alparrott
Diamond Member
So previous to this, I've never had occasion to want or need another ride cymbal in my life; my trusty 20" K Custom has served me for any old thing I could possibly want to do. But this next gig will be a very low-volume piano-bass-drums jazz trio backing a female singer in a somewhat small room. And in my rehearsals, the K Custom just sounds impossibly high and bright suddenly. I'm very worried about it having too much cut and not enough cushion. I won't be doing a bunch of these gigs, but I would like to do more than one.
As I see it my options are -
1) I go as is. I put a strip of tape on the underside to dry it up just a hair, play it as light as can be, and no crashing. (I have no problem playing lightly, but even with the softest touch this thing is sounding SO LOUD right now.)
2) I switch to a rod or Blastick in the right hand to keep things on the down low.
3) I take my old 19" A medium-thin crash and use that as a ride instead - less ping, more wash, and definitely not as cutting. Never mind a second crash, I won't need it.
4) I go plunk some dough I don't have on a new cymbal I will likely not play more than a half-dozen times a year (not my preferred option).
Thoughts?
As I see it my options are -
1) I go as is. I put a strip of tape on the underside to dry it up just a hair, play it as light as can be, and no crashing. (I have no problem playing lightly, but even with the softest touch this thing is sounding SO LOUD right now.)
2) I switch to a rod or Blastick in the right hand to keep things on the down low.
3) I take my old 19" A medium-thin crash and use that as a ride instead - less ping, more wash, and definitely not as cutting. Never mind a second crash, I won't need it.
4) I go plunk some dough I don't have on a new cymbal I will likely not play more than a half-dozen times a year (not my preferred option).
Thoughts?