GIBRALTAR RK1092 Rock Hardware Series Boom Cymbal Stand Set of 2

I snagged a 3 piece set of 1960s Ludwig (Combo kit) on Ebay. It’s duco laquer finished, and showing its age. The set is mixed date: the snare is six years younger than the bass drum and rack tom. Because it is mixed date, I’ve made the call to not restore, but to rat-rod the kit. What this means is, instead of keeping everything 1960s Ludwig, I’ll have no problem with mixing component dates, or brand names. Since the set came with its own flat base retro snare stand and tom stand (neither are Ludwig,) The decision to go flat based hardware is already made for me.Sans research, the first purchase made for the kit was a DW 6500UL flat base hi hat. No particular reason except that I found a demo model for sale at Sweetwater, making it the lowest priced brand name retro I could find in their store. The DW is light and has a few nice features.Next purchase had to be cymbal stands.After getting off my ass and doing some online research on retro style hardware, I decided the Gibralter 8710 flat base would be my weapon of choice. Considering price vs features, on paper, Gibralter wins out over the higher priced Ludwig, Pearl, DW, and Tama.Now, I’ll just say, if you’re going for a total restoration look, Tama classics are the way to go. They are dead ringers for the old Ludwigs, and a minimum $20 bucks cheaper than what the used original classics go for on ebay. The only problem I have with Tama is pricing. Of the seven brands I looked at on Amazon, priced from highest to lowest, Tama comes in at number 5. If Tama was priced around seven to ten dollars less, I would’ve gone with them for looks sake, but the reason we used to buy the Ludwig classics back in the 1970s was because of the price. We couldn’t afford the high dollar professional stuff, so we made do with the Classic line of hardware. The old classics worked just fine, but they looked frail, and tended to shake a little when supporting twenty inch or bigger heavy weight rides. So bang for buck, Tama falls a little short. Gibralter is number 6, second lowest in price.ChromaCast is the lowest priced of the bunch,and I probably would’ve gone with them; they look like they’ll perform very well, but Gibralter looks sturdier, and offers a few more desirable features.After finally getting my hands on the Gibralter, I can with all honesty, claim they are well worth the Amazon price of $57 bucks.The mentioned desirable features include:* Gearless tilter for fine tuning one’s cymbal angle.* Long leg base. No worry of any stand toppling.* Adjustable base: goes from flat to damn near any angle tripod needed for placement and stability. Consider that Ludwig approaches the positioning problem by using removable plastic feet, and Pearl uses a removable - reversible base. I have not had my hands on either the Ludwig or the Pearl so I’m just going on image observation, but I’d guess that plastic wears out, and reversing the base takes a little more time going from breakdown to set up.* Double lock base and tilter. (Kind of like having a belt and suspenders holding up your pants)* Light weight, but wide tubing (nothing frail about this bad boy)* Nylon (?) bushings (no metal to metal contact on your tube height adjustment, thus sparing you chrome damage.)* Wide wing thumb screws. Makes for easy tightening, especially for the old age gray-kids who get frequent visits from Arthur Itis.Considering it is the next to lowest priced stand on Amazon, the listed features make the Gibralter 8710 a more than excellent choice.

Seller was fantastic it arrived on time and as expected. I have 2 more of these stands. I use them on a vintage Ludwig kit. It's a look thing. 😂 These Gibraltar stands are rock solid. All Gilbraltor products are. Oh and I do believe that Gearnuts is Sweetwater sound. For some reason I couldn't find this stand on their site. Figured it out when it shipped from Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Gibraltar Boom Cymbal Stand , is the best, very sturdy and balanced. I got this one for my son and he loves it. Ive used Gibraltar brand for 30 some years, I dont see any others to match them at this time. This one has a 20” cymbal, with proper adjustment it will not tip over. This was a great value for a great product.

This is an excellent high quality stand with plenty of adjustment space. Exactly what we needed and appears very durable. Not sure what could be better; Highly recommend if you can manage the price.

Works great for my 19" on my jelly bean kit. It's a medium stand and that's what I wanted. Great quality for the price.

Bought this Gibraltar flat based cymbal stand in order to flesh out my array of stands circling an older Ludwig drum kit I’d restored. I bought mostly Ludwig flat based stands initially. But, as Ludwig is apparently redesigning their line of flat based stands, they’re no longer in production. And almost impossible to find. So, knowing the quality that Gibraltar is known for, and considering them a ‘neutral’ party in the ‘drum wars’, I chose their model 8710 flat based stand as an alternate. First impressions were that it looks and stands as good as any other. Including Ludwig. Though it does seem a good deal lighter. Ludwig stands ate, by and large, heavy at the bottom end. Making for a solid, stable platform. This one I’m not too certain about, so I placed a lighter weight ‘sizzle cymbal atop it, rather than the larger, heavier ride cymbal I’d intended to use it for. Though, honestly, I believe it would be fine anywhere. It seems a very solid, stable platform for most any use. Even given its lightweight. The chrome is bright, and flawless, as are all Gibraltar chrome products. And the filters, wing nuts, felts, etc are all standard fare. All in all, a fine piece of kit for the working drummer searching for something durable, solid, but lightweight enough to haul around with relative easel

Got the on sale for less than 45 dollars each. Quality hardware at that price is an incredible deal

i’m not gonna say it’s the best stand out there nor do i think that, but if you want something that can hold a heavy cymbal or too off of a separate arm, then this is exactly what you want. heavy weight

Buen producto

Sobre el atril sobra decir que es un excelente producto, Gibraltar se ha caracterizado por la impecable hechura de sus herrajes, es una base que a pesar de que en la descripción dice que es para pesos medios, resiste muy bien mi ride que es muy pesado y no muestra señales de estar forzado, en general muy muy buen producto, aunque aquí las palmas se las lleva el vendedor quien estuvo muy al pendiente de entregar el paquete en tiempo y forma, y en efecto, llego mucho antes de lo esperado, muy buen servicio Faly Music, felicidades

Good stand, exactly as described for a good price.

Me encantó

Muy bien todo, excelente calidad.