Hi - new to the board and am in process of updating my vintage Slingerland/Ludwig kit. One of my target areas is the high hats. In the posts here I read about different weights - can somebody give me a quick primer on what this means and what weights are used for what types of music? I play mostly old country stuff, nothing fancy and I'm not really a heavy player, so trying to figure out what's best for what I do, at least to get back on the path.
thanks
Hi - new to the board and am in process of updating my vintage Slingerland/Ludwig kit. One of my target areas is the high hats. In the posts here I read about different weights - can somebody give me a quick primer on what this means and what weights are used for what types of music? I play mostly old country stuff, nothing fancy and I'm not really a heavy player, so trying to figure out what's best for what I do, at least to get back on the path.thanks
I don't think there are really specific weights for different kinds of music, although rock cymbals tend to be heavier and jazz cymbals lighter/thinner. Back in the day, the cymbals companies didn't make matched pairs where the top cymbals is lighter and the bottom heavier. If you wanted hats, you bought two 14" cymbals. I have two pairs of thin old A hats from the 1950's. In both cases the bottom cymbals is only slightly heavier than the top. But even today, the weights of jazz hats is varied. I have one pair of Bosphorus hats where the top cymbals is 850 grams ans the botton is over 1200 grams. I have another model from that same maufacturer where the top hate weighs 875 and the bottom around 1125. More inportant than the weights is how they souind. For jazz I like thinner, darker hats. I don't like bright metallic sounding hats.
Mark - thanks for the info - fun to keep learning about this stuff as I get back into hitting my skins. Jake
