To introduce my question properly, let me note that I'm in my thirties and have been learning drumming for 2 or 3 years. I have a wife, I have kids. I've got a used set of Exports which are great, but the similarly used cymbals that came with the drums have been beaten to death: a set of dinged and dented ZBT hats/crash/ride plus a hugely cracked Z Rock crash. I've gone to music stores and banged away at the display cymbals, but the options are, frankly, overwhelming. I don't have a "sound", I don't have a specific drummer whose sound I want to borrow. I'm just interested in cymbals for playing all-purpose, versatile rock in my basement. Don't need a lot of volume or power, just need to practice, play along with CDs, and once in a blue moon jam with some friends.
So make/model/size cymbals would you get for a standard, bread-and-butter, all purpose rock drum set? I'll certainly go try out different cymbals in stores, I just want suggestions to narrow the field of options to something I can handle. Probably get a couple crashes first, then hats next, as those are the parts of my kit that I'm least happy with. Rides can come later.
So make/model/size cymbals would you get for a standard, bread-and-butter, all purpose rock drum set? I'll certainly go try out different cymbals in stores, I just want suggestions to narrow the field of options to something I can handle. Probably get a couple crashes first, then hats next, as those are the parts of my kit that I'm least happy with. Rides can come later.