Cymbal finish

[filth_]

The question:
which finish, brilliant or natural, and why?

p.s. being an a****le i am, i broke my sabian pro sonix 16" crash :amaze:
p.s.s. what can you say about Music123.com's services/shipping? have you ordered anything, and were you satisfied?

[stevensonmat2]

if your asking which to get, what sort of music do you play?

[Jeff]

brilliant cause it looks better. too bad it gets dirty quicker tho.

[Little Android Man]

yea, natural looks like crap IMO, and i enjoy cleaning cymbals every once in a while.

[The Ska Man]

Brilliant is slightly brighter(sound wise), its hard to notice. Trad is rad! Darker, and gets darker with wear/age. I hate shiny cymbals, and most brillliants. I looooooooove dirty old beat-up cymbals(sound/look). I might even rub out the Brillliant finish(possible?) if I got one.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

IMO I find brilliant cymbals a bit brighter (too brighter for my taste) than trad.

[filth_]

if your asking which to get, what sort of music do you play?

I play in 3 bands, one of them is a rock band, the second is metalcore, and the third one is noisecore.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Check out ZIldjian A's.

[stevensonmat2]

Well I dont know much about what sort of sounds those genres would require, but like they all said brilliant is brighter, more cutting; trad is darker, trashier.

Im a brilliant man, myself.

[filth_]

thanks for your responses, helped me out loads.
just the question about music123.. >_>'

[fishbulb]

Brilliant is the really fricken shiney finish, right?

[Jeff]

yea

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Brilliant is the really fricken shiney finish, right?
Yup. Also the finish that if its dirty then it is definiatey noticable.

[Zildjian_man]

thanks for your responses, helped me out loads.
just the question about music123.. >_>'

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[The Ska Man]

Massmusic.net = the best.

[Chippy569]

Massmusic.net = the best.

agreed

[Damo]

"There is a very small difference in the sound of a Brilliant cymbal compared to
the same cymbal in regular finish. The difference is that the Brilliant cymbal has been ‘aged’ by the buffing process. The difference will not last too long, though.

I hope that helps!"

[Zildjian]

Massmusic.net = the best.

yea there good but When I wanted to order a 14" drumhead they gave me a $12 shipping cost. What a rip off

[Corkofski]

given your location, you might be better looking at http://www.thomann.de


free shipping over a certain amount

[santi3hg]

"There is a very small difference in the sound of a Brilliant cymbal compared to
the same cymbal in regular finish. The difference is that the Brilliant cymbal has been ‘aged’ by the buffing process. The difference will not last too long, though.

I hope that helps!"

What do you mean the difference by when the difference won't last long? Meaning the trad will age better than the brilliant?

[Zildjian]

given your location, you might be better looking at http://www.thomann.de


free shipping over a certain amount


Yea Im in the us. When I buy online I go music123. They got low shipping and no tax

[pitchfork]

I love the brilliants, looks much nicer imo.

[Polyrhythmn2100]

brilliant, gives a much lighter look, however you might want to keep that bottle around, your cymbols will get dirty pretty fast

[pitchfork]

I clean mine every other week

[stevensonmat2]

I just let mine stay dirty.