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The "D" man
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 AAX=good sounding garbage!
I broke another one, this time a huge chunk of the cymbal flew off, pic soon, I love the sound of these cymbals, but they can NOT take a pounding. on the plus side, the now broken cymbal has a very unique sound to it, its almost a light swishy gong sound. anyway just wanted to vent!
by the way if anywone knows of a cymbal with similar sonic characteristics but can be thrashed upon let me know!
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devilspain
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what aax were you thrashing away on??
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The "D" man
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devilspain wrote:what aax were you thrashing away on??
18" AAXplosion crash
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xdoseonex
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a customs sound alot like aax's. but if your smashing through aax's your pretty much gonna smash through anything
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Howepirate
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The "D" man wrote:devilspain wrote:what aax were you thrashing away on??
18" AAXplosion crash
Your technique sucks.
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anavrinIV
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Howepirate wrote:The "D" man wrote:devilspain wrote:what aax were you thrashing away on??
18" AAXplosion crash
Your technique sucks.
i happen to agree. i have an 18" aaxplosion and it has taken everything ive thrown at it. i dont know what youre doing but you shouldnt be breaking cymbals like this.
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zen_drummer wrote:Real life doesn't work that way, and one day he's gonna pull a stunt like that and they'll put a cap in him. At that point it won't matter that he was fat in high-school and couldn't get laid.
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:09 am |
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The "D" man
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I'm wondering if there was mabe a defect in the cymbal, because I agree with you that it sounds like my technique sucks, mabe it does, but this cymbal had a large chunk break off, I've never seen anything like it, it didn't just crack, it Broke.
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PDP9000
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It must be your techinque cause have friends that beat the hell out of
them and they dont brake how do you usally hit the cymbal?
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:33 am |
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Rem
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i actually think it maybe a defect
xplosions are quite thin arent they.
I think it was a weak metal bond and maybe a little bad tech on that
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Vanden
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Get on saiban.com get a customer care helpline and see what they are gonna do about it. I have a REALLY thin paiste 8" alpha splash which has cracked all around the middle hole. That was due to it not being protected from the metal of the stand. Have you got felts and everything inbetween wingnuts etc.?
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The "D" man
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there is no other damage to the cymbal save the chunk missing.
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The "D" man
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PDP9000 wrote:It must be your techinque cause have friends that beat the hell out of
them and they dont brake how do you usally hit the cymbal?
usually I hit downward striking the cymbal about 1/4 inch from the tib pulling through the cymbal. The last aax i messed up was because I had the wingnut too tight and cracked the hole in the bell (gave it away to a friends kid) i don't keep my wingnuts tight anymore.
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:52 pm |
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cableman26
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Jeez, did you hit that thing with your pedal? Instead of playing through a cymbal, hit it with a swiping motion. When you play through it it goes down and eventually hits the wingnut. Then it can't go down anymore, you might as well have someone holding the cymbal with both hands while you smack it with the stick.
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anavrinIV
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The "D" man wrote:PDP9000 wrote:It must be your techinque cause have friends that beat the hell out of
them and they dont brake how do you usally hit the cymbal?
usually I hit downward striking the cymbal about 1/4 inch from the tib pulling through the cymbal. The last aax i messed up was because I had the wingnut too tight and cracked the hole in the bell (gave it away to a friends kid) i don't keep my wingnuts tight anymore.
never play through the cymbal. thats what broke it, not a defect in the cymbal.
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zen_drummer wrote:Real life doesn't work that way, and one day he's gonna pull a stunt like that and they'll put a cap in him. At that point it won't matter that he was fat in high-school and couldn't get laid.
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xdoseonex
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Howepirate wrote:The "D" man wrote:devilspain wrote:what aax were you thrashing away on??
18" AAXplosion crash
Your technique sucks.
kinda brash, but hes right
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