy, I believe part of my problem is I'm not sitting up high enough. My thighs are just slightly over parallel and the snare is about two inches above them. So if I sit a bit higher, I can raise the snare, I've got the 13 as low as it can possibly go on the kick, so sitting higher and raising the snare would help. How high is your throne and about how many inches is your snare above your legs? I've read sitting higher is actually better for your back and legs.

JR!

Seat height is of course based on many factors!, and is also completely subjective. Some of that is contingent on YOUR build and height too. So that said ... I am 6'1" tall with most of it in my torso and not my legs. With that said ... I sit at 20" and the top hoop of the snare drum is at 26" ... my thighs are pretty much level with the bottom hoop on the snare drum. There you have it!

Tommyp

Im only 5'8" and my snare is at 26" also. Works for me!

Ok, it turns out I'm not sitting too low, my seat height was just under 24" and my snare was just over 26". I'm about 6'1" and I have long legs, so it just felt like I was too low.

Another observation I just noticed was where the tom mount was placed on the 13, it's mounted closer to the resonant side, which makes the tom higher. When I mounted it with resonant side up, the height was perfect. I think they dropped the ball placing the mount closer to the bottom of the tom, especially when it's mounted on a 24" kick.

Here's a few pictures, as you can see, there's at least a 2 inch difference in height. I finally got it at a playable height by putting the clip on the bottom of the clock face and setting the arm towards the middle of the rail.

Whew, I'm pretty pooped from messing with it and then playing for an hour.Hurting

With that angle I guess it's time to start playing traditional grip. :D

I actually do play traditional grip, I switch back and forth.

On those style tom mounts, I can never find a position that I like. When I find something close, it seems to choke the resonance from the drum. On these set ups I just use a tom stand to mount the rack on. I get a good position angle that I like and I get the resonance that I'm looking for.