tbmills
Gold Member
thursday night i went out bar hopping and caught the dave matthews tribute band. the whole time i was there i couldnt stop thinking that i could make them sound better.
it got me thinking about how i would setup my kit if i played "carter" all the time. carter does alot of tom work while riding his hats. that is the problem i have found is the hardest to accomplish using a traditional set. hitting toms under your crossed hihat arm is just difficult...
i have also wondered, for a long time now, why we all play a similar looking setup. being drummers, we have the unique luxury of the complete freedom of setup. we can put any piece wherever we feel is right.
as most of you know, i am a proud lefty. i recently had the idea of putting my hihats to the left of my snare, under my ride, using a remote with my right foot. this would allow me to play open handed and use my toms with my right, snare hand whenever i want. i could setup a 12" tom were my hats used to be and a floor tom on the other side of my former hats.
check it out. first is my current setup then the concept.
let me know what you think...
it got me thinking about how i would setup my kit if i played "carter" all the time. carter does alot of tom work while riding his hats. that is the problem i have found is the hardest to accomplish using a traditional set. hitting toms under your crossed hihat arm is just difficult...
i have also wondered, for a long time now, why we all play a similar looking setup. being drummers, we have the unique luxury of the complete freedom of setup. we can put any piece wherever we feel is right.
as most of you know, i am a proud lefty. i recently had the idea of putting my hihats to the left of my snare, under my ride, using a remote with my right foot. this would allow me to play open handed and use my toms with my right, snare hand whenever i want. i could setup a 12" tom were my hats used to be and a floor tom on the other side of my former hats.
check it out. first is my current setup then the concept.
let me know what you think...