Yesterday I decided to do what I'd planned since my original purchase in September 09-cut down the "hair band"mounted toms on my 89 Rockstars to a reasonable depth.Not hard since they have no rerings.So,in order to continue practicing I mounted some Royce/Pearls in their place.Very different tone,to be sure-Eagles comes to mind.But heres the strange part.When I added a cymbal arm and 16" crash to the tom stand-any vestage of resonance on the 12 DISAPPEARED-instant blanket.What does adding a cymbal arm to a STAND have to do with the drums resonance....this arm was mounted at least 8" below the drum itself and was nowhere NEAR touching the drum.Took it off-resonance returns.

You may ask yourself,why bother with 89 Rockstars?They are the only year(I know of,anyway)with seperate,Sonor Champion style lugs and are MIJ-not MIT.Nice birch interior ply and little to no voids in the plys.