a nice crashable ride?

[meinldude69]

soo i've been talking back and forth with jaime about cymbal trade-ins and i'm thinking about getting a ride...

i'm one of the rising crowd of players who like to use rides as crashes

i was wondering if a crash/ride would be best?

but i was also thinking, would it sound like a good ride while riding on it and have a nice, pingy bell?



thank you

[AmnestysLowEnd]

For a crash-able ride you would need to buy a Thin ride otherwise you would really need to beat the crap out of a heavier ride so it could open up like a crash.

As for riding on it, it would most likely sound like an K or K custom from Zildjian. And the bell most likely it will not be extremely loud or pingy so just buy a V-Bell to stack on it.

[meinldude69]

oh ok thanks for the input
and i already do have a v-bell =D

would a thin ride be better than a crash/ride?

[Alan_]

not much difference there. a crash/ride IS a thin ride. what kind of crash/ride? these are all very loosely-defined flexible terms we're talking about here. some crash/rides could be thicker than some thin rides. some thin rides could be thicker than some crash/rides. you need to get out to a store with some cymbals and play them and determine what kind of bell size/shape, bow shape (the shoulder of the cymbal), and what weight you're looking for.

[meinldude69]

well, Alan_, as of now my discription is very vague of what i want in a ride cymbal seeing as though i am now very good at describing cymbals, but i am slowly learning to mean of all these cymbal sound adjectives

but as the go out to the store idea, i'm going to take you up on that, but i am talking to jaime so i'm going to see what he has to say first

[Alan_]

he seems pretty damn knowledgable. it would just be weird to me, even at this stage in the game, to try and describe a cymbal in words and have any idea what was actually going to come back to me.

[I love Cheese and drums]

your avatar is awesome alan!!

[cjdubya17]

your avatar is awesome alan!!

i cant describe how amazing that is!!! where do you find these?!?!?!?

[Alan_]

that one was shown to me by a friend.

[Alan_]

here's the other one he sent me the link to