Kit size poll

[Tama_Drums]

From what I can tell, a lot of you people that are posting pics of your kits have a typical 4 piece setup, with the ride really close in and all that. So I made this poll to kind of find out what type of kits dominates among us MX'ers, to see if my asumptions are true. Perhaps I will be surprised, but that'll make it even more interesting!

So please, vote for the kind of kit that you play on! I myself play on a 9 piece double bass kit, which I got the feeling of is not the most usual setup...)

[Elmo McCheese]

5 piece. Works fine for me. I'm sure I'll add more stuff later on.

[The Leper Messiah]

Sonor Force 505 5-Piece Standard...

Bass: 22" x 16"
Toms: 12" x 10", 13" x 11", 16" x 16" (Floor)
Snare: 14" x 5.5"

[HeLLmO]

i dig mostly 4 piece, ideally 14x7-8 snare, 12x8 rack tom, 16x16 floor tom and 24x18 bass, but if i feel like goin' 5 piece i just throw on an 18x16 floor tom(if i had one)

[fritzz]

have a 6 piece, just a basic kit with an extra floor tom.
I think I really can't miss the extra floortom, I really use it in fills a lot.
however sometimes I just play a 4 piece, and that's nice to, but not whole the time.

[raz0r]

I misread the question. I thought it said what is your ideal kit.
I voted 7++.

Oops.

I actually play on a 5 piece.

In a couple of years though, I'll have an 9+ piece double bass set. Delites :D

[milkmit]

althought I now have a 5-piece, I voted 3 or less...because as I mentioned in a couple other threads recently, I rarely ever use the toms and am seriously considering breaking it down to a 2 or 3-piece kit.

[Drum Phil]

I have a non-standard five peice. 4 peice + Extra snare

[fullmetalhaallee]

I have a 4 piece, but I want to add a 12inch tom and an 8inch piccalo tom.

[TTTSNB]

7 piece single bass, with the 3 timbales and aux snare, 11 piece.

[Black Rose Immortal]

when i get my new set it'll be a 12 piece but as of now i have a 6 piece with a timbale and 2 roto toms so a 9 piece

[Murd_666]

I have a six peice
14x5 Snare
12x9 Tom
13x10 Tom
16x15 Tom
16x16 Tom
22x16 Bass

I used to have another snare that i used as a timbale, and I have another tom that I striped and haven't done nething with it yet.

[Ming-a-Ling]

I voted 6-7 even though I play on a 5 now. I'm going to be getting another tom and another snare soon. I also enjoy a good ol' 4 piece just as much though.

[ThugsRook]

i play a 7pc DB kit, and i think its small :lol:

[Corkofski]

Premier Cabria exclusive, with added toms from session pro kit

10" (added)
12"
13"
16" toms in standard setup
14" (added) floor tom on left side of hats

one snare, 22x18 bass drum with big dog pedal on order

[xeonman9000]

Six piece with a single pedal, rock on!
I love my extra tom.

[PandaDrummer]

four piece

22x18
10x8
14x11
premier

13x6.5 snare

Ideallly I would have a shallower tom such as 10x5 and my floor tom would be 14x14

[CasB]

4 piece

Currently
20x18
12x9
14x11

12x5 Snare

Next kit:
20x18
10x8 or 12x9 (Dunno yet)
14x14

12x5 snare.

[Dookiedude3005]

I got a 4 pc rockin right now....but I CRAVE MORE FLOOR TOMS!!!!!!! lol

[Wizz]

I would want a 6-piece

2 Rack Toms an 2 Floortoms , snare drum and 1 bass-drum with double pedal

[Plan B.]

Pretty much the standard 5 pc. set up for me. I'd like to get a second floor tom sometime.

[Phototropic]

4-Piece, looks cosy, feels great

[blujelly]

a 10 piece kit for me

[alexmonty12]

4 peice, i feel like i'm moving my arm to an un-nessacary angle to reach the ride on 5 peice set-ups, and i rarely use the tom where my ride goes in the 4-peice

(i'm well aware the pictures i posted of my kit are in fact in 5 peice set-up)

[White]

I got a fie Piece with fusion sizes
20X16 Bass drum
10X9 Rack Tom
12X10 Rack tom 2
14X12 Floor Tom

[Drummer884]

I Like five pieces with one rack and two floor toms instead of two rack toms and one floor.

[Starship]

6-7 piece setup, single bass (dbl pedal)

[Chris]

Mine is different.

Personally i play a 6 peice (with a single pedal, i noticed you didnt put that on the list:mad: ), but with my band i play a 3 or 4 peice set up (depending on the set list).

[CombatWombat3]

I play either a 4 piece setup, or a 5-piece with my 13" to the left of my hats.

[seanman99]

1 snare, 1 bass (no dbl), 4 toms

[Tim]

6 drums 5 cymbals

[Sponer]

5 toms, 2 different bass drums, and 1 - 2 snare drums for when I'm at home just jamming with my self.

For band practices, I like a five piece (8, 10, 14, 20, 14) but usually end up just using a four piece.

[White]

I Like five pieces with one rack and two floor toms instead of two rack toms and one floor.

Ya, thats how I now have mine set up lol

[Massik Kretal]

Either:
2 rack
2 floor
1 bass
1 snare

or

3 rack
1 floor
1 bass
1 snare

or

2 rack
2 floor
1 bass
1 snare
4 concert toms
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10 peices! I'm aiming for that, but right now I have a 7 piece.

[SpikedCola]

13" tom
14" snare
18" floor tom
22" bass drum

Tama Double Bass Pedal

16" Zildjian Z Custom Rock Crash
16" Zildjian Z Custom Medium Crash
14" Zildjian ZBT Hihats (sound really good considering theyre ZBT's)
14" Zildjian ZXT China
20" Sabian B8 Ride (crap and a half, getting an A 20" Ping Ride soon)

So I guess that makes it a 4 piece :p

[rockindrummer]

I play 4 peice and somtimes mess around with a 13" as another floor tom.

[FullMoon]

i have a 9 peice one bass and roto toms but i only use the basic 5 peice and the 10 inch roto

[ValeOfShadows]

Just a five piece with double pedal so i voted six piece.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

DW in Red Sparkle Finish

2X 24X18 bass drums
8" 10" 12" 14" toms
15" 16" 18" Floor Toms
Groove Percussion Piccalo snare
Pearl Steel Chrome Mirror 14X5 Snare
Remo 6" 8" 10" Roto Toms
Ludwig 14X5 snare (used as Timbale)

[TTTSNB]

DW in Red Sparkle Finish

2X 24X18 bass drums
8" 10" 12" 14" toms
15" 16" 18" Floor Toms
Groove Percussion Piccalo snare
Pearl Steel Chrome Mirror 14X5 Snare
Remo 6" 8" 10" Roto Toms
Ludwig 14X5 snare (used as Timbale)
Ah man, thats basically my dream setup. I must see pics.

[motleydrummer]

5 pieice but i will be adding another floor tom asap when money comes and im finished upgrading cymbals

[Caleb3221]

If you count everything I've got, it's 10 drums with 2 kicks. But I don't really play double bass as you would imagine, sometimes I just turn 90 degress and play on the left side of my kit with the second kick. But when I play out, I usually downsize to a 4, sometimes down to a 2 or 3(0 or 1 toms).

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Ah ill try to get pics up as soon as I can. My band has been playing gigs although ive been using other bands sets because only 1 set is allowed altogether so the last gig I played I had to use the other band's drummer's Pearl forum. But when my camera is fixed ill post pics.

[iplaybass9340]

Dream kit:

22x18" Bass
10x8 Rack Tom
12x10 Rack Tom
14x11 Mounted Floor Tom
16x13 Mounted Floor Tom
13x7 Maple Snare

[billdrum]

Other? I use a 5 piece with 1 up and 2 down (12, 14, 15).

[DxRocker]

I voted 7++ with double bass, since that is what my kit looks like when fully setup. Only every 6-7 months is that monster up and running though... Mostly my setups range anywhere between 4-piece and 7/8-piece with double pedal (so not double bassdrum)

[TaylorRules]

I have a 7 piece single bass set-up.
Mapex M Birch

22" Bass
14" Snare
12", 13", 14" Rack toms
16" & 18" Floor toms

I hardly use the 13" tom. So i tend to just have the 12" and 14" mounted of to the left with the ride in place of the third rack tom.

[GhostNote]

I put 'common' 4piece, but i play a 20x8 kick, 10x6 tom, 13x11 floor tom and 13x5.5 kit, with 13" hats and an 18" ride. which is uncommon to say the least...

[Obelisk]

2 kicks - 18" + 22"
2 racks - 10" + 12"
2 floors - 14" + 16"
2 snares - 14" + 13"

I like the optioins I have, can pull a neet little jazz kit out, standard rock set, or kick-arse dbl kicker.

[Joonas P]

Right now it's a 4-piece, but I'll soon add a 10" piccolo to that. Would that count as an extra piece?

What if you played a 6-piece double bass set or a single bass setup with 6 toms? There are no options for users with those setups..

[Tama_Drums]

I really should have put an "other" option in that poll, I can see that now, sorry. But, since so many people have voted already, putting the "other" option in now would be pointless...

[Joonas P]

True, changing the poll now wouldn't fix it since people have already voted. Just keep this in mind the next time you're making a poll, that's all. I should now go and try get some sleep again. Bye!

[dumbassdrummer]

Uusually I play a regular 4 pc kit, however, the other day I got by two vistalite toms new heads and tuned up, so I'm using my Accent kick, an Accent 16x16, a vistalite 13x9 and 16x16.

[Erotomania]

Big Kit Yo!! Me 7++

[Zildjian]

I have a 7 peice kit.3 toms.2 floor toms

more toms the better imo

[styler]

22" bass
10" 12" 13" 16" 18" toms
and 2 14" snares..

[Motleyguy]

14" X 5.5" Snare
12" Rack Tom
16" Floor Tom
22" Bass

So your standard 4 piece. It would be 5, but I don't like having both of my toms on top of my bass, so until I get a piece to put one of them on my cymbal stand, 4 piece it is.

[larsROCKS]

5-7 drums depending if im at home of elsewhere. 6 cymbals. double kick. cowbell to a pedal.

[Blank]

5 piece.
But I plan on adding.

[Pauly]

6 piece and lovin' it.

[aznriceball]

i have 5 piece offset. ur poll shouldve included that

[Aaron]

6-7 piece setup, single bass (dbl pedal):
3 toms
1 bass
2 snares
1 conga
all moonted

[billy_spleen]

DW in Red Sparkle Finish

2X 24X18 bass drums
8" 10" 12" 14" toms
15" 16" 18" Floor Toms
Groove Percussion Piccalo snare
Pearl Steel Chrome Mirror 14X5 Snare
Remo 6" 8" 10" Roto Toms
Ludwig 14X5 snare (used as Timbale)

that sounds like a real nice kit.....

[Zmev]

I'm not really a drummer, but is there much you can play on a 3 piece set? I;ve seen them on sale for about $99 and I'm wondering if it's worth it.

[\m/-CHeV-\m/]

6 piece (7 if counted my sidesnare) Superstar custom and Iron Cobra's :thumb:

22x18 BD
10x9 tt
12x10 tT
13x11 TT
16x16 FT
14x5.5 SD
12x6 SSD

[Money$hot]

Normally a 5pc. fusion: 9x10 10x12 11x14 toms, 18x22 bass 5.5x14 snare
My cymbal setup is 14" hats, 2 16" crashes, 20" ride, 8" splash and a 14" mini China.

For gigs, I'll leave one of the rack toms at home, and just use hats, ride, one crash and the mini China.

[Ill Mitch]

6 piece single kick with a double pedal.

[abandonthetruth]

Voted 6-7, . but technically, .. mines 7 right now, . but i wanna have a 9+ with double pedal... you kinda lacked on that option

[Brokensticks]

I play the stanbdard 5 piece - 12 13 16

[NowhereMan]

four piece (toms 13/16, 24 bass), plus a second snare sometimes.

[kyle_ashbourne]

4 peice,

10
14
14 Snare
22 Bass

[derryk]

Mapex M Birch 5 piece- Transparent Cherry-
22 x 18 Bass Drum
10 x 9 Rack Tom
12 x 10 Rack Tom
14 x 14 Floor Tom
14 x 5.5 Snare

[LoneStarDrummer]

7 piece

bass, snare, picolo snare, two rack toms, two floor toms

[TormentorScott]

I've been playing the 4-piece as of late. I'm reeeeeaaally liking that.