Used Musical Instruments

How much should I pay for a used floor tom drum?

Q: I need a floor tom and was wondering how much I should expect to pay for one.
There are some at a couple of antique stores where I live, but everything there is way overpriced. Besides the drums they have there aren't antiques. They're Tama's from

A: what model tamas? you can usually find some on ebay, or if its a recent model musiciansfriend sometimes sells individual drums
a superstar model runs between 250-300$ on musiciansfriend
starclassic maple goes for 614, and starclassic bubinga

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Tom Mounting Advice? - DRUMMERWORLD OFFICIAL DISCUSSION FORUM

Your best and cheapest option would be to do what Bo Said. If you don't have a spare base laying around you could do a few things. You could buy a double tom stand, or buy two multi clamps and two tom holders and clamp them on to cymbal stand. Advantages of this set up are: Your ride is closer and lower, your toms are lower and closer. The only disadvantage I can think of is that your hi hats are going to be further away. I've played this way all my life. I don't know how the positioning of the hats are when the toms are actually on the kick. But it does look like that you could get them allot closer to you. I moved my toms to the left about 15 years ago to make a square between my two most-used toms (lowest rack and highest floor), snare, and ride. I found I was using them, plus my hi-hats, for 90% of all the notes I played with my hands. It didn't make sense to put the low rack tom far to the right where it became inaccessible to my left hand. My ride technique has only improved because of this move. I moved my toms to the left about 15 years ago to make a square between my two most-used toms (lowest rack and highest floor), snare, and ride. I found I was using them, plus my hi-hats, for 90% of all the notes I played with my hands. It didn't make sense to put the low rack tom far to the right where it became inaccessible to my left hand. My ride technique has only improved because of this move. I sometimes have to explain my setup to people because I like my body to face straight forward on stage which means my bass drum sits on the stage at an angle (as though there is an invisible 2nd bass drum). So I explain it like this: "It is just a basic 4-piece with an extra 10" tom off to the left". Of course, I also explain how those first 2 toms are directly in front of me and also how I like my body to face forward on stage. This is the setup I use as well. I've played a 4 piece most of the time over the years and when I bought a 5 piece last year...

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