Re: Gretsch Jazz kit

Anthony Giampa wrote:

> Rob, I cannot understand why anyone would want a height adjustable rail
> mount. The thing is so big anyway.

Well,
A guy in Japan just took the buy it now, so there is someone out there! :-) The
one thing I can say, it is much easier to move the tom around with that vs
having to undue the bolt holding the tom mount to the rail.

> I could not comfortably play a 9x13 atop
> a 14x20 without dramatically raising my throne, which would ultimately lead
> me to changing several things in my setup. I'm now playing an 8x12 atop a
> 14x18 and it's *still* not quite as low and flat as I'd like it, but it's a
> million times better than the 13 over 20 I tried.

This is a 16" kick! ;-)

>
>
> IMHO it's not really DW's fault, they are probably building the thing to
> last forever. Unfortunately because of the thickness and size of many of the
> components they make it very tall. The rail sticks off the drum much more to
> accomidate the thick lower clamp, and then the rod up to the L-part is also
> a bit long, even though it's pretty short. I dunno. The thing is just bulky
> and big. BUT still very useable in smaller setups.
>
> Maybe DW intended these only to be used with 18" and smaller kicks? I have
> no clue. But if I were DW I would work on making an overall smaller design.
> On my 20" Ludwig kick, I'm using an early 70's rail, holding up an 8x12 tom,
> and it's steadfast. It's the most effective rail mount ever IMHO. Fairly
> adjustable (if you're not uber-anal) and perfect for 8x12 toms. Also, it's
> very small.
>

I personally went back to using a double tom mount on all my kits. If I don't
use a second tom, I mount a short DW dog bone and a cymbal arm off of the right
tom arm and it saves me from carrying another cymbal stand.



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