Cymbal Springs, Good or Bad? Help or Hurt? just trying to get some info.








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A must for China cymbals. Springs allow the cymbal to move following the strike, giving the energy somewhere to dissapate. When you crank your cymbals down tight, the energy generated from a hit has nowhere to disspate and ends up eventually damaging the cymbals, especially chinese cymbals. So if you are using Chinas, cymbal springs are a must-have item...if you want your cymbals to last.

A word of warning, though...you will have trouble with springs on Wuhan chinas, since Wuhans have the cylinder-shaped bell, instead of the European bell.








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I agree. Almost. The aquarian cymbal springs are must-haves for wuhan chinas, because most cymbal wingnuts won't fit inside the bell, due to it's weird shape. I tried the springs on crash cymbals when I started playing, and found them too springy (they would be bouncing around when I'm trying to hit them).

For crashes/rides/splashes I recommend good cymbal felts, a hard plastic sleeve for the cymbal shaft (no, you can't use rubber tubing), and don't crank down the wingnuts. For chinas, use the heavy springs for anything bigger than 16".

i cant find anywhere in the uk that sells cymbal springs

sinborn wrote:

I agree. Almost. The aquarian cymbal springs are must-haves for wuhan chinas, because most cymbal wingnuts won't fit inside the bell, due to it's weird shape. I tried the springs on crash cymbals when I started playing, and found them too springy (they would be bouncing around when I'm trying to hit them).

For crashes/rides/splashes I recommend good cymbal felts, a hard plastic sleeve for the cymbal shaft (no, you can't use rubber tubing), and don't crank down the wingnuts. For chinas, use the heavy springs for anything bigger than 16".

I am not sure why..so I will ask.Why cant you use rubber tubing for sleeves?I have been doing it,and if it isnt good I would like to know.Thanks...............

I do not use them. I have seen too many people crack cymbals while using them. Probably more of a techique issue anyway. Glancing blows as discussed many times here on the Forum.

I got a good tip from someone several years back. Buy your cymbal sleeves as tubing from a Home Depot/Lowe's type of DIY store. You can cut the length yourself and then cut it to size for each stand. You can get hard plastic or rubber type. Much less expensive and it really works.








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Gazdkw82§ wrote:

i cant find anywhere in the uk that sells cymbal springs

Drop me a mail at: info@dmdrums.co.uk

DrumHead15 wrote:

I do not use them. I have seen too many people crack cymbals while using them. Probably more of a techique issue anyway. Glancing blows as discussed many times here on the Forum.

I think it's definately a technique issue, I've used cymbal springs for 20+ years and never cracked a cymbal.

I used them for E-cymbals for a while. Since they don't really swing much like a metal cymbal, it helps to use a spring so they don't crack.

Haven't seen the need for them with 'acoustic' cymbals;
even with our Wuhan china, I've found that a Slicknut fits in there just fine.

I never really liked springs because they seemed to swing TOO much, but I felt they were needed with Hart Ecymbals.








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screamkevin wrote:

A word of warning, though...you will have trouble with springs on Wuhan chinas, since Wuhans have the cylinder-shaped bell, instead of the European bell.

Tama saves the day for Wuhans. you can buy 2 packs of wingnuts like these that work perfect for wuhans because of the bell.