johnjssmith

That's a 16" Zildjian Hi-Speed crash. I can tell by the "Sharpie Era" Stamp on it. Often described as brilliant, quick and they just...

That's a Tamburo Opera drum, the older versions didn't even have bearing edges on the shell, they were stave shells made from plywood...

In my experience it mainly depends on the weight: the more material vibrates the higher the resulting volume is, so for three rides from...

I see the 2002’s as the Paiste equivalent of the Zildjian A. Although they were different from A’s, they nonetheless competed with them...

The only cheap cymbal that surprised me is my current main crash, a 20" TongXiang TMZ ride, weighting 1872g and having cost me around...

None of them. I wish I had a different answer.

First of all, none of what you've written can be clearly interpreted because it's not on a pentagram. If you want to write music you...

That's good to hear, but unusual: I've contacted Paiste about a few different things over the years, custom cymbals, info on...

So I ordered my Steve Jordan hi hats and it was nice Paiste called me to say I’m getting half of my hi hat set. They informed me they...

Among the two I'd take the PDP, but... Is a Yamaha Stage Custom Birch not available AT ALL?

Hot off the presses and this just in!! My "Paiste insider" buddy in Germany just told me a long held secret: YOU CAN STILL GET PAISTE...

I used a water based matte black acrylic paint, and gave it a clear coat with a minimal amount of very fine sparkles mixed in. It's...

This thread about working on beginner sets came up while I was doing a project...

They're gone, but I'll put a couple pics up to visit from time to time. :ROFLMAO: When I got back into drumming, they were my...