back ache....

[PhilCarter]

Greetingz from the UK,

Ive mentioned this subject before in HOD, and i was wondering how you tall guys deal with your seat height. As i am over 6' with a long torso, sitting lower feels more natural and balanced, but i get cramp in the tops of my legs and it takes effort to play fast pedal stuff. If i sit higher, although my pedal playing is more accurate, i get a great deal of pain in my lower back after long periods of playing.

Observing Vinnie, who is a fairly tall chap, he seems to sit very low, and you can see his legs rising as he plays, as opposed to sitting with his legs almost parallel to the floor. He looks like he is almost bouncing his feet off the pedals. Is there a certain methodology to this?

On the other hand, DW being a short chap sits quite high, and ive recently read he is beginning to suffer from over reaching.

Do any of you use a throne with a back rest, or does this make your playing lazy?

Its not much of a subject i know, but anyone with views or a new back to sell me would be much appreciated.

Peace and grooves

[palmerlouie]

where did u read that bout dave weckl? i thought this "new" set up of his was perfik for him?

[chris perra]

i have had some pretty wicked back problems from time to time. for the past year and a half i've been fine... i bought a rock and soc drum throne with a back rest.

it really has made a difference for me, i don't use the backrest when i'm playing but in between songs it helps to lean back a bit and relax the muscles.

for me my back pain was related to hamstring muscles as well. making sure i stretch them out often is important . to me unless you hire a sports medicine doctor to analize your body type, and how you should sit any sitting height or position could cause potential problems.

i don't think our bodies were ment to sit for hours having our legs pushing into our pelvises, while leaning forward and swinging our arms . it's a recipe for disaster.

a killer throne and stretching sure has helped me though.

chris perra

[drumgod1]

I am 6'2" and sit with my body barely above parallel with my knees. I have gone through a bunch of height changes to get this to where it is comfortable. I also raised all of my drums up to where I am not hunching over the kit. This has helped my back problems immensly! I have been on a search for the perfect drum throne and found one in the Gibralter round one with dips where your legs sit. I had problems with lack of blood flow to my feet using other drum thrones, including the Rock-N-Sock big throne. Plus, I didn't like the clamp they use to attach the seat to the base. It was too loose and the seat tends to wobble a bit when you are sitting on it, making me expend useless energies trying to balance on it. The Gibralter one has a 2 bolt clamp which holds it tight, giving you a steady seat.

Just my $.02.

Mike

[chris perra]

finding a good throne is defimitley up to the induvidual...

so many people don't even give it a second thought...

my roc and soc is attached in a way that you can't take the seat off the base without serious tools, it's basicly one peice.

it has a shock, hydrolic lift function and is totaly solid it doesn't move.... at all... it can't.


chris perra

[sashal3]

I agree...most people don't give it a second thought. I did some some serious tweeking on my roc n soc as well. I never could get any throne to stay put. I just became tired of constantly having to tighten it so I redid the whole thing and it stays now. I don't break it down anymore because it seems that is what makes them weak.

[chris perra]

mine just came that way... i didn't need to do any thing, i think it was the nitro series.

chris perra

[drumgod1]

I tried both the hydralic and stationary Roc-n-Soc thrones and really hated the hydro one. I couldn't get used to the bouncing up and down when I played. The stationary one just had a single screw to hold it to the base, and the top seemed to wobble on the base as I played. It took too much effort to balance on it while I played, so I took it back and got a Tama First Chair round throne. The Tama one also has a 2 bolt attachment like the Gibralter, and is very stable. I love the Gibralter because of the leg cutouts and its stability. Very comfortable.

Good luck!

Mike

[MethodAir]

I'm just under 6'1 also, and I would recommend examining your technique before getting a chair with a backrest. I had a few tweaks years back, and it was because of technique issues. I got a chair with a backrest at the time, but went back to my normal Yamaha throne shortly after. I personally like to sit low, and place the pedals far enough away that my legs are not bending in. Straight back, balanced shoulders. Also, go see a chiropracter if necessary.

MethodAir

[Derek DeFields]

FYI DG1, the new Roc N'Socs have the double bolt attachments. (have had them for the last 3 years I think)

I had an old 1 bolt version and it did indeed suck. [img]graemlins/thumbs_down.gif[/img]

the new ones are much better.