Two pieces of gear-buying news: GET SNARE DRUMSMy friend and student Bill W. owns a bunch of great snare drums, and is letting some of them go on Reverb. He’s got a 60s Gretsch Progressive […]
Category: Cymbal & Gong
Cymbalistic: little cymbal day
CYMBALISTIC: Yesterday afternoon I went to Cymbal & Gong HQ to pick out a few things. I needed to pick out a 22″ 11th Anniversary ride— an Elvin Jones tribute cymbal— for someone. They took the middle […]
CYMBALISTIC: Cymbal day!
UPDATE: Creating my order right now— I’ll be picking up cymbals probably on Monday the 7th, with new listings with videos coming Monday or Tuesday. I’ll be getting the Extra Special Janavars, some Special Janavars […]
CYMBALISTIC: New cymbal day Monday!
CYMBALISTIC: OK, the new shipment of Cymbal & Gong cymbals has finally arrived— including the Extra Special Janavar prototypes I had them make: three 20″ Janavar crash-rides with K-type hammering and lathing. As you hear […]
Cymbalistic: new Reverb store!
CYMBALISTIC: I finally got around to setting up a Reverb store for Cymbalistic, my cymbal site, for those who wish to buy that way. It’s functional now; I’ll be adding the remaining cymbals I have […]
Alejian cymbals
I made an interesting purchase at that Chehalis, Washington drummer swap meet— an 18″ Alejian brand cymbal. At 1368 grams, it would be categorized as approximately a medium thin crash, maybe a crash-ride— it acts […]
Germany/Istanbul tour wrap up
I returned from Germany a few days ago, and am still quite loopy with jet lag. I took as many Cymbal & Gong cymbals as my wife and I could carry, and had a couple […]
CYMBALISTIC: Becken Deutschland – June 27-July 11
CYMBALISTIC: Germany tour is happening NOW, from June 27 to July 11— I can’t believe it’s been three years since our last visit. Follow me on Facebook and/or on Twitter for updates and pictures from […]
CYMBALISTIC: travel set, 11th Anniversary rides
CYMBALISTIC: I paid a little visit to the Cymbal & Gong warehouse (aka, Tim’s basement) to play some cymbals for Michael Griener, a great drummer, friend, and supporter in Berlin. Michael is very active playing […]
CYMBALISTIC: two bargain used Holy Grails
CYMBALISTIC: Two more bargain used Cymbal & Gong cymbals came in. Both were lightly used by an endorser for a tour. A 24″ Holy Grail Jazz Ride “Vishal”, a lush, complex light ride, still […]