View Full Version : my wuhan is.....too loud?
i just got my 18" wuhan china today, and its very loud. as in almost louder than my snare. when i hit it, it actually really hurts my ears. is this supposed to happen? i slapped a moongel on there and it kinda took care of it. but i mean like is said, is this supposed to happen?
Permanent Solution
10-05-2006, 08:18 PM
Use ear plugs.
And yes.
Futuro
10-05-2006, 08:19 PM
Hit your snare harder, and where ear protection.
Aaron
10-05-2006, 08:22 PM
Chinas are loud. Wear earplugs.
well thats not the problem im worried about, the problem im worried about is that im afraid its gonna be so loud that it will almost be too obnoxious (sp?) to hit, and when i hit it i just dont think it would flow together as well. and i wrong
Permanent Solution
10-05-2006, 08:25 PM
1. Dynamic control.
2. In a live setting everything will be mixed to sound good.
3. Dynamic control.
Drummer300btx
10-05-2006, 08:25 PM
well its is a china. they're supposed to be cutting and abraisive. plus, I've heard louder than wuhan, try Zildjian oriental china high :cool:
The Philosopher
10-05-2006, 08:52 PM
Man that reminds me, I tried a Wuhan S 18" china at the local shop the other day. It was LOUD. REALLY LOUD.
White Riot!
10-05-2006, 09:02 PM
What you expect it to sound like? Its a thin cymbal
MeaninglessPhoto
10-05-2006, 09:02 PM
Thats weird. My 18" Wuhan china is too quiet. It doesnt even compete with my 18" Zildjian Oriental China Trash.
Drummer300btx
10-05-2006, 09:52 PM
Thats weird. My 18" Wuhan china is too quiet. It doesnt even compete with my 18" Zildjian Oriental China Trash.
the real man's china lol.
Maggot Dream
10-05-2006, 10:21 PM
You shouldn't put moongel on a cymbal. Anything that unnaturally restricts the free vibration of the cymbal is going to be bad for it. Wuhans aren't exactly the most reliable cymbals in the first place.
Permanent Solution's got it down anyways.
Toaster
10-05-2006, 10:26 PM
I find you can't get a decent sound out of a china if you don't hit it pretty hard
Wuhans aren't known for their consistency as far as every cymbal sounding the same anyway. You got a china for like 50 bucks, stop complaining.
lol yah i guess your right (it was 30$) but i dont know, i just didnt know it was gonna be that loud
Sunshine
10-05-2006, 11:06 PM
Arn't you supposed to like.
Try them before you buy them?
And then you know these things?
sportsfan4427
10-05-2006, 11:15 PM
my china was pretty loud but i never like rode on it or anything just used sometime instead of a crash
billdrum
10-05-2006, 11:33 PM
Hmmm, I love my 18" Wuhan. It has rivets in it too. It seems to blend in for me. You'll get used to it.
sLarkin20
10-05-2006, 11:35 PM
I have an 18 and 16 inch, yes they are loud as ****. You should be wearing some kind of ear protection.
i have ear protection. i had played on an OCDP set at battle of the bands a few months ago, and it had like a 12", a 14", and an 18" and they all sounded good to me, but i guess i dont remember them being that loud
FockerTheLopper
10-05-2006, 11:55 PM
well its is a china. they're supposed to be cutting and abraisive. plus, I've heard louder than wuhan, try Zildjian oriental china high :cool:
Talk about hurting ears and being loud and abraisive, I played one at a band audition and I didn't like hitting it, I wonder why so many pros use it. Also its not china high its china trash
dairyairman
10-06-2006, 12:36 AM
it may seem too loud in the practice room but a cymbal like that is just the thing for cutting through heavy amplification. i would hang onto it.
Loyton
10-06-2006, 12:39 AM
1. Dynamic control.
2. In a live setting everything will be mixed to sound good.
3. Dynamic control.
I deem any posts thereafter surpurflous. Including this one.
o ill keep it, no doubt about it, i love the sound from it its just that its too loud. but no that china isnt goin anywhere
moil60
10-06-2006, 10:33 AM
Yeah ive got an 18" zildjian china trash. loud as **** hurts my ears.
Im doing my hsc in about a year. 20% of my mark out of the whole year comes from 1 song, ill b using my china to play. A mates of mine that done their hsc this year said u get marked down for playing too loud one lost 4 marks out of 20 and thats alot! since im using a china in screwed! got an suggestions. also using a different cymbal creates variety so marks go up.
FullMoon
10-06-2006, 11:57 PM
Hit your snare harder, and where ear protection.
wow never seen that posted here before its ussually the other way around
Futuro
10-07-2006, 12:03 AM
wow never seen that posted here before its ussually the other way around
To be honest if his china is almost as loud as his snare, after he muffled it with moongel, he must be tapping that snare.
Most of you guys hit like wimps anyway >_>
Sunshine
10-07-2006, 02:41 AM
I admit it.
I hit like a girl T-T
Corkofski
10-07-2006, 03:10 AM
Yeah ive got an 18" zildjian china trash. loud as **** hurts my ears.
Im doing my hsc in about a year. 20% of my mark out of the whole year comes from 1 song, ill b using my china to play. A mates of mine that done their hsc this year said u get marked down for playing too loud one lost 4 marks out of 20 and thats alot! since im using a china in screwed! got an suggestions. also using a different cymbal creates variety so marks go up.
splash / smaller china?
SyncoFake
10-07-2006, 03:25 AM
Your china sucks.
Mine's a democracy now.
Hunted By a Freak
10-07-2006, 03:29 AM
Hit it softer.
Wuhans are cheap. Cheaper cymbals like that won't "activate" (produce a clear and defined tone) at lower volumes, so to get a decent sound you must hit it harder.
Buy a nicer china or get earplugs
Maggot Dream
10-07-2006, 03:42 AM
Your china sucks.
Mine's a democracy now.
Clever.
Talos
10-07-2006, 06:08 AM
Arn't you supposed to like.
Try them before you buy them?
And then you know these things?
Well living in the UK you cant do that because I dont know anywhere that sells them in the shop. When I bought my "10 Wuhan Splash I didnt like it but now I really like it even though my kit is piled up one on top of each other hehe
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