Maybe Sowley will let you crash his ride? who is sowley? my ludwig is indeed brass (with a supraphonic strainer), maybe it's just not an actual 402. the gold coloured badge on the side (not the keystone one) has the number 1070 and says "brass edition." i bought it new a few years ago. it...

i do make a habit of playing lighter on the hats while recording, and i try to pound the snot out of the toms. In the studio I find also that using a 5a stick in the right hand helps control the hats. and i use a big vic firth american classic metal in the left. marky ramone does the same and appare...

Bleed is what room mics and overheads are FOR. Agreed. In the past I've had problems with hi-hats drowning out the snare, and if I'm riding a crash cymbal I don't want it to overpower the toms. Thanks for the replies. I'm going to look into those ride suggestions. ...Sounds like it's a good thing I...

thanks for the help. i'll look into using a ride.

What about bleed??

While I hit cymbals hard during shows & practice, I lay off in the studio to prevent excessive bleed. Have you ever had this issue using the rides?

...but not a crash-ride I need a crash cymbal that I can ride with the edge of with neck of my stick - nice and ballsy-sounding with a good quality wash, but it can't overpower the whole kit or have harsh tones. I've been using a 19" sabain AXplosion, which seem to work ok. Alex MacSween (forme...

you could also buy a mesh kevlar head to try on one of your toms. may work and would be cheaper. last i heard pearl had something similar.

"Chameleon" by Pacific Drums (By DW). They are a small set of acoustic drums (very shallow toms), for student level use. They are reversible, in that the tops have regular heads, but the bottom skins are mesh kevlar skins, similar to those used on the tops of many e-drums. You flip them ov...

I bought one years ago from Yamaha. The bottom/inside nut has a locking bolt that uses a tuning key. I had the same problem for years and this fixed it. No more hi-hats coming apart during a show. I don't know if they still make it, but it works so well they'd be dumb to pull it.[/i]

I did a quick search here on this topic but couldn't find anything. I'm looking for a convenient way to rip vinyl to cd. I tried hooking my Dual 504 turntable into my iBook using the Griffin iMic. There was a ton of hiss and hum, and the automatic marking feature on Final Vinyl (the Griffin software...

$2K IS a lot. i'm not in the market regularly enough to know what they usually go for. i'm trying to keep an eye out. and i know what you're saying about the old hardware. i've arranged to see & play them on sunday. if i don't immediately fall in love with them i'm not going to bother. i have no...