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snare 12 o'clock and the toms are inline with the tom arms . floor toms usually at 6 o'clock
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Like the rest have said, 12 o clock, in line with the badge. I know It doesn't make a difference but I want it to look good.
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snare 12 o'clock and the toms are inline with the tom arms . floor toms usually at 6 o'clock
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Mine all face straight ahead. Like late 8’s
Originally Posted by rickthedrummer
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I see where you are coming from
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Ha. Nope. She is very understandingI see drums in the kitchen... must be a bachelorI also have 3 kits in the living room...........
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12 O'clock. Absolutely mandatory, they won't work otherwise.
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I try to line them up with the drum badges as well.
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You can always spot an OCD drummer. The head logos are always lined up, and between songs they're always rotating their cymbals so the logos are facing them.
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It appears to be endemic on DC.
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I'm extremely particular about the logos of the heads! I like them at the top of the drum no matter the position.
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I just swapped heads and remembered this thread.
From the driver's seat: all logos face 12:00.
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for some unknown reason i just don't like the floor toms logos facing forward ..rather them out and away
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Yeah, I had them that way too, facing away and lined up with the badges but DW put two badges on the toms on the Collectors '07 kit so having the logos line up with either badge puts them off-center.
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Logos lined up with badges...on both batter and reso heads.
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It's just cool to know that there's so much commonality among drummers. For decades (until this thread) I never thought that anyone cared but me. I started right off the bat lining the logos with the badge/sound holes. I found that from behind the drums it was easier to know where the sound hole was in relation to an audience's perspective.
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The things I learn as I get older. Who would have ever thought that the positioning of the little hole on the side of the drum would make that much difference. I always thought it was for seeing into the drum, or seeing out, depending on 1's perspective.
Now I can spend the rest of my day waiting for the next informative piece of B..........no, I mean important info.
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I swear man....you can be such a grumpy o'l dude sometimes Rick.
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It's 1 of the perks of getting old.
Rich, there has been a ton of things on DC that has been posted by drummers and learned by other drummers, BUT, there have been a few posts that make me sit back and wonder.
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That's why we love ya man!!
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That pic was taken just before I entered 5th grade. I was still trying to figure out which way the BD went.
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lol!
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Oh now I get it...You're older than drum heads logos......
Makes it difficult to appreciate the importance of how to orientate them....LOL
all the best...
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