Jankowske
Senior Member
So I was checking out cymbal sound files the other day, mostly on sabian and meinl's sites, clicking through crashes and trying to see what all is out there (I found out...there's too much.) My 16" bronze rock scimitar doesn't actually sound too bad, but it's just a little too focused and it has some cheap harsh something going on. Still pretty good though for just being a scimitar. I've been trying to save up to get a rack setup, but I'm also looking out for a new crash since I might be doing some recording soon.My last trip to guitar center left me thoroughly unamazed with their selection, except I did like the 16 aaxplosion. And they had a nice trashy dark K, too, but it didn't seem that versatile.
Anyways, I was perusing all these sound files and demo videos. The aaxplosion still sounded alright, most everything else was too trashy or clunky or bland or whatever, and then BAM that one sounded really good. I fell in love with the stupid 16" sabian artisan crash. I got really excited, got less excited when I realized it's about $400, got really irritated when I found out (on here) that MF had it for $150 a few months ago, and then gave up.
Now I found a decent deal on one and I'm really leaning towards blowing a lot of drum rack money on it. The problem is that I can't play it in person before I buy it, and I have also heard that they're pretty thin. On the other hand, I listened to at least four good recordings of that same model, and there's quite a bit of variation between individuals, but I still really liked them all. Also, even though I play metal, I'm not a heavy hitter and I use 5As.
Yeas? Nays? Anybody else play this or have this? I am very conflicted.
Anyways, I was perusing all these sound files and demo videos. The aaxplosion still sounded alright, most everything else was too trashy or clunky or bland or whatever, and then BAM that one sounded really good. I fell in love with the stupid 16" sabian artisan crash. I got really excited, got less excited when I realized it's about $400, got really irritated when I found out (on here) that MF had it for $150 a few months ago, and then gave up.
Now I found a decent deal on one and I'm really leaning towards blowing a lot of drum rack money on it. The problem is that I can't play it in person before I buy it, and I have also heard that they're pretty thin. On the other hand, I listened to at least four good recordings of that same model, and there's quite a bit of variation between individuals, but I still really liked them all. Also, even though I play metal, I'm not a heavy hitter and I use 5As.
Yeas? Nays? Anybody else play this or have this? I am very conflicted.