Tom angles!!!!

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We can't make this stuff up...

1) CB Drums adds another winner to the annals of Tom Angles. Should stay hidden under the stairs, in my opinion.

2) Hillside set, version 2.

3) Hillside Set Junior.

4) How does a typical drummer even reach these Rototoms...

5) Pulse, another name for quality.

6) Rockwood, for those put off by the "boutique" image of Pulse.
 

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We can't make this stuff up...

1) CB Drums adds another winner to the annals of Tom Angles. Should stay hidden under the stairs, in my opinion.

2) Hillside set, version 2.

3) Hillside Set Junior.

4) How does a typical drummer even reach these Rototoms...

5) Pulse, another name for quality.

6) Rockwood, for those put off by the "boutique" image of Pulse.

reading this made me laugh so hard.
love it.

ordered my Pulse kit already!!
 
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Tom Angles... because you've seen far too many good-looking drumkits today.

1) The bass drum is backwards, the tom arms angle away, and I have no idea how he gets his foot on the hi-hat pedal. I must buy ten of these.

2) Hmmm. I don't think this is the preferred method.

3) Even double bass sets get some love here at Tom Angles.

4) A sad sad little kit, lost on the Island of Misfit Drumsets.

5) Starcaster - Taiwanese for "make a quick buck off parents".

6) From the ad:
Snair Drum -Premir stand - $110: The sunlite snair drum with premier stand is in excellent condition it has been in storage for the past 2 years but works wounderfully the stand alone retailed for 130 i used to play but now iv lost intrest and would just like to get it out of storage. if you have anyquestion my name is tyler and you can email me or call (number)
... Tyler, for $130 you ought to have got more snair stand than that.

7) From the ad:
dark green pearl export series drum set.
does not come with cymbals, or snare drum.
needs 1 rack mount for the mounted toms.
and it comes with a double bass drum petal but would need a single bass drum petal.
its in great shape. if interested call or e-mail amanda

... Amanda, if a double bass drum petal only has one petal, it's really a single petal, hate to break it to you.

And finally... When you really need cash for meth, you must turn to innovative advertising and marketing:
8) DRUM SYMBOL COVERS - $25: THESE WERE MADE FOR BICYCLE WHEEL COVERS - RED ZIPPERED BAG - GOOD QUALITY,ZIPS THAT WORK WELL - USED ONCE
 

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Bwahahahaaa! These pics crack me up! I seriously can't imagine finding anything remotely close to those last few. Unbelievable. Almost like they aren't set up for human beings at all! Hmmmmmmmm.
 
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great pics (and funny captions too)! i love that double bass kit with the rack toms 8 feet apart! the "snair drum" ad is classic too!
 
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Maybe we can get the thread renamed to Crack Head Angles
 
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i hate ridiculous tom angles so much!!!

i kit shared a few days ago and the retard put my tom at a ridiculous angle and put a huge dent in it. without even acknowladgeing it! (and i cant spell :p)

manufactures should plan for this and not make their mounts capable of such ridiculousness.
 
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Well, on that note, have you noticed that 90% or better of the badly angled sets on here use Pearl-style tom arms? I blame that design for all our woes. It's apparently very counterintuitive to angle the arms over the bass drum towards you... they must protrude at opposite angles...

Perhaps, then, THIS is the mission of Tom Angles! To bring the truth to the masses! To spread the gospel about how NOBODY has to play badly angled toms again!

...don't mind me, just had my fifth cup of coffee...
 
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Pearl High-Hat stand H-800W , gently used , only thing thats missing on it is a few screws for the thingy that clamps the actual symbols in place
available for pickup only
 
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Hey Guys
I was just wondering about how many rotations you do on each lug to get the right pitch
for everyone to compare :) Just list the size of the drum, How many rotations and possibly resonant or batter side.
THANKS!!!!


Number of rotations has nothing to do with it, you have to listen for pitch.

Check out Bob Gatzen's tuning videos on YouTube for some tips:
Kick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs
Snare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs
Toms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ9Unab1OzU

Also, read the Drum Tuning Bible:
http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/index.html
 
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Tom Angles - challenging the natural order of things since 2008.

1) A droopy little number from Verve. Verve sounds like a make of shampoo.

2) If the angles on those rack toms doesn't just scream "Buy me!", the stickers all over this kit surely will.

3) Even electronic kits get the blues here at Tom Angles.

4) The guy with the splash cymbal on the little orange construction cone is back. However, realizing that the cone was not enough of a marketing point to get his drums sold, he obligingly added in some EXTREME angles.

5) This is stop-motion photography of an explosion happening right on top of this Pearl Export set's bass drum. (That's the only reasonable explanation, anyway.)
 

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Ha ha Virgil Donati is in the Tom Angles Thread!
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I have decided to start at the beginning and copy all of the photos to my shutterfly site and give these drumsets their due exposure. Tonight when I get home I will be copying and pasting like a motor scooter. The world shall know about the infamous Tom Angle thread. Maybe even a "How not to set up your drums" pamphlet for free distribution to the local music stores.
 
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Apparently even high paid ad agencies make mistakes when setting up drumsets for pictures. This is for the new Mazda 3. At least all the colors match.

not too unusual for the adverts or television - they are just leveraging the outsider's romantic image

We were watching the US open and a Flomax (prostate/urinary med) ad came on with middle aged guys doing a bunch of activities

the wife was just sitting there...
"His (bike)saddle is wayyy too low"
"that guy's (kayak) paddle is upside down"

choose a specialty and you are going to see all kinds of stuff

last winter we rented a few CSI seasons o see what all the fuss was abt...it was an entertaining program, but we had to kick in the 'willing suspension of disbelief' with the technical details
 
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Here are some gems from across LA MS and AL from Craigslist.....
 

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