When
your Tom-Toms are mounted on to your kit, a generally accepted practice
(especially on the cheaper kits) is to have an arrangement that sticks
down into the bass drum and into the body of the tom toms. This is OK
on a cheap set, but anytime you put an object inside of a drum, you are
messing with the sound in a major way. To avoid this, check out non-invasive
mounting methods, such as the RIMS system or the Opti-Mount system. A
suspended mounting system allows the tom tom to vibrate and ring freely.
