larz882003
New Member
Ok here is the deal I know these are trash cymbals no doubt but here is my question and story.
Do cymbals sound better with age?
I have a set of B8 pros for personal practice I have had them to basically beat on since I dont know 2007 or 2008
I have or better yet had a very nice set of vintage avedis that I lent to a friend that was going into the studio.
this was my set of studio and gig cymbals. He was in the studio for two weeks and called me telling me they were gone, no amount of money can replace the sound I had with those.
So its time for me to go back into the studio to record our third album and I needed new cymbals, the last time I have played my avedis was last nov.
So I am in the market for new equipment and my friend who owns a music store let me take home and try out a set of Paiste signatures, a set of A;s a set of A customs and a set of sabian AA. He told me the sabian aa was as close to as I was going to get to the avedis.
The funny thing was and I am not joking, is the B8 pro that I bashed the crap out of for 12 years let em tarnish never really cleaned them too much sounded almost as good as the A custom line.
The best line I liked was the signatures but I dont think I am ready to put 4 grand into the set up I need and the AA or the A customs are half the cost.......How in Gods earth do old b8 pros sound almost as good as new top of the line cymbals I know its b8 alloy not to much different that 2002 line from paiste. Is it that I have grown accustom to them since I haven't played my avedis in 9 months or just bashing the hell out of them got rid of that overly bright tone that they had?
Do cymbals sound better with age?
I have a set of B8 pros for personal practice I have had them to basically beat on since I dont know 2007 or 2008
I have or better yet had a very nice set of vintage avedis that I lent to a friend that was going into the studio.
this was my set of studio and gig cymbals. He was in the studio for two weeks and called me telling me they were gone, no amount of money can replace the sound I had with those.
So its time for me to go back into the studio to record our third album and I needed new cymbals, the last time I have played my avedis was last nov.
So I am in the market for new equipment and my friend who owns a music store let me take home and try out a set of Paiste signatures, a set of A;s a set of A customs and a set of sabian AA. He told me the sabian aa was as close to as I was going to get to the avedis.
The funny thing was and I am not joking, is the B8 pro that I bashed the crap out of for 12 years let em tarnish never really cleaned them too much sounded almost as good as the A custom line.
The best line I liked was the signatures but I dont think I am ready to put 4 grand into the set up I need and the AA or the A customs are half the cost.......How in Gods earth do old b8 pros sound almost as good as new top of the line cymbals I know its b8 alloy not to much different that 2002 line from paiste. Is it that I have grown accustom to them since I haven't played my avedis in 9 months or just bashing the hell out of them got rid of that overly bright tone that they had?