Max stacks are driving me crazy

[Thrashmother]

How the hell do you mount those things? I really have no idea. I was thinking of getting one as well as a AA Rocktagon crash and a HHX O-Zone crash. So can u give me a hand cos i am lost with those things.

[Parradiddle Pete]

Dont buy Max Stax, Get a wuhan china and a wuhan splash and save the money to buy something nice lol

[Thrashmother]

Can u just tell me how to mount them please

[raz0r]

Don't you just put the china ontop of the splash, uninverted?

[Chrysostom]

Don't you just put the china ontop of the splash, uninverted?

Yup. Although that never made sense to me.

[Drum Monkey]

Yup. Although that never made sense to me.
Why not? It's a stack, you wouldn't get much contact with the china upside down...

If you have enough room on your stand you just place the splash followed by the china upside up.

-DM

[Chrysostom]

Why not? It's a stack, you wouldn't get much contact with the china upside down...

If you have enough room on your stand you just place the splash followed by the china upside up.

-DM

Yeah but if you turn the china upside down and put the splash in the recess it's flatter and gets exactly the same sound.

[Drum Monkey]

Yeah but if you turn the china upside down and put the splash in the recess it's flatter and gets exactly the same sound.
http://i2.tinypic.com/otqnh4.gif
If you look at the picture, you can see that the china and splash have a large amount of contact space, as opposed to upside down where only the bells and edge of the china would touch. Obviously, the cymbals stacked like this is what was intended.

-DM

[Brokensticks]

Very Nice DM...........Very Nice work.

[Double Bass Jim]

Dont buy Max Stax, Get a wuhan china and a wuhan splash and save the money to buy something nice lol
Exactly! Thats all ya gotta do.

Max Stax's are the biggest rip off in drums, you can get the same tones for 30-40 bucks. It's just metal on metal trashy white noise.

[FockerTheLopper]

Does it damage the cymbals?

[Double Bass Jim]

Damage? How so?

[Erotomania]

when i first started to listen to dream theater... i always thought they were really really annoying... but i got used to them... and i will admit they do have some nice rythmic tone to them

[Erotomania]

Does it damage the cymbals?

Like you mean the china being upside down or the cymbals hitting against eachother?

[LoneStarDrummer]

Does it damage the cymbals?

unlikely. the cymbals are basically just rubbing and slightly vibrating on one another. they're not really hitting each other so there really isn't anyway for them to get damaged, just some minute scrathes and label wear.

[Pleaseme]

Nothing worse than hi-hats rubbing etc. But I agree, buy cheaper stuff for the same noise.

[Chrysostom]

http://i2.tinypic.com/otqnh4.gif
If you look at the picture, you can see that the china and splash have a large amount of contact space, as opposed to upside down where only the bells and edge of the china would touch. Obviously, the cymbals stacked like this is what was intended.

-DM

I don't think you quite understood what I meant.

[Trev]

I think I'll make a couple of stacks using Staggs. What sizes splash and china would work best?

[Thrashmother]

Dus any1 on mx actually own a Max stack? If so can you tell me how you mounted yours?

[Drum Monkey]

I don't think you quite understood what I meant.
Are you talking about flipping the whole thing upside down?
http://i2.tinypic.com/qn5x80.gif

Like this?

-DM

[Erotomania]

^^haha

[Erotomania]

Dus any1 on mx actually own a Max stack? If so can you tell me how you mounted yours?

its not that hard... use a felt for the bottom... and another felt in between your china and splash and another felt..WALLA!:thumb:

[-TGP-]

Good one DM!
Hahaha.

[FockerTheLopper]

Damage? How so?
A splash is vibrating on top of a china, and alot of cymbal is touching cymbal isn't it harmful?

[Motleyguy]

I wouldn't think so, like whoever said before, it's like hi hats.

[Hunted By a Freak]

I know a guy who has his drum set at school here. Way into Portnoy and owns these.

THEY ARE A RIPOFF.

THEY SOUND TERRIBLE.

If you really want this noise, do what the above mentioned.

[Double Bass Jim]

A splash is vibrating on top of a china, and alot of cymbal is touching cymbal isn't it harmful?
Naaa it's fine

Anyone wanting a max stax cheap just buy a 12" wuhan splash/12" wuhan china.

[Tim]

good stack if you have some money is a b8pro chinese and a b8pro crash. sweet ol caca.

[Double Bass Jim]

Anything can work, infact the worse the better

[Tim]

Anything can work, infact the worse the better

ha true. doesnt get any worse than solar.

[Motleyguy]

hmmmm, I should take my cracked pearl crash, and put a china on it...make a stack.

[Tim]

i should stack my old paiste 502 ride with something. talk about bloody damn loud.

[Motleyguy]

Yeah, that would be sick.

[Double Bass Jim]

Anythings possible, hell you can use sheet metal :lol:

[Panopticon]

its not that hard... use a felt for the bottom... and another felt in between your china and splash and another felt..WALLA!:thumb:


a felt in between the two cymbals would defeat the purpose of it...

[Phototropic]

Max stacks are the most annoying ****ing sound anyway, I don't see how they appeal to anyone apart from Portnoy wannabes

[aznriceball]

its preference. some people hate the aa china splash. i love it :D

[Splanchnic Ganglion]

Dus any1 on mx actually own a Max stack? If so can you tell me how you mounted yours?
Are u blind the answer is above several times! and as also explained here noone ones one because we have experimented and found the same sound through other combinations for an eigth of the price, i suggest you follow suit.

[Thrashmother]

Are u blind the answer is above several times! and as also explained here noone ones one because we have experimented and found the same sound through other combinations for an eigth of the price, i suggest you follow suit.
hey wanker i think i'll do whateva the **** i want but thanks to every1 hu has put down a useful comment. Cheers. Oh yeah and they do sound gud in any setting.

[Phototropic]

hey wanker i think i'll do whateva the **** i want but thanks to every1 hu has put down a useful comment. Cheers. Oh yeah and they do sound gud in any setting.

1. You're an idiot, your question had already been answered

2. They sound **** anyway

[fiojamdrummer]

I don't think i've ever heard an example of this sound produced from max stacks..... I'm gonna go listen now.... do I just listen out for a really ****e sounding cymbal?? :lol:

[Parradiddle Pete]

No, you listen out for a sound which could almost be a tiny pair of hi hats on half-open. They sound great. You'll know which they are when you hear them

[Zildjian]

not a good idea, the wuhans would be a good idea

[Splanchnic Ganglion]

hey wanker i think i'll do whateva the **** i want but thanks to every1 hu has put down a useful comment. Cheers. Oh yeah and they do sound gud in any setting.
u do what you want but spending extra money on stax is like pissing in the wind, but feel free

[SkaRabbit]

cut your old stocks and use them.

[FockerTheLopper]

What should be bigger the china or the other cymbal, when I made one(12'' wuhan 10'' b8 or 12'' b8) the splash was as big as the inside of the china meaning that I hit the flange of the china.
Is this right?