Remote Hi-Hat stands

Davenhurst · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2006, 01:41 PM

A while ago I invested in the Pearl RH2000 remote hi-hat stand, I was wondering how many others round these parts use a remote stand?

I'm very pleasantly surprised by the feel of it, no sticking or delay to report and it has a whole bunch of adjustable settings.

I won't stop using a traditional stand, I'm considering using both - just to confuse my left foot because it'll have three pedals to choose from.

Actually - howz about the idea of using a remote hi hat pedal with the right foot (placed just in front of the bass drum) and playing the kick using the remote pedal with the left foot? Surely a good way to keep things moving creatively - your top half will be playing a right handed kit and bottom half a left handed. (Or vice-versa). I'm going to copyright that idea immediately.

gyutae · #2 (**permalink**) 07-06-2006, 06:56 PM

Haha wow what a good idea Dave..
I think my body would just be really really confused if I tried that.

AvengedDrummer · #3 (**permalink**) 07-06-2006, 07:25 PM

I wish I had a two hi-hat setup. Marco Minnemann and Benny Greb can do the most insane things with more than one hi hat. Marco has four I think. Benny has three. (hi hats, that is.)

full metal · #4 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 10:34 AM

I use 2 sets of hi hats in my setup but my remote set is just a closed set of hi hats it dosnt have the pedal or cable or anything like that, I can adjust it though to get the sound out of the hats so open sound or closed sound.
I keep it right next to my ride and you can get some really cool combos from the ride to the hats going, I also found some really neat things with using both hats and ride in some weird combos.

DrummerMom · #5 (**permalink**) 07-07-2006, 11:42 AM

I had an aux. hi hat setup like A. in the picture below. It was pretty cool.

**skinslapper** · #6 (**permalink**) 07-12-2006, 02:25 AM

I've mentioned in other posts that I'd seen Bozzio in clinic. At the time he was using four chinas set up on remote hi-hat stands. That was nuts. I think Ginger Fish from Marylin Manson uses some sort of weird direct remote bass pedal. I know he moved his bass drums way out in front and lowered his rack toms behind them but I don't know how he reached them with his feet.