Mine did that too. Mounting it by the end of the L rod, and the same on the bass drum end, it brought it back to life, without needing to add RIMS to it,,,,[IMG]http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad173/wdonley/IMG_0545.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks Crash! Gorgeous kit by the way! I see you are a minimalist, as am I! These days I mostly play jazz, blues, and classic/outlaw country music and can get by with a small kit, and not a lot of cymbals. Ill try that suggestion when I get home today.

Brew - Did you try flipping the L-arm? By having it come into the tom mount from the top rather than the bottom, it completely changes the 'pressures' on the drum. You'll hear the difference. If all else fails, then a RIMS style mounting system should do it.

Flip the L-arm. Have it come in from the top. I think you'll be surprised!

John

Yeah, check out the pic best as you can. *But*, put the tom on the end of the upright, also. Get both mounts out on the ends of the L rod. I hadn't figured that out when that pic was taken. It was the first gig with that kit. You'll get the idea. Really thought I needed to suspend it until then. Just dead. One other little trick is to place two washers on the tom mount, between the mount and the shell. Get's the mount out of contact with the shell. Makes a small difference, but it's a help too!

Thanks John! Yea Stallwart mentioned that was your solution to that problem. I plan to try it when I get home from work today. I'm off the next couple of days and will tinker with it a bit.

I have not had that problem really but I do notice that my floor tom has sustain for days on my club dates. I keep this kit always setup in my drum room. I can post pictures of how I have it mounted. It is worth noting that during my restore I made sure to get everything nice and tight. That likely helps keeping the kit sounding very resonant overall.

Fixed it! :D

After playing with different mount angles, I found that if I positioned the mount at the center of the rail and then leaned the mount back toward the front of the drum, it sings like it should. Then I adjusted the angle of the L rod from there. Thanks again for all your replies fellas!!!

Good stuff, guys. Really good. I've got the same thing going on with my Downbeat kit; gonna try this out soon.........marko

I say +1 on the RIMS or similar isolation mounts. That is why they came about in the first place. I would also suggest replacing your upper tension rods with new ones since they are so long. There is some minor potential for eventually bending a rod at some point and if you are a purist about things like that being original, that might be important.

Personnaly I save things like rail mounts for pictures, but I do not play them that way.