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Drum Monkey
03-17-2006, 07:22 PM
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I was just curious as to what kind of cymbal finishes you guys have. Please check off all that apply to you. If you have a natural and a brilliant finished crash, select both.
Thanks.
-DM
I'll make this easy, I have all brilliant at the moment.
brilliant hats, crashes, splash and trad. china.
White
03-17-2006, 08:04 PM
Im more of a Brillant fan, But Natural hats are the best lol.
We_Love_Lime
03-17-2006, 08:04 PM
I have all Trad. I think?
Josiah
03-17-2006, 08:07 PM
Got em all. Then again I a lot of cymbals...
DuckinFutch8
03-17-2006, 08:14 PM
does it really make much of a difference, other than aesthetics?
I think I heard brilliant were actually lower in pitch, is that true?
Oh, and all traditional btw.
Cocaberry
03-17-2006, 08:24 PM
Brilliant cymbals are supposed to be brighter than traditional if you keep them fairly clean.
Trad everything - Im so over cleaning cymbals
Drum Monkey
03-17-2006, 08:48 PM
Yeah cleaning cymbals can be a pain... Especially for those lazy people :p
I have a mix, I see that everyone's varies... I figured there would be some cough*Josiah*cough who have at least one of each :lol:
-DM
Massik Kretal
03-17-2006, 08:51 PM
Trad everything - Im so over cleaning cymbals
Exactly and it looks great.
Josiah
03-17-2006, 08:52 PM
Yeah cleaning cymbals can be a pain... Especially for those lazy people :p
I have a mix, I see that everyone's varies... I figured there would be some cough*Josiah*cough who have at least one of each :lol:
-DM
Haha it happens. I just don't get rid of any and buy more.. so it builds. Don't matter to me, I stopped caring long ago.
So long as it's clean and sounds great... I'll hit it.
i dont really clean my brilliant cymbals at all. I just give em a quick wipe after play to get the stick marks off and dust them off when i dont play my kit for a while (i usually take breaks from my kit and play practice pad for about 3 weeks). I havent done any real cleaning to them.
Drum Monkey
03-17-2006, 09:12 PM
Haha it happens. I just don't get rid of any and buy more.. so it builds. Don't matter to me, I stopped caring long ago.
That's a good thing. I'd love to have more cymbals... Not necessarily all on my kit but having some to the side that you can take and leave somewhere like a studio, put on a second kit or just switch up would be cool :cool: It's just more voices for you to speak with...
-DM
thedisciple
03-17-2006, 09:12 PM
Trad finish, classic look, classic sound, and less obvious fingerprints.
Zildjian
03-17-2006, 09:15 PM
both..put i perfer natural espically on rides and hats
Nick90
03-17-2006, 09:15 PM
trad all the way for me.
DuckinFutch8
03-17-2006, 09:18 PM
So long as it's clean and sounds great... I'll hit it.
That works on so many levels...
nice
DethChamber999
03-17-2006, 11:01 PM
Uh Wuhans S series not sure...Brilliant?:confused:
FockerTheLopper
03-17-2006, 11:04 PM
Everything, certain things for certain situations.
Double Bass Jim
03-17-2006, 11:18 PM
Trad everything although I do have a few brilliants.
I'll use a strong cleaner when I first get them to get the logos off... Then from there on it's dusting and occasinaly a soap and water cleaning.
fullmetalhaallee
03-17-2006, 11:39 PM
all trad. all the way!
aznriceball
03-17-2006, 11:59 PM
oh if wuhan made brilliant chinas..id be set right there.
DethChamber999
03-18-2006, 12:01 AM
Trad everything although I do have a few brilliants.
I'll use a strong cleaner when I first get them to get the logos off... Then from there on it's dusting and occasinaly a soap and water cleaning.
Just curious why do you take the logos off?:confused:
aznriceball
03-18-2006, 12:12 AM
they get on your sticks and from there on...
Double Bass Jim
03-18-2006, 12:21 AM
Just curious why do you take the logos off?:confused:
I like everything 100% clean, no logos nothing i've always liked that look.
DethChamber999
03-18-2006, 12:24 AM
I like everything 100% clean, no logos nothing i've always liked that look.
Awesome....rock on :thumb:
some jive turkey
03-18-2006, 12:48 AM
I've been thinking about doing that also. One day i was looking at a drumset, and i started thinking about every stupid part (the pedals, the heads, the shells, the stands, the cymbals) of it has advertising all over them. it's so much more advertising that other intruments have, it's accumulative, and kind of stupid after awhile.
Trad everything - Im so over cleaning cymbals
amen
Cleaning cymbals is such a waste of human effort,.. and for what? I don't even like the way they look.
aznriceball
03-18-2006, 12:50 AM
eh, thats kind of the reason you do something like that. for the look.
playwithfire
03-18-2006, 03:39 AM
Exclusively traditional. Looks fantastic, sounds fantastic, doesn't look dirty and hideous, and shines under stage lights anyway.
Plan B.
03-18-2006, 04:05 AM
Anyone seen their TV light shine on their cymbals?
It's a beautiful thing.
I like trad hihats and rides, but I really like brilliant crashes.
Drum Monkey
03-18-2006, 12:47 PM
eh, thats kind of the reason you do something like that. for the look.
True, although I've stopped cleaning my B8 ride because I prefer the dirtier sound as opposed to the brighter sound once it's cleaned...
Exclusively traditional. Looks fantastic, sounds fantastic, doesn't look dirty and hideous, and shines under stage lights anyway.
Brilliants only look dirty when not cleaned. Hideous, well that's your opinion :p I've found that natural cymbals do shine anyways. Not as much as brilliant, mind you, but like you said, they do shine.
-DM
HeLLmO
03-18-2006, 01:01 PM
i like briliant chinas, but i can go either way on everything else, like i like New Beats,and i think they are trad, but i like my AAXcelerators in brilliant
Drum Monkey
03-18-2006, 01:10 PM
i like my AAXcelerators in brilliant
That's what I have. AAX Celerator hats in brilliant finish :chug:
-DM
HeLLmO
03-18-2006, 01:29 PM
^i don't actually own them in brilliant, yet, actually, i don't own them period, but i want them so bad
and then there are the K Custom hybrids and such for those who cant decide
Drum Monkey
03-18-2006, 03:08 PM
and then there are the K Custom hybrids and such for those who cant decide
Yeah, those are nice. I also like the look of the AA Raw ride :)
-DM
Ordered the Hybrid splash pack with the 9 and 11. Cant wait to see and hear them for real. Still working on the crash though.
aznriceball
03-18-2006, 03:11 PM
the sad thing is, dirty, grimy brilliants are about as dark as you can go in sound
Drum Monkey
03-18-2006, 03:12 PM
Ordered the Hybrid splash pack with the 9 and 11. Cant wait to see and hear them for real. Still working on the crash though.
Wow. When are you going to stop buying drum stuff? :lol:
-DM
I cant, Im an addict. I was really good with Ebay for a while but I fell off the wagon haha.
aznriceball
03-18-2006, 03:15 PM
you have GAS!
Know where to find a drumaholics anonymous group?
Drum Monkey
03-18-2006, 03:16 PM
I cant, Im an addict. I was really good with Ebay for a while but I fell off the wagon haha.
I've found it difficult not to spend the money I have (saving, will most likely buy a new kit). I'm down to one last pair of sticks and one pair of souvenir sticks I got in Florida :lol:
Luckily, if I really feel cheap, I can just go up to my drawer of broken/chipped sticks and pick out the better ones :smash:
-DM
I have a credit card and Paypal linked to my back account and at the local store I dont have to pay for things right away so I am just screwed.
Drum Monkey
03-18-2006, 03:19 PM
I have a credit card and Paypal linked to my back account and at the local store I dont have to pay for things right away so I am just screwed.
:eek:
Uh-oh :lol:
-DM
Yes so I have to restrain myself and after the kit I was pretty good but I'm getting anxious again. I've been having these shakes and I feel weak when I see shiny things..........it's horrible!
Drum Monkey
03-19-2006, 09:31 AM
I've been having these shakes and I feel weak when I see shiny things..........it's horrible!
Aha!
http://i1.tinypic.com/rsafya.jpg
:lol:
-DM
HeLLmO
03-19-2006, 09:35 AM
*trembles uncontrolably*
spirit
03-19-2006, 09:46 AM
Oh don't show me that Evolution stuff. It reminds me I don't have the 13" hats and the 18" crash...:upset:
Drum Monkey
03-19-2006, 09:48 AM
Oh don't show me that Evolution stuff. It reminds me I don't have the 13" hats and the 18" crash...:upset:
:lol: Do you have any other of the Evolution cymbals?
-DM
spirit
03-19-2006, 09:51 AM
:lol: Do you have any other of the Evolution cymbals?
-DM
Nope. And it's likely to stay that way for some time. It's annoying having too little money. And it's not like I'm poor, it's that I, personally, don't have much money. Technically I'm probably middle class.
Drum Monkey
03-19-2006, 09:54 AM
Nope. And it's likely to stay that way for some time.
Yeah they're nice cymbals... I wouldn't mind one of these :naughty:
http://i1.tinypic.com/rsbdi8.jpg
18" please! :)
-DM
spirit
03-19-2006, 09:57 AM
Yeah they're nice cymbals... I wouldn't mind one of these :naughty:
http://i1.tinypic.com/rsbdi8.jpg
18" please! :)
-DM
Oh yes, I'd hit that!
I seem to have a thing for bright sounding 18" cymbals. Ideally, I'd have an HHX Evo, a Vault and Sig Full Crash, all 18"
Drum Monkey
03-19-2006, 09:59 AM
I seem to have a thing for bright sounding 18" cymbals. Ideally, I'd have an HHX Evo, a Vault and Sig Full Crash, all 18"
Have you tried the AAXplosion crash? I have an 18" model and it would sound good with a Vault to mix it with...
-DM
feel weak......can't type........em pleh
spirit
03-19-2006, 11:08 AM
Have you tried the AAXplosion crash? I have an 18" model and it would sound good with a Vault to mix it with...
-DM
No, never an AAXplosion. Don't think there's ever been one near me. Might just not have noticed it if I was looking for something else though.
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