Buying the WEIRDEST Cymbals

Music used (background & playalongs)

Gear Used:
Zildjian FW Raw Crash:
Zildjian Gong Sheet:
Pair of Slate ML-1 (as overheads):
Austrian Audio CC8 (as rooms):
Earthworks DK7 Drum Mic Kit:
Lewitt DTP 640 REX Bass Drum Mic
Shure SM57 (snare bottom):
Austrian Audio Hi-X60 Headphones:
Vic Firth Freestyle 5b Drum Sticks:
Vic Firth VKB5 Beater:
Roc n’ Soc Drum Throne:
Tama Road Pro/ Iron Cobra Hardware:

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These are some of the WEIRDEST cymbals I've ever seen... The further you go down the drum rabbit hole you end up finding stuff like this! The Zildjian Raw Crash and Gong Sheet are actually somewhat popular cymbals, but still fall under the weird category. After I got a Raw Crash I knew I needed more haha. It started with a 22" Flat Bosphorus cymbal blank. They actually saw my DIY Stack Clap video and said they could sell flat blanks (to make a more accurate version of the Stack Clap), but I decided to just get a big ole flat piece of bronze lol. I had bought a cymbal from someone on Reverb and they mentioned a blank they had and thought I would be interested in it, which I 100% was! That one has a bell but is still very trashy and "un-cymbaly."

I figured if any of the blanks sounded too weird, or were unfit for a drum set, I could cut them up and do something with them, or even get them turned into regular cymbals. Always open to any ideas to with them!

Buying the WEIRDEST Cymbals I Could Find

[rdavidr]

Whats the weirdest cymbal you've ever played?

[qlyde]

this setup sounds great tbh. a solid reminder for everyone to get creative with their sound on records.

[clayfoster]

If atmospheric jazz was my thing I’d buy these in a heartbeat

[drjohnnyfever]

I can’t understand why the zildjian raw crashes are so expensive.
It’s an unfinished blank with a logo stamped on it

[jasonm]

I'm suspecting the Gong Sheet is the most likely to be useful in an everyday setting. They all sound pretty good, but I think that's in part due to your fantastic mixing.

Also, this reminds me that I need to bust out my Acrolite!

[flump]

Man, those blanks sound so good. I really really love how the tone is slightly different on each hit. I will now be searching for these types of cymbals for my kit.

[Supereid]

You do too good a job of putting the sound in a good context. Literally all these clips sound interesting and amazing.

If I heard these cymbals in these recordings without know the butt of the joke I would be killing myself to find out what they were.

[mikegarwood]

All of those blanks are in an annealed (soft) state, meaning they haven't been work hardened (hammered) and "shaped". That's why they crack so easily.

[jawnotindrummer]

Always great videos from you. I had an 18" Zildjian Z Power Smash that was neither powerful or smasherful.

[sacharming]

I used to subscribe to this channel for the wacky drum and cymbal mods and tinkering, but in my 7-ish years of following your groove has gotten so damn good. It's like night and day from your earlier videos! Nice video as always but just wanted to put this out there :)
Cheers from malta/sweden

[vPlasmaTM]

I can’t even lie this kit might be one of the best sounding drum kits I’ve ever heard

[SlyHikari]

A square cymbal is probably the most cursed thing I’ve ever seen in my 3 years of drumming.

[mattnieri]

David, those cymbals have really flat profiles so you have to tilt them significantly more than you're accustomed. That's why the first one has so many cracks.

[ultimateninjaboi]

This whole selection feels like it would fit in well in a sort of grungy sci-fi or cyberpunk settings soundtrack. Either in-universe, or backing tracks. Both would work.

[quicolic]

You know what would be cool, David? If you try to "finish" this Bosphorus flat raw ride by creating a bell, hammering, etc..

[beetlejews]

Hey, your fills are amazing, your playing is incredible and your music selection to drum to is perfect. Keep doing what you’re doing, love the vids. Thank you

[donhitt]

Man i love the sound of that 22" Bosphorus Flat Cymbal blank. wow

[wilberforce]

not on the topic of cymbals, but that kick is mic'ed and mixed perfectly.

[AnodyneHipsterInfluencer]

Imo these were some of the best drum sounds I've heard you get. First off the kit sounded fantastic. Secondly, I thought that Bosphorus blank was great! Personally, I found it _incredibly_ musical. I can understand it might not work in alot of live situations but for studio work I thought it sounded fantastic. Second behind that was the first FX crash you played, the one you cut down. Killer sounds.

[Fuzzbucket]

I love them all!
Quiet cymbals is exactly what the world needs more of.