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13endofanera wrote:Do you still get hihats? If not, I'd rather have a good set of hihats than any cymbal.This. I use a Sabian APX crash as my top hat and leave the clutch kinda high so I have adequate crashability as well as hattiness. Can do a lot more with this than just one cymbal. Otherwise, I guess I'd take a good crashable ride.
Only ONE cymbal
14Flannery wrote:Boombats wrote:I use a Sabian APX crash as my top hat...Holy shit I never thought of that - what size? I've always gone back to New Beats but they're way too dry to fill a crashy role. Using hatted crashes could be a game-changer. I know Jason (?) from Neurosis posted about doing this, but I think he used milled-down rides.14". It solved the problem of where to put that cymbal, and it improved upon what was originally a B8 hat.
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15Mason wrote:I'm an idiot at drums, but it occurs to me that a larger Paiste Giant Beat might do the trick. (Unless you're prone to breaking cymbals).+1.
Redline wrote:Not Crap. The sound of death? The sound of FUN! ScrrreeEEEEEEE
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16Do you still get hihats? If not, I'd rather have a good set of hihats than any cymbal.
"You get a kink in your neck looking up at people or down at people. But when you look straight across, there's no kinks."
--Mike Watt
--Mike Watt
Only ONE cymbal
17Flannery wrote:endofanera wrote:Do you still get hihats? If not, I'd rather have a good set of hihats than any cymbal.Nope - if you want hats, you only get hats.I'll take a good set of hats then. I saw the drummer from Victim's Family destroy back in the day with no cymbals, only hihats. Lots of different sounds you can pull out of a good pair of hihats.
"You get a kink in your neck looking up at people or down at people. But when you look straight across, there's no kinks."
--Mike Watt
--Mike Watt
Only ONE cymbal
18endofanera wrote:Do you still get hihats? If not, I'd rather have a good set of hihats than any cymbal.Nope - if you want hats, you only get hats.Boombats wrote:I use a Sabian APX crash as my top hat...Holy shit I never thought of that - what size? I've always gone back to New Beats but they're way too dry to fill a crashy role. Using hatted crashes could be a game-changer. I know Jason (?) from Neurosis posted about doing this, but I think he used milled-down rides.
Only ONE cymbal
2020 Sabian B8 ride. doesn't sound very good but it's loud as shit and if it breaks i can buy 5 more.