J's Solar Hand hammering project!

before clips.
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=vu91yD

after first round of hammering on the top hat clip.
http://www.supload.com/listen?s=EiRGIc

These were recorded with the mic above the hats, so that's what you can't hear the kit that well...

the hammering made the top hat extremely dry and dark! I'm going to do some light hammering on the bottom pretty soon.

now the pictures. haha I went crazy with the hammering.

before...




after!




but I really like these hats right now. extremly woody stick. I think I'm ready to start selling my creations. :¡This Cheese is Burning Me!!:

oh man, at first sight I thought those were bettis customs!

why haven't you removed the logos yet??

We all know how much you hate logos!!

dude I know! send me your legacy and I'll fix it up for ya.
what do oyu think of the sound? haha

Matt wrote:why haven't you removed the logos yet??

We all know how much you hate logos!!

dang it.
comment on my hard work.
I'll remove them right now though...

Awesome, I did the same thing to my solar hats a while back. they look the same, but mine is dirtier.

They definitely sound better after you hammered them.

what are your future hammering plans?

Mmmmmm, Brass cymbals! Haha ¡This Cheese is Burning Me!.
Looks like you did a pretty good job, they sound a hell of alot better.

Nice one J, I wouldn't have bothered!
You'll be matt bettis some day! Looks like you just went Ka-Ra-Zay with the hammer!
One again nice one!

They will be the Best Brass hi hats on the market when you are done J haha

Triple post (Oh My Stars )
J, remember some Flavour Holes! Then You will Have "Flava Flav" hats

Kinda looks something tried chewing it.. made them sound good though1 :¡This Cheese is Burning Me!!:

SKC wrote:Awesome, I did the same thing to my solar hats a while back. they look the same, but mine is dirtier.

what do you mean by dirtier?

Matt wrote:They definitely sound better after you hammered them.

what are your future hammering plans?

yeah they do.

I just got done hammering the bottom cymbal. it turned about much better than the the top hat!

Connor. wrote:Mmmmmm, Brass cymbals! Haha ¡This Cheese is Burning Me!.
Looks like you did a pretty good job, they sound a hell of alot better.

yummy brass cymbals!

thanks! haha

Dave-the-drummer wrote:Nice one J, I wouldn't have bothered!
You'll be matt bettis some day! Looks like you just went Ka-Ra-Zay with the hammer!
One again nice one!

yeah i thought it would be a fun experience. why not?
haha yeah spizzichino better watch out. haha

hehe thanks!

Dave-the-drummer wrote:They will be the Best Brass hi hats on the market when you are done J haha

haha definately!

Dave-the-drummer wrote:Triple post (Oh My Stars )
J, remember some Flavour Holes! Then You will Have "Flava Flav" hats

haha I might do that..

61'. wrote:Kinda looks something tried chewing it.. made them sound good though1 :¡This Cheese is Burning Me!!:

haha yeah the hammering was very... chaotic. the bottom one I just did looks much better, like I kind of knew what I was doing ¡This Cheese is Burning Me!.

I also have a new sound clip. I'll upload it later, but here's the bottom cymbal after hammering it..

It's not as clean looking; it has a lot of grime on it.

mine have lots of grime. well the top one does..

Cool! I've got a few cymbals I could do this with Maybe my Pearl hats once I get some newies.

Get some paistes, dang you!!

nahh he likes dirty, dark sounding cymbals.


zing!

Looks and sounds great Jeffrey. The after soundfile sounds way better than before (obviously). I've never hammered hi hats, but if my Meinl Ride is anything to go by, after a few days to a week, their sound will start to change. They'll probably get a bit more livelier, more wash/slosh. But that's just from my experience with my ride, your hats may be totally different.

Oh, I just remembered I have some old Pearl hats here, as well as my old B8's. I'll probably leave the B8's, but I might have a go at the Pearls, as they're just sitting in the spare room collecting dust.

Is that all the hammering you're doing to them? It's so... not a lot. Haha.

Levi. wrote:Looks and sounds great Jeffrey. The after soundfile sounds way better than before (obviously). I've never hammered hi hats, but if my Meinl Ride is anything to go by, after a few days to a week, their sound will start to change. They'll probably get a bit more livelier, more wash/slosh. But that's just from my experience with my ride, your hats may be totally different.

Oh, I just remembered I have some old Pearl hats here, as well as my old B8's. I'll probably leave the B8's, but I might have a go at the Pearls, as they're just sitting in the spare room collecting dust.

ha thanks.
cool I'm hoping the top hat will open up a tinkle bit. I probably hammered too much in one setting or something.

yeah man definately have a go with those pearl hats.

Skinny. wrote:Is that all the hammering you're doing to them? It's so... not a lot. Haha.

haha. believe me I can do more. haha.
I want to hammer the bells or soemthing..

Hah, that could be cool. Just make sure they retain their shape... for the most part. If I were you, I would just go nuts with the hammering, meaning don't leave any surface space unhammered. Haha.

Skinny. wrote:Hah, that could be cool. Just make sure they retain their shape... for the most part. If I were you, I would just go nuts with the hammering, meaning don't leave any surface space unhammered. Haha.

yeah but who cares if they don't retain their shape ¡This Cheese is Burning Me!?
haha I thought about that. I'm pretty sure it would be completely dead and lifeless.
hammering is just too much fun, I don't want to be done yet..

It looks like the hammering you've done so far is relatively small, pin point hammering. You should try using a differnet hammer to get some larger marks.
It might be cool

I don't think I have any large ball pein hammers. I'll check though.