Great job! thanks for the tip!
If you choose wisely in the first place, you don't have to rely on crud to make your cymbals sound nice. Just sayin'...
I suppose that somebody could buy a brand new cymbal, record it once then put it away for years and years to allow it to oxidize. After 30-40 years the cymbal could be pulled out of storage and recorded again using the identical equipment in the identical room then analyze the audio, but that seems like a lot of trouble. You couldn't play the cymbal the whole time of course because that could alter the structure of the metal, skewing the results.
It takes a while; hours at a minimum and typically a few days - for your ears to acclimatize to new cymbals, especially if they're substantially different from what you had before. It can be quite jarring.
Thank you so much for your feedback. My son and I looked at so many video cymbal packs and we both agreed that this is the one we like. On the other hand my son loves what the 21-inch crash ride sounds like though I wasn't impressed but like I said I only covered a couple of songs and I'm going to give it another try before I make a decision.
Looks like we got a satisfied drummer in the Drummerworld Forum who's happy with his Zildjians! Happy for you!
Although I don't have any experience cleaning cymbals I don't see the harm in using warm water and a gentle dishwashing liquid and I would absolutely not use Dawn that is way too harsh. Hope this helps.
I wouldn't apply water or any other substance to an Avedis from the '50s. Vintage cymbals should be left alone in my opinion. That they have an age-bitten look, a component of which is a bit of grime, is only right and proper.
It's really a matter of taste more than a universal rule. I don't think you'd destroy the cymbal by cleaning it, but you could certainly erase some of its vintage visual attributes, as well as -- and this possibility is a topic of passionate debate -- alter its sound. Cymbal cleaning can be a testy proposition. Some players advocate it; others shun it. For me, it depends on the cymbal's finish. I've cleaned brilliant cymbals in the past (I don't own any now), but when it comes to anything with a vintage vibe, even if it's a new cymbal designed to look vintage, I'm inclined to leave it alone.
That's also the opinion of Paul Francis, former director of cymbal technology at Zildjian. He was instrumental in creating the A Avedis line in 2016. The series has a factory-applied patina finish, which is intended to convey both a vintage look and sound. Francis stated in an interview that patina "warms" a cymbal's tone. Like so many sonic elements, that claim is debatable, but I'll take Paul's word for it. He's knows a lot more about cymbals than I do.
