Sam J's cymbals

70's New Beats

17" A Custom Projection Crash

22" and 20" Avedis 70's rides

17" hybrid k custom china (won in a contest, didn't know how to hit a china, it cracked, i tried to fix it "the holes", and now that's the end result)(I will replace it eventually)

Nice rides, man. Sucks about the china, it's one of my favorites.

yeah the china was nice, but it had an annoying overtone that was a little annoying

sjman409 wrote:yeah the china was nice, but it had an annoying overtone that was a little annoying

my I suggest AAXtreme, HH dark, or a HHX china? That is in reverse order of what I'd recommend.

Rubber314chicken wrote:

sjman409 wrote:yeah the china was nice, but it had an annoying overtone that was a little annoying

my I suggest AAXtreme, HH dark, or a HHX china? That is in reverse order of what I'd recommend.

confused

sjman409 wrote:

Rubber314chicken wrote:

sjman409 wrote:yeah the china was nice, but it had an annoying overtone that was a little annoying

my I suggest AAXtreme, HH dark, or a HHX china? That is in reverse order of what I'd recommend.

confused

He's suggesting china's with less overtones.

o i get it now, i'll have to check those out...

awesome I like vintage gear!

yeah and i got it all for a really good deal.

How heavy are the rides? They look really, really heavy. Almost like marching crashes.

the 22" is pretty heavy, but the 20" is actually really thin and opens up extremely easily

Nice cymbals my man ! Vintage A's are hard to beat !

yeah but my dream ride is still a zildjian k custom dark ride

sjman409 wrote:yeah but my dream ride is still a zildjian k custom dark ride

I have a few dream rides:
- Zildjian K custom 22" HD ride (versatile)
- Paiste 24" 2oo2 ride or Giant beat ride (poppy stuff)
- Zildjian K left side ride (Peter Ernskine) (pure jazz)
- Sabian 18" Manhattan Jazz Ride.

Many more that i can't think of.

Dave-the-drummer wrote:

sjman409 wrote:yeah but my dream ride is still a zildjian k custom dark ride

I have a few dream rides:
- Zildjian K custom 22" HD ride (versatile)
- Paiste 24" 2oo2 ride or Giant beat ride (poppy stuff)
- Zildjian K left side ride (Peter Ernskine) (pure jazz)
- Sabian 18" Manhattan Jazz Ride.

Many more that i can't think of.

Oh man, I wouldn't mind Peter Ernskine's Left Side Ride, mmmm. And the Giant Beat rides are amazing, nice choices all-round.

sjman409 wrote:yeah but my dream ride is still a zildjian k custom dark ride

I wouldn't mind the K Dark Ride as my light ride (go figure), they are exceptionally light, exactly what I'm after, except some more wash (from memory). All my current cymbals are very dark, and I'd therefore love some contrast.

i really want to get at least 2 more rides for my set. I just love the way rides sound.

sjman409 wrote:i really want to get at least 2 more rides for my set. I just love the way rides sound.

My girlfiend hates the sound of ALL ride cymbals haha when we are practicing at church or whatever (she is a pianist/singer) in the chorus when i switch on to the ride she is like, "eugh, i hate the sound of ride cymbals". Its notlike it was a nasty pearl ride either it was my teachers K cus HD ride , i just laughed.

Holy f*ck, what happened to your A custom?!

EDIT: Still, those are some nice cymbals! Shame about the china though...

Really nice man, shame about the china.

thanks charles and yeah but Ill replace it

Man, i bet those zildjians from the 70s sound so great.