Man, was that a nice vacation....
I'll come right to the point.
Istanbul Agop was amazing. Friendly people, awesome cymbals and a drumset to jam, what would you want more?
Here are a few pics of the factory:
Outside view:
The hammer dudes...
The finisher dudes...
A cymbal rack:
Some more cymbals:
After the tour he just asked me what kind of music I played. After giving him some idea of what I look for in a cymbal, he started mounting different types while I sat behind the drumkit. I wanted a full set of cymbals, so I was testing hi-hats, rides, crashes, china's, splashes, bells, the whole works.
I finnaly ended up settling for a mix of alchemy's and traditionals. Here's the list:
Alchemy's:- 20" sweet ride
- 14" sweet hi-hat
- 14" medium crash
- 2x 8" power splashes , 1 is high pitched, much higher then the other one for some reason
- raw bell with sizzlers
Traditionals:- 17" dark crash
- 16" medium crash
- 14" thin crash
- 10" Bell
So in all, that makes 10 sweet cymbals and a cymbal bag.
And I got all that for.... -ROFL- .... 890 €
If I would get that set here from our local shop, I'ld go way over 2500 euro.
Pics of the set will follow later. I just took them, but the batter of my cam went flat just when I wanted to put them in the pc. I still have to unpack and I'm really not going to go look for the recharger now...
And to finish it of, what would a trip to Istanbul be without a visit to the blue mosque, or the "Sultanahmet Camii" like the turkish call it. Boy, is that thing a piece of architecture!!
