Home Cymbal Modding

RemoteContact · Ferret Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Miami, FL

I just completed my first home cymbal mod. It included lathing and hammering. Check it out on my site

This old thick Paiste 502

Into this smooth jazz ride.

bytor · Admin Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 5260 Location: Kansas

Awesome. Thanks for the link, too. That's a great way to turn a piece-o-crap cymbal into something pleasing to the ears.

styles2281 · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:01 am Post subject:

For the lathing, you just ran the drill bit up and down the cymbal to remove layers?
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RemoteContact · Ferret Joined: 15 Jul 2006 Posts: 100 Location: Miami, FL

Yeah, Just used the edge of the bit as the tool.

shiloh · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:52 pm Post subject:

Hi, very cool and imaginative, and it works.
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The549 · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

Can you expalain a bit about the hammering? Cymbal upside down on a wood table? Was the area that you were hitting supported or not supported? How hard did you hit it? Did you hit it straight with the blunt side of the hammer or on an angle
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