[EphICanIMite]

When I first bought my dw set, I purchased and mounted all the toms and cymbals on a gibraltar rack. It seemed ideal to be able to mount everything where ever I wanted. But as I got more time behind the set, I found there were times when I would've liked to just have the set in a very basic configuration and that was almost a chore with the rack.
Just last year(geezzz, I think it was last year... hmm... time sure does fly when yer havin' fun), I finally bought 3 double tom mounts with boom cymbal arms on them. I have from left to right... my hats, a double tom stand with my 10" tom on the inside arm and a dogbone with a cymbal on the left arm and a cymbal boom swung toward center. The bass drum comes next(never had a tom mount, nor do I ever want to put one on it), then a double tom stand with the 12" tom mounted on the inside arm, a boom arm swung toward center with a crash on it, a dogbone on the outside tom arm and another crash mounted with a fixed hat auxiliary arm mounted off the tom head tube. Then, another double tom stand with my 14" and 16" toms mounted and a ride cymbal on a boom arm mounted to that.
I know it sounds complex, but it really isn't and it wasn't that hard to get it set up. But the nicest thing about it is that it doesn't take long for me to strip it down to a very simple 4 piece kit with hats, ride and two crashes. And thats perfect to haul to a quick set up gig where ever the need arises.
Anyways, just another option of what to do. But the basic answer to your question is, I prefer to not have anything mounted to my bass drum except the May mic mount holding that Beta52 mic inside of it.

Have fun deciding,
EPH