Bo Eder
Platinum Member
So I used the complete set of Yamaha Crosstown hardware on a gig yesterday (which included a FP6110 bass drum pedal and their lightest throne) and it was super cool to get all those pieces into a large speaker stand bag weighing in at 25 pounds, but once the gig started, I was paranoid the throne would slip (it is NOT a spindle throne), and the hi hat did become wobbly on me with 17” hi hats, and the bass drum pedal performed flawlessly but every now and then it became loose on the hoop and had to be re-tightened. Maybe I play really hard? Nah....
So today in the picture I went back to my spindle-d throne (solid), and went to add a 9500 hi hat to match my 9000 pedal. The Crosstown cymbal stands and snare stands are awesome! I have three cymbal stands and two snare stands and they don’t mess around! But me being the heaviest piece of the kit, a proper throne is mandatory, especially when I don’t want anything to happen during a gig!
But the weight of the Yamaha Crosstown hi hat is such a treat! It’s almost 4lbs! Whereas the DW9500 with three legs comes in at 14 lbs without cymbals! Oh well. Stability wins this round ?
So today in the picture I went back to my spindle-d throne (solid), and went to add a 9500 hi hat to match my 9000 pedal. The Crosstown cymbal stands and snare stands are awesome! I have three cymbal stands and two snare stands and they don’t mess around! But me being the heaviest piece of the kit, a proper throne is mandatory, especially when I don’t want anything to happen during a gig!
But the weight of the Yamaha Crosstown hi hat is such a treat! It’s almost 4lbs! Whereas the DW9500 with three legs comes in at 14 lbs without cymbals! Oh well. Stability wins this round ?