Boom stands

[Alien]

wat do they do other then make the cymbal closer? anything else? a lot of drumers seem to have them

[Utopia]

i use them just so i can place the cymbal exactly where i want it...other than that i dunno

[drummer]

That's basically it Alien other than being able to have more options with angles. They're not a necessity but they help in certain situations. If you don't need the angles or the closeness, stick with straight stands, they're less bulky.

[thunderdome]

i have all booms. it's the only way to go man.

[METAL DRUMMER]

I LOVE boom stands!!! TAMA used to make the STILT line. I wish they still did. I'm looking for another Tama Stilt telescoping boom. I love the look of double-braced legs on stands. I don't care about weight or bulkyness.

[Boo]

I play a Pearl set, which has two holes mounted in the top of the bass drum. My mounted tom is mounted out of one, a small boom stand (no legs) is mounted out of the other, holding my ride cymbal. I could not mount that big cymbal there without a boom (It would hit the tom)...I love it !

[BlinkPlusAngels]

i have a boom stand for my ride and it helps out a lot cause you can get more angles than a regular stand

[Boo]

BOOM ! SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE, THE ROOM !!!
-Fresh Prince

[Utopia]

LOL....i love that show...i don't care how old i get im always gonna watch that show and think of my childhood

[lhebs0]

I would most definatley get some. With only an 18 inch, and two 20 inch cymbals i'm practiacly out of room.

[Dave]

I have only one straight stand and am going to replace it with a boom. They realy help.

[METAL DRUMMER]

ALL of my cymbal stands are boom stands. If you look at the pics of my kit, you'll see that it's the only way I could get my cymbals and chimes over all of my toms.

[STICKSWIZZARDDRAGON]

I love Boom stands I use 4 of them *Mapex & Tama ,so I place the cymbals at Just the right Angels (SPOT),They really Help the set Up.

[backtodrum]

ALL of my cymbal stands are boom stands. If you look at the pics of my kit, you'll see that it's the only way I could get my cymbals and chimes over all of my toms.

All of mine are boom stands that will retract and drop the boom down the main tube so they can be used like conventional cymbal stands. It allows me the felxabiliy to place my cymbals anywhere on the kit I choose.