Random question of the day - do you play your hats cranked up high like Travis Barker or down low like Brian Blade? (I mean literal height of the cymbals, not style or tone or whatnot.)
I play mine high enough to play with my right hand and low enough to play with my left hand.
Count me in. Gotta get both hands on it easily. It needs to he low enough to do doubles and buzzes on, but high enough to not hit my hands with the sticks when cross sticked.Like some others have said, I keep mine high enough to play it right handed, and low enough to play it left handed. I want access to the whole hat, too - the bow, the bell, the edge. I don't mind the feel of playing the hats up high, but it becomes a one-trick pony then. You're playing the edge only. That won't do, for me.
Mine is low like Brian Blade. I think Travis Baker plays with a lot of wasted motion.
However the wasted motion looks good on stage.
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