Pacific Drums by DW 800 Series Snare Stand Review

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(More customer reviews)I guess being a 'older' drummer I'm expecting too much for my money these days. The stand is ok. It does the job, its steady, and holds my snare, so its worthy of 3 stars. If I was playing out night after night this stand would not last. I'm just not knocked out by the quality. The 'rubber' parts of the basket are really plastic, and the 'nut' underneath the basket is plastic as well. We all know how plastic does when its up against metal. The stand appears strong, but I have my doubts about the durability. The metal feels 'cheap'...Time will tell. I'd probably have to go into the $100 + range to get the quality that I expected here, which is sad. I had my last snare stand for over 30 years. We'll see how long this one holds out.
As far as Amazon part in this ..Delivery was quick, price competative, 5 stars for them..

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Sound Percussion Double Boom Cymbal Stands - 2-pack Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought these as an upgrade to my son's drum set. I tend to favor the Pearl equipment and had reviewed several of their stands when I happened to see these stands on Musician Friend. As a result of the low price, I had my doubts about the stands, but the reviews were glowing so I took the plunge. You should too, these are outstanding stands. When I opened the box and felt the quality of the stand, I was amazed. They have all of the features of the Pearl stands that I reviewed in the $150 range.
The finish is perfectly smooth and there is the right balance of weight to the stand. The boom completely hides in the stand body when you need to transport the stand. You can adjust the height via the extension and the three legs. You can adjust the tilt angle of the boom and of course you can rotate both the extension and boom 360 degrees (the boom has knurled sections, which improves the holding clamp's grip). The boom and cymbal holder tilts are both notched (a great benefit).
I am also impressed by the cymbal washer and spacer. My son used the Aquarian Cymbal Spring to allow the cymbals to ring better. We did not want to risk damaging the threads on the new SP stands so we used their cymbal washer and spacer. The cymbal have the same perfect ring.
In conclusion, these are awesome cymbal stands. They look great and function even better. You cannot go wrong with these and I cannot understand how anyone can rate them anything less than five stars.

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Pearl PCL-100 Pipe Leg Clamp for ICON Series Racks Review

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(More customer reviews)Esta pieza de Pearl es para los Racks para baterias, para montar otros pedestales para platos sin tener que comprar toda una extensión; se puede colocar un total de 4 PCL-100 en una barra normal de 3 lados, y es muy efectiva para el control de platos ya que permite girar los pedestales como uno quiera.
Es un excelente producto para los bateristas que puedan comprarse un Rack, da mejor orden a la vista de la batería y no se tienen que poner varios pedestales. El precio es bueno.

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Rockbag Drum Hardware Bag with Wheels Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a great idea, and for the most part, a great piece of gear. It's a helluva lot better than the hockey bag I used to carry all my hardware around in.
BUT.
The plastic wheels are *very* fragile. I expected to be able to wheel this around without fear, and of course, I broke one of the wheels, the hub snapped. Most of the places this cart will see have steps, stairs, concrete, stages etc, so it will see some abuse. I also think they should have placed "skids" along the back of the cart to allow sliding the cart up and down stairs to be much easier and without unduly beating the cart up.
But it is a great concept. Hopefully they will think things through a little better in the future.

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Pearl PCX200 Pipe Clamp with Swivel Arm - Die Cast for ICON Racks Review

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(More customer reviews)This item is a five in my book. I recently got a pearl rack 80 or somethin, my tom holder didn't fit with the clamps and this clamp is awesome.

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Pearl DR501C ICON Rack, Front Rack with Curved Bar Review

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(More customer reviews)I have an older DR503 and wanted to check out the curved rack, which is longer. I also needed a rack for the practice room. So, I bought this and switched the front, shorter curve of my 503 and brought the single rack setup to the jam house. Works perfectly. And I love the curved bar on my full kit, a 9 piece Pearl Reference kit. The listing was incorrect, but I knew that. The rack comes with 2 rack clamps and 2 pipe clamps, which turn dead pipes into active mounts (One of the all time great ideas!). The price was great and the rack, designed by Toto's late drummer Jeff Porcarro (sp?) is worth its weight in gold. No more criscrossing tripods, no more infinite trips to carry hardware. Assemble the rack at the car and carry it as one unit! When I was playing in an original band, we had 10 minutes between bands, that's off, on and sound check in 10. I had everything on the rack except the bass drum and pedal, snare and hi-hat (Which can be mounted with remotes too!). It was less than a minute to get everything from the wings and in place! Love both of my racks!

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DW Drum Workshop SM770 Bass Drum Mounted Cymbal Arm w/L-Arm & Bracket Review

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(More customer reviews)I had been looking for a Bass Drum Cymbal holder that was nicer than the old Ludwig models and the freely available Gibraltar model. The DW model is top notch.
The bass drum I was drilling it into had an unusually thick shell, so the screws included weren't long enough. I found matching screws at Home Depot with no problem, and I noticed that even the screws DW included were very nice quality, not cheap 2 cent screws you might expect.
One piece of advice, I guesstimated that the correct placement to screw into the bass drum was about halfway through. Now I am wishing I had mounted it a lot closer to the batter (beater) side of the bass drum. I looked at my friends vintage Rogers set and his mount was mounted very close to the batter side.
The only criticism I have is that it might look a little out of place on a vintage style set.

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Pacific Drums by DW 900 Series Snare Stand Review

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(More customer reviews)The 900 mounts a 15" tom very well for now--currently, a Gibraltar rack snare stand mounts my snare. (Nonetheless, I'd have no hesitation in mounting the top of this in the Gibraltar's place--sometimes, I consider that.) I'm very certain that this pic is not correctly depicting my PDP 900 series stand--the pic seems grossly inaccurate--a bad fill-in picture, perhaps? Very obviously, instead, my PDP 900 series snare stand sports a heavy-duty metal snare basket adjustment nut--not black plastic. (The inaccurate pic was up here, as well, when I ordered earlier: Certainly, I was pleasantly surprised by the heavy duty quality which I received at a greatly discounted price at that time. I couldn't pass it up: I feel really fortunate! Thanks PDP/Pacific/DW--for caring about this item!
For somewhat more (or, perhaps even less), one likely may purchase a great quality Pearl, DW, Yamaha, Ludwig, Gibraltar, Sonor, Mapex, or Tama snare stand--etc. (So many choices...) I don't see the slightest reason for trading at this point, however: It's a keeper. For those needing good value for a heavy-duty tripod snare stand--say, to replace a flimsy, quality-lacking bargain-kit stand, I recommend the 900 model highly--given that design/materials/fabrication haven't changed. (I'll upload pics soon. Definitely, the initials "PDP" are forge-imprinted into metal.)
I've noted that PDP/Pacific and Gibraltar appear to pack and ship via their respective operations--the boxes bear model info and company logos. (That's a very slight benefit for gifting. OK, mildly subliminal--yet nifty?!) Thus, it's likely that purchasers should look for such a box instead of one labeled "Amazon.com." Shipping proved speedy via the manufacturer, PDP/Pacific.
(PDP/Pacific currently is the major Chinese subsidiary of legendary drum/drum hardware maker DW ("Drum Workshops"). Many drummers consider that most products hailing in recent years from this subsidiary, excepting a few notable items, prove themselves to be of dubious quality, usability, and durability. I believe that this quality stand, though, proves itself to be one of the notable products....)
As for Amazon, it proves, yet again and again, a consistently awesome portal for purchasing wildly diverse items online-- incorporating "wicked" XML and servers. As always, great thanks to everyone at amazon.com--particularly for my awesome deal on the PDP/Pacific 900-series snare stand!:

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Gibraltar GPRSSS Super Spanner System Review

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(More customer reviews)I have this unit connected to two Yamaha 9000 series boom stands. I find this solution much better than lugging around a heavy rack or many, many stands. Currently, I have three rack toms (8", 10", 12"), 2 short cymbal arms (splashes), 2 long cymbal arms (crashes) and a percussion mount attached to the unit. It is extremely sturdy and very versatile. I would recommend this unit to anyone wanting to lighten the load on your bass drum and have extremely flexible mounting options for your gear. I have it mounted a bit off to my right. However, you could have it mounted off to your left or a variety of other places. It is very nice to carry around boom arms versus heavy stands. The footprint of my entire kit is also reduced, which is great in small spaces and for a variety of other reasons.
Bottom line: if you would like more mounting versatility, less weight in your hardware bag, more resonance from your bass drum, a smaller footprint and are not in the market for a full rack system, then this is the unit for you. The clamps and the bar itself are very well built and sturdy. There is no reason, to pay more for a "brand name" rack. (Not that Gibraltar is not a brand name, you get my drift)
Also, check out their hybrid and stealth mounting systems. GIB HYBRID MOUNTING PODGibraltar GSVMS Stealth Vertical Mounting System PackageGibraltar GSSMS Stealth Side Mounting System They work quite nicely with this unit.
Thank You Gibraltar!

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Pearl DR80 3 Sided Rack Review

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(More customer reviews)It is very sturdy and works well with the kit I have. Recommend it to everyone who needs a rack!

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