Where is your cowbell?

[Bish]

While yakking in the ROTO tom thread it gave me an idea.

Subject: cowbell.

Where do you mount it?

Where do you prefer to have it?

How often do you rearrange its location?

Here's some different ways I've had mine.

[Bish]

[Shawn76]

I ran out of room for the cowbell so I don't have one. I am considering a Ridge Rider since I did rearrange things and have an open spot directly in front of me

[davewilson]

I have two on my kit, one is a black beauty mounted just above my 10" and 12" toms... the other is a fairly large Pearl bell that's foot operated on the left of my Hi Hat pedal...don't remember the model of the Pearl because we tried about ten cowbells with the foot pedal until I heard the sound i wanted. Judging from pics online I'd say it's a 10" Primero Rock Cowbell

[pastor_bob]

I like mine here:

[SpecialAnthony]

I have the LP Tribels located just above my 10" tom, to the right of the Rototoms:



It's mounted on one of those LP "the CLAW" arms. I've moved it around over the years but this spot seems to be the easiest to reach, and thus they tend to get used more.

[Olimpass]

I've put mine on a mini everything rack right of the FT's and usually just mount them on the bass hoop also.

[Tin Toad]

I cant believe no one else has gone here yet..

ON my cow of course.

[slinky]

mine is exactly where Bish's is and the same one. The guys wanted me to turn it over for whatever reason so the plastic is underneath now. I have since dented one side of it where I usually play on it. Only using it on one song right now.

[kay-gee]

Mine is attached to a Z arm coming off a lug on the floor tom at about 10:00 position. The mouth is outward toward the rack tom.

all the best....

[Pearl MCX Man]

I had it mounted on the hoop of my bass drum but got skeptical of it damaging the hoop so I took it off. Until I get a proper bracket to mount it somewhere else it will sit in the corner for now.

[Bubingabill]

Any excuse to post a pic,i have mine mounted on the hi hat stand in between
snare and hats,works for me,by the way Bish,how do you decied which kit to play on any givin day?just curious, must be a cool room to walk into

[Bish]

Any excuse to post a pic,i have mine mounted on the hi hat stand in between
snare and hats,works for me,by the way Bish,how do you decied which kit to play on any givin day?just curious, must be a cool room to walk into

I love this kit, BTW!!!

Your question is my question almost every gig. Mostly I was using the Pearls due to the wrap durability factor. Currently I'm using my BOP kit since it's new and in experimental phase. So far it's been a good choice. The band likes it and I can get a really decent bass drum sound out of the 18" bass drum.

Those are pretty much my gigging kits, ATM. I'm hoping to use the Gretsch drum set the next gig just to hear if it has potential. I'm confident it will shine...or glitter, as the case may be.

[drumstix]

I had it mounted on the hoop of my bass drum but got skeptical of it damaging the hoop so I took it off. Until I get a proper bracket to mount it somewhere else it will sit in the corner for now.

I did that for years. My parents got me a cowbell and a mount for my 13th(?) birthday and I mounted it like that for ages until I noticed it did a tiny bit of damage (this was on the Export). I picked up one of those Pearl cowbell mounts and used that for a while, heaps more solid than the cheapo one I had before but I didn't wanna do anymore damage so I took it off. I then had it mounted on the right hand side of my ride cymbal for a while and I really like it there, just need to get another tom mount so I can do that again. At the moment though, my cowbell is not in use.

On a side note, I want some rotos

[drumsetsnide]

I have two cowbells and used to use them on and off years ago but they have been collecting dust for a long time. One I will never get rid of as my Grandmother got it for me as a Christmas gift 20 years ago.

[PopsOldSkins]

Make's a note.
" I need to get a cow bell."

[NPYYZ]

Mine is just above my 14" FT.

[Olimpass]

Any excuse to post a pic

LOL, I took advantage too... I have a massive cowbell that can be seen in my album. I'm afraid I'd evoke a stampede playing it. Gotta make a custom mount for it.

[Ricardo]

Don Brewer stole mine in 1972.

[Rich_in name only]

mine's mounted the same way Ian Paice mounts his...middle of bass drum, clamped to my tom mount. I've tried other ways but keep coming back to this.

[marko138]

Mine goes in our singer's hands. It makes for a better show.

[areFish]

Mine is in a junk drawer with my Drum Dial, KickPort, Trick Polish and misc. clamps.

[Russ]

Mine is screwed onto the wingnut of the ride, so it just sits on the bell. Sometimes I would put it on the hi-hat stand, but it would always twist around and I would have to keep it from travelling too far out of reach.

Mine is in a junk drawer with my Drum Dial, KickPort, Trick Polish and misc. clamps.

[rritter]

My Cowbell

[Pearl MCX Man]

I tried mounting mine on the Hhat stem but it kept going around and around every time I hit the HHats or the cow bell. So it still sits in the corner collecting dust.LOL