New cymbal cracked!

[bobby_m]

So I just bought a brand new 18" Avedis about three weeks ago and already there are four cracks! what should i do?? I bought it from a long and mcquade, for $190.. my most expensive cymbal.

[tomtom]

So I just bought a brand new 18" Avedis about three weeks ago and already there are four cracks! what should i do?? I bought it from a long and mcquade, for $190.. my most expensive cymbal.

Talk to them and see if they are willing to do something for you. If not, contact Zildjian customer service directly.

good luck and keep us posted

[sticksnstonesrus]

Maybe you should change your style...

You must be hitting it wrong...

LOL...

Sorry...just bored.

[fourstringdrums]

There are only two explanations:

Either you're hitting way too hard and/or with the wrong technique and the blame is entirely on yourself or

You got a bad cymbal, which is probably the reason why it cracked.

The cymbal is under warranty so take it back to the place you bought it and have them send it back to Zildjian. They should replace it although if the cracks look like they were caused by misuse, you're out of luck.

[fijjibo]

Bad luck man.

But Im with Rob - It cant be good to crack a cymabal, so its either your fault or just a bad cymbal.

[sticksnstonesrus]

Ok, ok, ok...

IF you hit hard (overly hard) one cannot expect a cymbal to have a high survivability. I do not expect crashes, splashes and china's to last entirely too long because I know I hit hard. My angles and sticking approaches are fine...I just over hit.

Bobby, if you;re a hard hitter or you don't have your cymbal angle set to where it accomodates a strike that is not to perpindicular with the edge of the cymbal nor too "on top" of the bow of the cymbal, than you are probably to blame. If the cymbal just one day cracked in four different places (by the hand-swipe of God himself?!?!) than the cymbal is poorly manufactured and should be replaced by Zildjian

[bobby_m]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll admit i am a hard hitter, and the cracks were probably my fault. I'm a self taught amature so i'm gradually learning about this kind of stuff.
This forum has helped me out alot.

I ended up takin the cymbal back and tradin it in for a 19" K hybrid and i think it sounds awesome. worth the extra 60 bucks.

[SLEEPY BRiGHT EYEZ]

I don't think it's so much how hard you hit, but how you hit.

This past weekend my wife and I went to a local music fest. There were at least ten bands that played, and I was really surprised that most of the drummers kept their cymbals high and flat, hitting them nearly perpendicularly on the edge. To no surprise, their cymbals flopped around with a quick decay and didn't really excite to their full potential potential.

[aruration]

In what angle should (the cymbals) be hit?

[sticksnstonesrus]

I don't think it's so much how hard you hit, but how you hit.

I disagree. Your applied to power can break cymbals just as bad as hitting it incorrectly. Basically, this is a matter of terms. Same turd.

And...

In what angle should (the cymbals) be hit?

Your cymbal angle should be set to where it accomodates a sticking that is not perpindicular with the edge of the cymbal nor too "on top" of the bow of the cymbal. The sticking should be a *swat* rather than a crushing blow through the cymbal. BUT...you should choose for yourself what you like to do. Don't like spending money on cymbals? Play em' gently and "correctly". Don't give a piss about them and know that your gonna blow sawdust off your hands after practice? Beat em' like that were redheaded. Just don't be surprised when you have to buy more.