Good cymbal stand to hold a floor tom?

[honkyjonk]

I have a new 15" Gretsch tom I need to mount on something, and seeing as how I need another cymbal stand too, I thought I might ask if there's somthing that fits both bills.

Anyway, the Gretch mount has a 1/2" diameter hole in case somone happens to know a particularly heavy duty stand w/ a 1/2" diameter on the stem.

???

[digitaldrummer]

I'd recommend getting a multi-clamp and mount the tom holder off the cymbal stand. something like this:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/home/nav ... ulti-clamp

just make sure the stand can hold the extra weight. most heavy duty stands can.

Mike

[honkyjonk]

Well,

Yeah, those things look pretty cool, but if everything is female, I'm kind of back where I started. Are there some metal connection penises or something?

i guess making sure the stand can stand the weight goes without saying.

Ahhhhh, drum hardware madness!!!! It's almost like software compatability.

[digitaldrummer]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/perc/nav ... 001+304920

here's a bunch. 1/2" is a strange size. is this an older tom/mount? I know Pearl (and many others) is 7/8". Gibralter makes a bunch of "clones" but haven't seen 1/2". is it a vertical or horizontal post? the new ones say they use a 12.7mm mount and I think Gibralter has one.

[Professor]

Gretsch toms (at least the current & recent models) are directly compatible with Gretsch hardware (obviously) as well as Gibraltar and DW hardware. I just bought a new Gretsch kit and bought two DW-9000 double tom stands to hold up the four toms. They also make a stand for one tom & one cymbal, two toms and one cymbal, or two cymbals and one tom.

-Jeremy

[Dave Nutz]

I have a new 15" Gretsch tom I need to mount on something, and seeing as how I need another cymbal stand too, I thought I might ask if there's somthing that fits both bills.

Anyway, the Gretch mount has a 1/2" diameter hole in case somone happens to know a particularly heavy duty stand w/ a 1/2" diameter on the stem.

???

does the hole accept a hinged tube type mount or an L-Rod type mount.

Gibralter makes 12.7mm L-rod clamps, which work out to .5"
musicians friend doesnt always advertise all the gizmos that drum companies makes, you might have to take a trip to banjo mart.

[honkyjonk]

Shiza,

I shouldn't have said "new." I recently got it, so it's new for me, but it's actually a stop sign badge Gretsch tom.

Here's a pic:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %26fvi%3D1

So, as you can see, the mount looks pretty small. The diameter of the hole is .5"

[Professor]

That's certainly an older-style of mount, but the sizing looks to be about the same as the current designs. I'd expect that you'll still be able to use DW or Gibraltar.

-J

[Paul Fury 161]

Hiya.If you are buying a stand to hang a 15" tom from, I reccommend get the biggest scariest heavy stand you can find that fits - I don't hang toms like that as a rule, just because they always seem to end up bending and buckling the stand slightly (or not so slightly). Not to make myself seem more important than i am, I work in the biuggest independant drum store in Northwest UK, been here 6 years, and own a coupla kits of various sorts, and deal with all our kits for hire etc, so this thing is my bag. If you can get a stand that accepts the tom arm directly in place of the higher piece of tubing and boom arm (sounds like you're after that already),that's better, though a regular stand of any diameter plus a normal tom arm and a multiclamp will work. You could also put it in a snare stand, depends on how deep the drum is and how low you need it to go. I always carry two snare stands with me when my bands play gigs with a shared kit, so when I turn up and it's hanging 14" tom and the guy says I can't move the F'n tom mount, I just take it off the mount and stick it in a snare stand, do the same with rack toms if needed (I only play 4 piece kits ususally, if it's 5 it'll be two floor toms with legs).

You could also go a different route - buy a pearl ISS mount, it clamps onto your top hoop, fits a regular pearl tom arm (which'll go in a pearl cymbal stand/tom stand). Not cheap, but a tidy solution, and easy to remove etc.

Hope this helps, nice drum that gretsch 15;-p

Take it easy,

Paul