haha yeah honestly I love my hanging drums because i also don't have to deal with the three legs when setting up. Yes an extra stand but saved me hassle.
I have a set of Pearl Session Custom in the all Maple shells . It has the 14 inch hanging tom . I was ok with that for a long time . But now I just don't feel like carrying the extra weight of the double braced DW cymbal stand I was using to hang it off of . So I dug out the Ludwig Atlas mounts and put them on along with a set of legs from the old REMO kit I use to have .
Well...it worked ..sort of . I'm now using a Yamaha single braced stand that I put a 21 inch ride and a 18 inch crash on . So the hardware bag is much lighter . But now the floor tom doesn't extend high enough . And it's a bit top heavy , because the shell is 12 inches deep , the legs are at the very top . Then it sorta looks like something that belongs in a Star Wars movie .
Last night we had a gig and the leader of the band was late with the PA and we had to start without him playing instrumentals . So as we were playing he throws a speaker cord behind me and it caught the leg and the tom fell over and almost went over the 15 foot drop behind me !
So I decided to put it back as a hanging tom and drag out that DW stand once again .
Lesson learned ....
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haha yeah honestly I love my hanging drums because i also don't have to deal with the three legs when setting up. Yes an extra stand but saved me hassle.
I generally prefer legs, but that just doesn't look right! Have you thought about using a snare stand? I've seen guys use marching snares that depth. I guess it depends on how high you like your floor tom, and how low your stand will go.
Just buy a set of longer floor tom legs. Inexpensive. Then you can go back to the light weight Yamaha cymbal stand.
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Kinda cute a 14 with legs.
I don't even break down the legs on my floors anymore. Just put em in the car and take em out but i go caseless. Legs make great carrying handles
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WorldMax DSS1414F 14" Floor Tom Support System w/ Legs. Have you looked into this?
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Yes ... but I didn't/don't want to spend any money . I've got it hanging off of the same Yamaha cymbal stand and it's holding the 21" ride 18" crash and the tom pretty good . I put one of the Atlas mounts on the top of the drum and use a PDP single tom mount to hold it to the stand . Much lighter than the Pearl tom mount and arm attachment . After a bit of trial and error I got what I wanted after all ... a lighter hardware bag .
Thanks for the idea tho ...
Just wanted to post a picture of how it all turned out . The stand here is a double braced Pearl because I didn't want to drag the Yamaha stand out of the bag . This stand is what I use on the kit in Ludwig kit I practice on daily .
So ... thanks for looking in on my thread .
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Looking nice Rudy. It sure is an improvement from them skinny legs you bolted on!
I've never used a hanging set up for floor toms.
I've tried hanging my 16x14 Ludwig concert tom like that. Actually worked well, as long as I used a stand with a wide base and positioned the tom directly over a leg. The center of gravity is low & stable.
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
My 16x14 is a Ludwig 3ply, so it's not too heavy. It has a RIMS mount with an L-rod bracket. I figured when I re-wrap the kit, I'll switch it out from L-rod to the '80s style Ludwig tube mount (like the Pearl style). Then I can drop the 7/8" tube tom arm right into a cymbal stand base.
-Brian
"Too many crappy used drum stuff to list"
Play the SONG......not the DRUMS!!!
"I think that feeling is a lot more important than technique. It's all very well doing a triple paradiddle - but who's going to know you've done it? If you play technically you sound like everybody else. It's being original that counts." ~ John Bonham
Nothing beats Legs! In set up time, in stability, in stage foot print....Nothing!
all the best...
Last edited by late8; 04-07-2017 at 10:53 AM.
I have both hanging and legged toms on different kits . I don't find a plus (better than..) from one to the other . The cymbal stand is still there when I use a legged tom . So I don't carry anything extra to hang the tom off of that stand except the clamp to attach the drum to it . So it's not that big a deal ... at least not to me .
Heck depending one the gig some times I DON'T take a floor tom . Right now I'm at the point where I don't want to be carrying any extra weight if I don't have to .
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Used FT legs are always available on feeBay for peanuts if you decide to go back to legs.
Your main problem IMO was someone trying to save time by throwing a cable...... what could possibly go wrong there?
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