Cowbell Comparison- Which Cowbell Sounds The Best? 

Which cowbell did you like? Do you have a cowbell that you prefer? Comment below! 👇🏼 I’ll be reading 👀……..also SUBSCRIBE/LIKE!

I enjoyed every single cowbell that was played. I think it really comes down to personal preference of which cowbell to use on a song. Awesome video ‼️

I like JCR (Medium-Low) and Mostly like LP Low Tone- ES-9. I have Colombian bells medium and high pitch that I use often. I also have a Toca Bell Medium pitch. Now just bought the LP ES-15 which I did not like so much. So I'm going to sell it. I'm interested in a low-low pitch if its even possible. But I can do with low pitch ES-9. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and well play.

Good job comparing apples to apples and muffling the JCR like that 👍👍 unreal

The Best for me JCR from the Bronx.

I think LP salsa cowbells are great, but the get rusted in 2 days, i hate it, i'm thinking about buying coated one

JCR the best Sound

I prefer the lower ones

The Reyes is my ideal sound, the sad thing is Australia has a very limited supply of cowbells so we can usually only get LP or Meinl

I prefer the JCR, medium low, in my opinion it fits better for salsa and so. Thanks for the video

The last one

I appreciate you played them consistently. For my personal taste, I preferred the JCR and the LP from your group. Def check out PL Benchmark; I have one of his Mid pitch bells. Difference in types of beaters would be another interesting comparison vid. 👍🏻

All sound great… I am surprised at how, for lack of reasonably-priced availability of Cali’s bells, the LP bell is close enough.

Damn, 1 and 2 sound way better than the other two, but I guess this is all about personal taste

The LP. Has a little ring to it. I like dry, but need a little ring to enter the musical world.

The first, second and fourth bells were my favorites. I am fortunate enough to own three JCR bells. I have one low and one high-pitched bongo bell, and one chacha bell. I remember each time I purchased them, as the selection process for me was quite personal. Not being able to see, God has blessed me with a heightened sense of hearing, so I based my selection process on songs and bands that I like. However, the first bell to my collection really happened by accident. Some years ago, my uncle took me to a guitar center down here in Houston to watch me play the congas and other percussive instruments that I could not afford. I wanted him to play with me, so I told him to go find a cowbell, and it happened to be the first bongo bell that I would buy, as it sounds almost exactly like the one heard in Poncho Sanchez's Coco May May. The second one that I bought was my chacha bell, based on the one heard in the mid-fifties to early '60s recordings from the original Orquesta Aragon. The low-pitched bongo bell that I bought based on the second time that I got to see the new Orquesta Aragon at Seattle's jazz alley. If you don't mind, I would like to share an audio example via Dropbox link here, as I believe these bells, especially the ones from JCR are worth sharing with others as they are now collectors items.

the first 3 have a uniform tone, on the other hand the JCR and the LP ES9 give it a different color!!!

AMAZING VIDEO BROTHER YOURE SOO COOL THANKS….

I would use the Reyes for live performances and the last two for studio recording.

Clearly, No 1 I like best, No 2 isn't bad either

I have a set of 10 different bongo bells. Reyes, CP (Colombian percussion) Pezkao, LP (Barrio Bell, ES-15, quite good) and three JCR bells which are my favorite ones. I like the JCR high pitch and the JCR low tone too. I think JCR bells are unbeatable. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia.

Hey Will. Loved this video! I like the pattern you're playing on the cowbells. If I'm not mistaken, it's the normal typical pattern, but you're hitting the 1, 1-and, 2 in a particular rhythm that makes it sound really cool. Just wanted to ask a couple of questions: What's the name of the backing sound track? And also, do you have any idea where the Reyes Percussion cowbell can be purchased online? I can't seem to find it.

Thank you so much bro. I know which one I want to buy now! This video helped me more than 2 hours of RU-vid I'm going for the es-9 so I can play at salsa clubs here in London without making too much of a racket for dancers

Hi Will. I will go with the JCR Percussion, Bronx baby!

It depends on the style of band and music your gonna play, the jcr,and Lp bells I think are good for conjunto, one must know how to use the right bell for the right situation.

Teach me I am looking for cowbells that are in the Bass range do they exist ?

Were Do you Bay them ?

needs more cowbell!

Hi Will, When you play the J3, is it muffled in any way? Do you get any overtones in real life that somehow didn't get captured in the video recording? I got a J3, and I have to really wrap my hand around it to get a dry sound.

JCR # 1 and Lp low #2

The first two are my favorites!

Roman, 1 & 4;-). Tremendo swing;-)

try it with out the basic salsa music bro

I can’t choose 😭

I like that jcr 👌

the jcr is killer. i really like the lp lowpitch too

Buen vídeo...

Jcr always

I have a set of three J.C.R. bells that I bought from Haight Ashbury Music about twenty five years ago. So while all the bells sounded fine, the J.C.R. is the one that to me that sounds like a cowbell should sound. Thank you for preparing and uploading this. Your effort is appreciated for this and your other videos.

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