valkyrievf2x
Senior Member
Hi!
I seem to have a weird sense of.... positioning around the drum kit. I'm still a beginner, so please bear with me. Maybe it is the lefty in me (lefty that plays righty), but it seems that things on my left feel more natural, and things on my right a little more out there. Needless to say, my drum kit gets rearranged a good bit. I own a Ludwig 5 piece Rocker II, and the tom tom position usually bothers me the most. With the snare in the center, hihat pedal and bass pedal at about 90 degrees from each other, it feels odd to hit the 2nd tom. The 12" tom is almost directly in front of the snare, so it is easy to get to, but the 13" just seems to be a bit too far. I've done lots of adjustments, but I can never get it to a comfortable range. Conversely, my crash cymbal is almost directly in front of the snare. I have switched to having a snare stand hold the 13" tom in front of the snare now (and the 12" sits in a corner somewhere.... sniff). Ride cymbal, my other former point of discomfort, now sits almost directly over the center of the bass drum.
Is this a normal thing to feel this way, or am I just losing my mind (possibility, since I am about to graduate from accounting...)? I have no troubles doing anything on my left or even getting the aux snare that is attached to the hi hat stand. Floor tom can be a bit of a hit or a miss sometimes. Pics attached of the current set up. You can see how it is a bit left-oriented. Usually the small crash by the ride is also on the left side, close to the big crash there.
Thanks!
I seem to have a weird sense of.... positioning around the drum kit. I'm still a beginner, so please bear with me. Maybe it is the lefty in me (lefty that plays righty), but it seems that things on my left feel more natural, and things on my right a little more out there. Needless to say, my drum kit gets rearranged a good bit. I own a Ludwig 5 piece Rocker II, and the tom tom position usually bothers me the most. With the snare in the center, hihat pedal and bass pedal at about 90 degrees from each other, it feels odd to hit the 2nd tom. The 12" tom is almost directly in front of the snare, so it is easy to get to, but the 13" just seems to be a bit too far. I've done lots of adjustments, but I can never get it to a comfortable range. Conversely, my crash cymbal is almost directly in front of the snare. I have switched to having a snare stand hold the 13" tom in front of the snare now (and the 12" sits in a corner somewhere.... sniff). Ride cymbal, my other former point of discomfort, now sits almost directly over the center of the bass drum.
Is this a normal thing to feel this way, or am I just losing my mind (possibility, since I am about to graduate from accounting...)? I have no troubles doing anything on my left or even getting the aux snare that is attached to the hi hat stand. Floor tom can be a bit of a hit or a miss sometimes. Pics attached of the current set up. You can see how it is a bit left-oriented. Usually the small crash by the ride is also on the left side, close to the big crash there.
Thanks!