Every drum rack can be customized by adding an assortment of parts such as clamps, bars, cymbal arms, legs, a snare holder stand, and so on.
The rack shown to the right is a nice base model offered by Tama Drums. It can be used as is or modified to your liking.
You may have seen a three-sided drum rack like the Pearl Drums rack shown below. This type is designed to hold more toms than a standard five piece kit. You could also include boom arms for cymbals or percussion items such as a tambourine, wind chime, cow bell, timbales, etc.
What if I have two bass drums? Simple fix. The curved Gibraltar rack shown below naturally wraps around the bass drums and allows tom mounting to follow suit.
Gibraltar is well known for their drum hardware. If you've had the chance to look at any of their equipment, you'll quickly notice the quality of the construction and attention to detail.
This curved racked and the many Gibraltar add-ons will stand up to the demands of most drummers.
As discussed on the page about custom drums, DW Drum has a division called Pacific Drums and Percussion (PDP). Pacific was initially created to offer the quality and innovation of DW's custom sets at prices everyone can afford.
As PDP has grown in popularity, so has thier line up of products. You probably never would have though that DW would be involved with such a wild set-up? Or maybe so. After all, they have been very cutting edge in the drum market.
This rack takes the concept to an extreme. But it shows that the limits of a drum rack is your imagination. Talk about intimidating an audience!
There is something to be said for comfort and innovative designs. The Drum Frame Company has created a literal "sports car" of drum racks that takes a leap beyond others.
This frame is considered theraputic since it promotes good posture, provides back support, and resuces stress on joints.
In addition, many top drummers have stated that they can set up their kit in a way that makes it more enjoyable than every to play. Read More Here...
It is almost impossible to talk about drum racks without taking percussion into account. If you have ever had the chance to play percussion in a band, you've seen that many pieces are used create interesting rhythms.
A drum rack specially made for percussionists can really enhance their ability to quickly switch between instruments during a song.
The Pacific Drums and Percussion rack shown below is another example of how sleek styling and utility can go hand in hand. Once again, the folks at DW have raised the bar on drum equipment.
