The Colonel
Silver Member
I am more than *EXTREMELY* pissed off today. My 14" K Constantinople hi hats, hand-picked from the Zildjian vault almost 10 years ago, and a gift from my [now deceased] grandfather (one of my absolute favorite people ever) have been stolen.
They were lifted some time last week. I had a gig last Sunday, and I am *99%* sure I had them after that - as my kit was the house kit here at my spot for 2 bands on Thursday. Didn't really get a chance to practice between those days so I cannot remember positively or not if I had them set up at the start of Thursday (but I'm pretty f-ing sure they were). Saturday night - after everyone split from here at 5am - I put my drums on the stage to play along with some DJ Shadow going through the PA (smoking hot girl here still dancing and said "I heard you play drums. Play" so I get to the hi-hat portion of setup and CANNOT FIND THEM.
Run back to my room - tear the place apart - nope. Gone. Run out to the stage - check under the staging - behind the sound booth - and go back and re-check my [gigantic] cymbal bag for the 27th time. GONE!
I just sent out a text to all the drummers and/or bandleaders who I either played with on Sunday and the bands that played here on Thursday (had my kit locked up in my room Friday and and the hi-hats weren't on the stand but I didn't think anything about it at the time.
I am going crazy over here. Yes, they're $450 a pair, but they mean more than that to me. Both sentimentally and just because they are the best hats I've ever heard (and every drummer who's into K's and has heard/played them agrees).
I am a very trusting person and have been letting people use my kit here if they ask (and have no problem with playing a smaller "jazz size" kit) but now I'm not so sure...
OH! I'm also missing one of my 16" Avedis & Cie "Vintage" crashes. I have two - and along with just using one as a crash, I will sometimes use them as hats for some really sloppy trashy smashy stuff (sound *GREAT*) and now one of THOSE is gone too....
I would like to think that hopefully someone just picked them up on accident in the cymbal swapping game - but I'm not holding my breath [much longer].
SO! Have you guys gotten stuff stolen? In NYC I had two snares and my favoritest keyboard in the whole wide world lifted from me in one fell swoop. I left the car for literally 20 seconds - I was 19 and wasn't really thinking...Hell, my dad leaves his keys in his unlocked car. I grew up in Vermont on a mountain. We never locked the door. I never had a house key... Obviously it's a different story in the big cities (I leave my front door now and depending on the time of day I'm surrounded by either hundreds to thousands of Mexican families shopping on Broadway or 10 crackheads who would love to find their way up my one flight of stairs if I accidentally left the door unlocked)
But *DAMNIT* I love those cymbals... I am just really upset right now.
Oh - and just to complete all sides of the story - I ended up using the other 16" crash as a top and my 16" thin crash that I purposefully smashed up (broken edges, chunks missing, cracks everywhere - sounds awesome) as a bottom - played straight through about 2 albums' worth of Shadow - and ended up getting a nice kiss from the girl - which was a little surprising and awkward because I was pretty sure she was with one of the two dudes who were also hanging around...Very awkward... but guys - *ridiculously* hot. Like "Who in the hell is *that*?" ...I need to get a camera and start doing a frickin' thread about this stuff.
Definitely distracted me for a little bit - which was nice. (*RIDICULOUSLY* hot!...I need to take a cold shower)
They were lifted some time last week. I had a gig last Sunday, and I am *99%* sure I had them after that - as my kit was the house kit here at my spot for 2 bands on Thursday. Didn't really get a chance to practice between those days so I cannot remember positively or not if I had them set up at the start of Thursday (but I'm pretty f-ing sure they were). Saturday night - after everyone split from here at 5am - I put my drums on the stage to play along with some DJ Shadow going through the PA (smoking hot girl here still dancing and said "I heard you play drums. Play" so I get to the hi-hat portion of setup and CANNOT FIND THEM.
Run back to my room - tear the place apart - nope. Gone. Run out to the stage - check under the staging - behind the sound booth - and go back and re-check my [gigantic] cymbal bag for the 27th time. GONE!
I just sent out a text to all the drummers and/or bandleaders who I either played with on Sunday and the bands that played here on Thursday (had my kit locked up in my room Friday and and the hi-hats weren't on the stand but I didn't think anything about it at the time.
I am going crazy over here. Yes, they're $450 a pair, but they mean more than that to me. Both sentimentally and just because they are the best hats I've ever heard (and every drummer who's into K's and has heard/played them agrees).
I am a very trusting person and have been letting people use my kit here if they ask (and have no problem with playing a smaller "jazz size" kit) but now I'm not so sure...
OH! I'm also missing one of my 16" Avedis & Cie "Vintage" crashes. I have two - and along with just using one as a crash, I will sometimes use them as hats for some really sloppy trashy smashy stuff (sound *GREAT*) and now one of THOSE is gone too....
I would like to think that hopefully someone just picked them up on accident in the cymbal swapping game - but I'm not holding my breath [much longer].
SO! Have you guys gotten stuff stolen? In NYC I had two snares and my favoritest keyboard in the whole wide world lifted from me in one fell swoop. I left the car for literally 20 seconds - I was 19 and wasn't really thinking...Hell, my dad leaves his keys in his unlocked car. I grew up in Vermont on a mountain. We never locked the door. I never had a house key... Obviously it's a different story in the big cities (I leave my front door now and depending on the time of day I'm surrounded by either hundreds to thousands of Mexican families shopping on Broadway or 10 crackheads who would love to find their way up my one flight of stairs if I accidentally left the door unlocked)
But *DAMNIT* I love those cymbals... I am just really upset right now.
Oh - and just to complete all sides of the story - I ended up using the other 16" crash as a top and my 16" thin crash that I purposefully smashed up (broken edges, chunks missing, cracks everywhere - sounds awesome) as a bottom - played straight through about 2 albums' worth of Shadow - and ended up getting a nice kiss from the girl - which was a little surprising and awkward because I was pretty sure she was with one of the two dudes who were also hanging around...Very awkward... but guys - *ridiculously* hot. Like "Who in the hell is *that*?" ...I need to get a camera and start doing a frickin' thread about this stuff.
Definitely distracted me for a little bit - which was nice. (*RIDICULOUSLY* hot!...I need to take a cold shower)