Pad Mounting Arm The LMA-1 is an alternative way to mount your drum pads instead of the traditional L-Rod. What it does is give you more flexibility. Traditionally, most drummers tend to use this only on their rack mounted snares, However, you could go crazy and come up with some truly radical looking drumkits if you used this on all your drums. But we don't recommend it. However, the choice is entirely yours. It is your kit and we certainly would not presume to tell you how to organize it. And who knows, you could start a new trend. *Seriously if you were to do that, we would love to get a picture!