As a Percussionist and High School Band Director this is the BEST explanation and demonstration of Snare Drum Stands. Keep up Educating the Music Community.
On the set screws use Loctite. They'll never come loose, it can be difficult to remove them. I use it on the high hat stand threaded rod to keep it from loosening up.
Interesting subject. The reason a lot of these "Concert Stands" have large bases is because the manufacturers have married a drum set snare stand top to a cymbal stand bottom. Cheap trick by the maufacturers to make you believe they've developed something special. In fact, if you have plenty of stands from the same manufacturer, you can do this yourself without spending any more money. Just measure the tube diameters. I use Mapex Falcon hardware (about the only good thing Mapex makes) and do it all the time. You can acheive some interesting combinations. You may need to drill out some rivets on bases occasionally, and replace them with bolts, but that's easy, and enables future swapping out and swapping back even easier.
Nice review! That Hamilton stand is tough. The aesthetic is cool. But it is advertised as being able to hold 12"-16" drums. It cannot. It can do 14"-15" drums, and MAYBE 13". Folks need to know that. The A&F is cool; I'd like to try one. The two Pearl stands are both great; I have used those!
As a Percussionist and High School Band Director this is the BEST explanation and demonstration of Snare Drum Stands. Keep up Educating the Music Community.
Thanks Walter
Emergency drum stand in the car - that's hardcore
On the set screws use Loctite. They'll never come loose, it can be difficult to remove them. I use it on the high hat stand threaded rod to keep it from loosening up.
You never want to use Loctite on anything you think you might want to loosen one day. It's a great way to strip a screw and/ or its thread.
Interesting subject. The reason a lot of these "Concert Stands" have large bases is because the manufacturers have married a drum set snare stand top to a cymbal stand bottom. Cheap trick by the maufacturers to make you believe they've developed something special. In fact, if you have plenty of stands from the same manufacturer, you can do this yourself without spending any more money. Just measure the tube diameters. I use Mapex Falcon hardware (about the only good thing Mapex makes) and do it all the time. You can acheive some interesting combinations. You may need to drill out some rivets on bases occasionally, and replace them with bolts, but that's easy, and enables future swapping out and swapping back even easier.
Nice review! That Hamilton stand is tough. The aesthetic is cool. But it is advertised as being able to hold 12"-16" drums. It cannot. It can do 14"-15" drums, and MAYBE 13". Folks need to know that. The A&F is cool; I'd like to try one. The two Pearl stands are both great; I have used those!