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Hi-hat cymbal with rivets
Usually the heaviest cymbal would be used for the Bottom Hi Hat, but in your case I would guess the riveted cymbal would be on the top. (I assume the...
13 years agoCamco LA in Alice Cooper blue
The hole & inside bracket is for a drum key (A very rare key to find). The throw off is a very weak point in the Camco engineering. They frequentl...
13 years agoCamco LA in Alice Cooper blue
Consider yourself lucky to have a working throwoff on that snare. You found a great Kit !
13 years agoHi-hat cymbal with rivets
(Load some photos). Are they deep cup cymbals? Is it the Ludwig & Ludwig "Sizzle" cymbal ? This could be a custom order, or home made job. I'd lik...
13 years agoToday I buried a cymbal!!!!!
I hope you left room in the hole for your common sense.
13 years agoPlease ID this mark...
This cymbal say "Stambul". (seems to discumbobulate my Google search engine). This cymbal seems a bit old, but they don't seem like Paiste "Stamb...
13 years agoTo Clean or Not to Clean
Original title, "To clean or not to clean, (cymbals). The one tangent may have been about Art.
13 years agoTo Clean or Not to Clean
Fetishized old cymbals, used for trade, display, & status can be kept in any condition one desires. My concerns are w/ working instruments. (Turkish...
13 years agoTo Clean or Not to Clean
The comparison to art works was not mine to begin with. And if this is not a good comparison , neither is "antiques". Serious collectors of instrum...
13 years agoTo Clean or Not to Clean
Art works do get cleaned, & you will never hear the argument that they were better under a layer of grunge.
13 years agoRemoving factory badge
DaddyNowhere has described the best way to do this, it's easy. If it's a rewrap or a refinish, why bother with the inner lip ? It will have no added...
13 years agoRingo on Trixon Set
I assume this was a stage set that Ringo merely had to use as bands rotated through the night. However, this photo is a blow up of a postage stamp s...
13 years agoTo Clean or Not to Clean
Cymbals seem to be the one object in the universe in which there is a preposterous discourse about cleaning , or not. I believe cymbals, & all musica...
13 years agoWhat was he thinking?
Cymbals crack because of POOR TECHNIQUE, or falling, both results from clumsiness.
13 years agoLA Camco sound
66Merc, I believe snare stands create a better sound. BTW, What's the size of your snare ? Why have you not used it ? Is it metal ?
13 years ago