Hand-hammering And Re-created Cymbals

16" Brash Crash, hammered from a Zildjian Avedis 16" Medium Crash.

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Certainly, but if it's brass it's not worth doing it. There are brass and B8 headliners...B8 is worth hammering.

Here's a 20" Complex Flatride (2205 grams) hammered from a Zildjian Avedis.

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Here's a 17" Perforation Trash which I made from a Zildjian Z Custom Crash.

The SOUNDFILE is a little distorted because of the very loud peak of the crash sound... Still this cymbal can speak very softly too and opens up at the slightest touch. It has a very wide dynamic range and can produce anything from a very quiet warm trashy wash to a fierce oriental crash. It's also very ride-able.

20" Complex Ride 2215 grams -from Sabian AA

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Here's a Tony Williams-style 22" Complex "Nefertiti" Ride weighing 2425 grams.

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Here's a 20" Light Complex Bright ride 1740 grams, hammered from a Ufip.

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And an 18" Dark Crash, hammered from a Sabian AA El Sabor.

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There are some new creations on my new website.

Some of them are:

A 7" Splash, hammered from a B20 bronze disc.

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A 14" China.

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A 15" Dark Thin Crash.

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An 18" Dark Crashride.

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20" Light Trashy Ride, 1715 grams:

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17" Dark Fast Crash, 1070 grams:

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20" Complex Ride 1900 grams :

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17" Dark Crash (works as a light ride too) 1265 grams:

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14" Medium Light Hihats, 856/940 grams.

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12" Hihats.

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There are again some new cymbals on my website....

Yes, thank you !

Here's a 16" Crash, weighing 1015 grams.

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A set of 13" Hihats, weighing 694 and 889 grams.

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Finally, a small but powerful 7" Yell Bell.

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Check out some more new cymbals on my website below.

While you're there, also check out the “before and after” soundclips of cymbals that drummers sent to me for modification, there are quite a bit of new ones. Also amateur cymbals which I’ve upgraded to professional level.

Here's a 22" Complex "Nefertiti" (Tony Williams style) ride, 2805 grams.

Hear the typical "hidden trash" which is only awakened when shanking the cymbal.

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More new pies on my WEBSITE !

Here's a TRACK recorded during a jam-session on which you can hear my cymbals being played by British studio/session drummer Emre Ramazanoglu. He has been playing my cymbals for a while. As you'll hear, he uses a selection of my trashier cymbals

To rule out any misunderstandings, he doesn't endorse my cymbals but he has given up his Zildjian endorsement because he wanted to play my cymbals.
I simply don’t give endorsements to anyone since the “blanks” I prefer to use (mainly professional Zildjian, Sabian and Ufip cymbals) are far too expensive and my profits are very low as it is. Also, I don’t even charge half of my work when modifying other people's cymbals. So if you see anyone famous playing my cymbals… they have payed for them, just like anybody else.

Anyway, Emre is awesome drummer and he is also an engineer/producer, so I am proud that he prefers to play my cymbals. He has recorded and worked with artists such as
Shakira
Prodigy
Tricky
Afrika Bambaata
Alison Moyet
Sneaker Pimps
Keith Tippet
Jim Abbiss
Neil Macllellan
Mekon

Emre also plays drums (and my cymbals) on the forthcoming Lou Rhodes album (out in september), which he has also produced. Lou Rhodes is the singer from the British triphop-band Lamb.

Thanks Arrowfreak !