Wow! Quite a noticeable difference, very cool!!

@Collingwoodcymbals

4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Hoping to show that there's at least a little room for improvement in these things.

Really cool! They sound real nice in the end, shows really that it's not always a material issue.

I gotta say they look a lot better, and pretty good now

@Collingwoodcymbals

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah it's something, and hopefully, if nothing else it shows some options and ways of thinking about it.

Mind blown! Sound 100% better!

If you had brass cymbals long enough, you might hate them! Some metals are just limited. Thick, really thick brass rides, i can deal with.

@chromebull884

3 ай бұрын

I have found if they get a good amount of patina on them they can sound interesting

@offshoretomorrow3346

3 ай бұрын

Yes! One of my learner rides was heavy brass - I swear it sounded nice with a sizzle chain.

@user-ih5qo6yo1r

2 күн бұрын

My ride is a thick brass old meinl meteor, better than the newer meteor cymbals. i mostly play metal so it works well for me, good stick definition, short sustain especially since i have 2 moongels on the underside of it, and a nice sounding bell in my opinion. Totally useless crashability on it, but i have a 18 inch aax explosion crash which i use as a left side jazz ride, i might try putting a sizzle chain on the aax crash sometime

Great vid. I've always wondered what a brass china might sound like.

@Collingwoodcymbals

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'll be making more videos showing various different mods and techniques to make from scratch. As for a brass china, I guess there's one way to find out!

Still has that "Trashy" (throat) sound when there open but for sure better than the original!

i hammered a pair of 12' of unmarked cymbals and the just doing that it makes sound better

Nothing bad with cheap cymbals for beginners

I've always loved brass hi-hats. I mean some of them suck, cause they're obviously not well made, but some of them sound surprisingly good, way better than cheap B8 hats. They are more controlled and lower pitched, which I personally tend to like

I almost sent a couple old B8 cymbals to Bruno Schell to make his fire magic on them, but then decided to try and sell them as they are. One of them is a Zildjian ZBT Plus, so I figured it would lose value if he messed around with it. But yeah, he really burns them up and they come out with a great sound.

They look better, anyway. I have to hear a directly adjacent before and after comparison, because they still sound a bit dull, but I'm sure the sound has improved. Nice work. Did you cobble together your own lathe? I s3e the wooden supports for the bar..... I've looking on Amazon for a cymbal lathe, and nothing turned up....

@Collingwoodcymbals

3 ай бұрын

Yes I built my lathe about 10 years ago. I run a Patreon at www.patreon.com/collingwoodcymbals with lots of insights into everything to do with cymbal making! And just started a Discord server (currently more-or-less empty) to open this all up publicly, you can join with this invite link: discord.com/invite/GT8Jar89rY

That's crazy to see the difference in the sound, let alone the look of the cymbals! I feel like at the end of the day, if it sounds good, or fits the sound you're going for, that's what makes an ideal cymbal :) Are you actually selling these by any chance? I'm all for trying new and funky gear and applying them musically.

@Collingwoodcymbals

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I'll be listing these for sale, if you'd like to discuss it further please feel free to email me - dave@collingwoodcymbals.com

Where the link you were putting in description?

@Collingwoodcymbals

Ай бұрын

Oh sorry, I must have forgotten, what was it in reference to?

Man, you would laugh if you heard how my 14" orion twiser with multiple cracks (biggest one being about 2 inchs long) sound lol

@jjcdrumplay

3 ай бұрын

Lol, the first kit i borrowed to practice, i found a cracked cymbal and hung it with a string,and we proceeded to play Rock of some kind!

@federruchi6147

3 ай бұрын

@@jjcdrumplay you know, I used to play my cheap ass brass crashes with a string, kinda like those percussion stands with multiple cymbals in line. Thank God I was able to buy some stands lol

Have you ever made a ride from brass?

@Collingwoodcymbals

5 ай бұрын

No, but working on these did get me thinking about getting some brass sheet in for just that reason!

@nickcollins9893

5 ай бұрын

One of the best brass rides I've heard is Istanbul Agop MS-X, it's way over and above Paiste 101/PST3, Sabian SBR, Zildjian Planet Z, Meinl HCS

@Collingwoodcymbals

5 ай бұрын

Cool, I'll check it out!@@nickcollins9893

@jjcdrumplay

3 ай бұрын

​@@CollingwoodcymbalsThose stainless steel low volume cymbals dont sound too bad either.

It sounds like a Wuhan

@jjcdrumplay

3 ай бұрын

They dont put much into Wuhans, but my crashes sure are strong, the western series. They are thin and trashy!

@TravelatorH8r

3 ай бұрын

@jjcdrums I like Wuhan. 👍 imean I'll buy a ten pack and get 3 good ones lol quick attack heavy wash yeah baby! Punk rock

still terrible