I've had great success with them. Been playing a tom in a basket for 25 years and it's definitely the best sound I've gotten with one.I ordered some of the booty shakers so when they get here tomorrow ill try a few things with them.
I’ve got the same kit and the toms choke really quickly on snare stands. I’ve used the little Booty Shakers which worked and Flex Frames which really worked.Could it be a problem with the tom itself?
Maybe the reso head isn't tuned properly and that is what's choking the drum.
Different strokes for different folks. The one mounting type I can't stand is "tom attached to cymbal stand". On the bass drum is fine, on a snare stand is fine. If I absolutely need another stand (an 8" in a 3-up configuration, for example), I prefer using a dedicated tom stand. Mounting to the cymbal stand means I need to use a boom arm for the cymbal, which I generally don't like to use, and it means that making an adjustment to either causes disruption to both.i don't know why anyone would want to mount a tom on a snare stand .... don't get me wrong i used to do it too
i mount my tom on a cymbal stand , most guys have a cymbal stand on the left . so why not mount your tom on that .
plus it's one less stand to carry around with you , and i can get the rack tom in perfect scoring position every time ....
I usually play one rack tom and got into using a snare stand for the reason you describe. I play on a variety of different size stages and can’t just have everything in the same exact footprint every time. If I need to pull a cymbal or drum in a little tighter, I can do that easily without affecting the position of other things. Everything is on its own stand.Different strokes for different folks. The one mounting type I can't stand is "tom attached to cymbal stand". On the bass drum is fine, on a snare stand is fine. If I absolutely need another stand (an 8" in a 3-up configuration, for example), I prefer using a dedicated tom stand. Mounting to the cymbal stand means I need to use a boom arm for the cymbal, which I generally don't like to use, and it means that making an adjustment to either causes disruption to both.
OK, I've never seen someone mount a drum like that before. If it works for that's cool, nothing wrong with it.On my kits/stands without booty shakers, I have mine positioned exactly like that (on the edge of the rim, slight angle), and it's not tight. I can rotate the tom in the stand if I want to.