Alan_":2qda93oa said:
as far as I'm concerned, once they crack I'm done with them, except for special effects.
thats how i view it as well.
i once had a z custom years ago that cracked. when it cracked, it sounded like CRAP. i didn't have any money to buy a new crash, so i kept using it. a chunk finally flew off and it started sounding pretty good again. then another piece would fall off and it sounded horrible again. just kept changing with different parts that fell off, although it never sounded as good as it did originally. eventually i replaced it and it sat in the closet at my rehearsal space. then i left the band and left it there. i figure i'll never see it again. but no ones crying over it...
moral of the story is...cymbals can't be trusted.
i recently saw a Saluda ride cymbal going on ebay that was shaped like a rounded square. it even says in the auction that it really doesn't have anything going for it. nonetheless, its crazy how people will try to sell junk cymbals. some of them might have cool/different sounds, but for the most part, a broke cymbal is a broke cymbal.