choosing a boom stand...

[ollie39mac]

I have £60 burning a hole in my pocket at the moment and i have a 10" splash and a 16" crash just laying in my room standless. So i have already decided what i am going to do about the splash, i am goin to get the gibralter cymbal holder, a knurled arm and clamp for £19.99! i dont think i can go wrong there.
But i am pretty stuck for what to get for the crash i was hoping for a knurled boom stand, double braced and three sections (excluding boom arm). I was originally looking at the PDP 800 series stand but that has only got 2 sections, but id like more adjustability, and i cant find anywhere that sells the PDP 900 anywhere in the UK.
Please help with suggestions for my stand of around the £40 mark. much appreciated.
Thanks guys

[Tim]

pearl bc800w. Stagg makes an 800 i beleive too and they are about the same. Tama Roadpro.

[Zildjian]

Tama Roadpro are beast...I have 4 of them

[ollie39mac]

pearl bc800w. Stagg makes an 800 i beleive too and they are about the same. Tama Roadpro.

a bit out of my price range i'm afraid :(

[White Riot!]

Gibraltar stands are great

[Talos]

Stagg do some good stands for great prices. Also try Meinl, they have some stand at my local shop and they look good but im not sure about the price.

[CasB]

Big Dog?

[SkaRabbit]

Big dog for teh win!

[aznriceball]

big dog obviously! stupid UK and their not sharing big dogs >.<

[We_Love_Lime]

does big dog have a website?

[White Riot!]

http://www.bigdogdrumstuff.com/

learn how to google.

[We_Love_Lime]

Thanks.

[Marky_Mark]

i picked up an 800series boom at Guitar Center yesterday during a sale, for $30 (not that, that concerns you or anything) and I think it is spectacular...The one section is actually quite long, but the boom is a little on the shorter side...That's the negative thing about it.

[Talos]

$30 is great fora boom stand!

[crolfe1]

I started out with the Pacific 800 series boom stands on my intermediate kit. When I upgraded my kit and cymbals I switched to the DW 5000 series. That is some quality hardware right there!!

However, if you are going to gig, use a single stand to hold 4 or more items, or just flat out want the best, get the DW 9000 series stuff. Looks great, its solid, and has features you can really use and come to love. I'll never regret switching all my stands to the 9000 series.

[Aaron]

Dixon do great cheap and heavy stands.

[ilikenoise]

Tama roadpro £45

[PremierManiac]

DW 5700 or 5700L

Usually $80 to $85 and solid as a rock.

[ThugsRook]

TAMA RoadPros suck, unless youre using small cymbals and keeping them very low.

but than again, you dont have much money either.

[fullmetalhaallee]

DW 5700 or 5700L

Usually $80 to $85 and solid as a rock.

Ive got a 5000 straight stand, that thing is a tank!!!

[aznriceball]

DW 5700 or 5700L

Usually $80 to $85 and solid as a rock.

Some guy just sold me a 9700 for 59 bucks including shipping. He advertised it as a 5700L and I asked him (he had a pic of a 5700L stock and his own photo was a 9700) could he sell me the one with the black handle and he said yes. Score!

[crolfe1]

Thats insane man!

Make sure its a 9700 though! Does it have the really thick tube base and the hinged memory locks? Memory locks on the boom arm as well as the infinite tilter?

If so that is incredable! The DW9700 by far is the most spectaculalr boom stand you can buy. The Axis booms look interesting, but I have no idea how they would hold up.

[aznriceball]

Yup, everything included, including those obscenely large memory locks and that tilter I adore so much. He may have lost the little tech lock from the looks of it..a quarter at most :p

I'd have to say though, if the first boom on the pearl bc2000 was gnurled, it would have the 9700 pwned. Double boom!

[ollie39mac]

Tama roadpro £45
where have you seein it for that price?

[TTTSNB]

TAMA RoadPros suck, unless youre using small cymbals and keeping them very low.

but than again, you dont have much money either.
yeah, the counterweight ones are decent, none of the others though.

[ThugsRook]

yeah, the counterweight ones are decent, none of the others though.
the older TAMA Titan stands are very good, and the Stilt stands are awesome :thumb:

those stands are huge compared to a RoadPro.

[HeLLmO]

^yea, i definatly feel like the older tama stuff is better. i had a few older ludwig like mega boom stands, i think it might have been a telescope stand or what ever the **** boom stands with like an extra piece for lenght are called, but the thing was a ****ing monster. but for cheap boom stands i would defiantly check out the Pasific 800 series, i got an 800 series boom stand for xmas, it cost like 35 bucks and i'm lovin it, the arm is a little short for me personally, but it is a good stand

[TTTSNB]

the older TAMA Titan stands are very good, and the Stilt stands are awesome :thumb:

those stands are huge compared to a RoadPro.
Yeah, those seem pretty sweet. I personally don't see the need for MASSUVE stands, but heavier weight is good, definitely.

[stevoibanez]

I've said it before, Sonor 400 series is the best bang for buck stands

[ollie39mac]

i settled for a pearl bc800w, £45 from adcdrums.co.uk. i love it it looks amazing compared to my old s****y stock stands. and thanks guys for your help.
-ollie

[Drum Phil]

Should have gone Stagg 1000 as its heavier than the BC-800 and a tenner cheaper :)

[Paiste.Fan.]

i jus recently got a Paiste hybrid Hi Hat and i love it. it has a very nice jazzy sizzle to it, and cuts through nicely. 14 inch innovations bottom high hat and a mediumlight 14 inch high hat. i jus cant get enough of it.

[ilikenoise]

where have you seein it for that price?

PMT in Birmingham

[We_Love_Lime]

i jus recently got a Paiste hybrid Hi Hat and i love it. it has a very nice jazzy sizzle to it, and cuts through nicely. 14 inch innovations bottom high hat and a mediumlight 14 inch high hat. i jus cant get enough of it.

Awesome. But yes. This is a thread about stands.