How To Prevent Your Cymbals From Cracking 

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rdavidr thats hilarious!

That would be the wrong kind of crack my friend

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sah dude lol cool vids

Yes, I wish I had seen that before I cracked one at the rehearsal space... 😬 Now I know...

Hi Otto, most likely you are still striking the cymbal correctly. You can tilt the cymbal any way you like if it suits your style and body. As long as you're not striking through the cymbal or straight onto the edge, you're good to go. What we show here is geared towards most drummers' style.

Otto Merce

Unless the cymbal is very VERY low, such a negative tilt has no real benefit for the drummer

Nicola Righetto Actually it keeps the drummer from having to bend their wrists to get a nice, full crash sound. The Meinl dry and dark cymbals are thin and flexible enough to where they won't crack as easily from being struck at a negative angle.

Populism is a way to make an excuse for directioning their cymbals the wrong way..in the video about the making of "higher ground" by Dave Weckl , Weckl mocks Chris Coleman by saying he plays his cymbals in the wrong direction ..well , mark my words all those Coleman fanboys direct their cymbals like him...go ahead and break them , Meinl laughs his ass off!

Will Gaines so true! 😂 I know a former Meinl artist who did that lol

Yeah. Anika nilles popped in my head first. Ha

I've used Zildjian ever since I started drumming and almost no other cymbals sound as good as my home set.

You're not endorsed, so choose your cymbals for their sound, not the brand ! I personally don't care about what is written on the cymbal, as long as the sound fits my music.

I never said I was endorsed.... but I'm not like Sabian's sound

Smart but I’m a Meinl guy and I like zildjan to I use both

Joe King from my experience, anything less than a k or an a coustom will not sound very good. Ur making a mistake. Unless u can afford all k’s and a’s, I would not use zildjian. use Paiste because everything from their lower lines sound great too.

yep or nick pettersen.

Or Ray Luzier

If you use the right technique, that's ok. Also, if you have the money to replace all your cymbals, there's no problem with that.

Andrew Konkey I would think it's due to thinner cymbals have more flex/wobble when struck compared to the heavier more brittle cymbals. Zildjian a's for me always have cracked around the bow area where as a harder metal like the zcustom have broke on the edge. That's just my guess?

If you can avoid hitting the cymbal in a way that will damage it, feel free to tilt it any degree you like if it feels more comfortable. For example, some drummers tilt their cymbals away but will still strike the cymbal with proper technique. The tips presented in the video are geared to help raise awareness as to why your cymbals might be breaking and how to reduce the chance of broken cymbals. The tips are not only to help you avoid breakage, but to get the widest range of sound from your cymbals as well.

If you're using a rubber sleeve and bottom felt, you will be fine if you aren't using a top wing nut or felt. The top felt is to prevent the cymbal from contacting the wing nut. As long as the cymbal isn't coming into contact with the exposed metal mount above the sleeve, you aren't in danger of keyholing your cymbal. However, we can't say we haven't seen the odd energetic drummer pop a cymbal off the stand that wasn't secured with a wing nut.

Great! I'm not a very energetic drummer in general but I will keep that in mind thanks! I really appreciate it!

I hit like Josh Dun xD

Same😂😂

omg i busted my snare head a few weeks ago from hitting it too hard

Then dont play like drummers that have bad technique

Using a top felt mainly protects the cymbal from hitting the wing nut, so if you aren't using a wing nut the felt wouldn't be necessary, although we've seen cymbals pop off the stand if you're a heavy hitter. Glancing may not be the most appropriate motion for every hit and situation, but we are gearing toward getting drummers to not strike down through the cymbal. Recoiling upwards with your hit is as safe as glancing to the side.

Avedis Zildjian Company plus if you slice through your cymbals like I've seen a lot of metal drummers in my circle do, you put too much stress in the outer edge of a cymbal and it cracks a lot easier. I saw a guy that managed to crack a really heavy Z3 19" Rock Crash in the course of one 8-song set, because he mounted his cymbal straight up, ratcheted his cymbal down with 4 felts, and struck on the edge with heavy 2B sticks

That's perfectly fine to do as well and is pretty common!

Levente Fazekas lmao

Well you're extremely funny

Good question , so i dunno , but , my guitar sKILLs = lil wayne !!!!

Because deep down you wanna join the dark side and you know it!

I hate it too!!

+Srdjan Devic That type of cracking might happen for a few reasons: 1) You're hitting the cymbal directly on the edge and pushing it into the cymbal stand/tilter 2) You're striking directly on the middle of the bow (when crashing) 3) In very rare cases, there is a defect in the cymbal.

Možeš potražiti neku specijaliziranu radnju u kojoj raznim naprednim postupcima varenja, uz pomoć žice za varenje slitina (bakar i kositar) mogu zavariti i poslije izbrusiti mjesta varenja ako su na kupoli. Moj frend je tako spasio odličnu ride činelu koja je imala par pukotina i urez jer je dodirivala metal, isto kao u videu. Samo se manje pukotine na kupoli ili zvonu mogu popraviti, na ostalim dijelovima činele takvi popravci ne piju vode.. Jbg. Sretno s popravkom, samo majstorima objasni kako činela treba izgledati poslije, znači ista debljina kao i neoštećeni djelovi. To rade acetilenskim varenjem uz pomoć šipke za spajanje legura na bazi bakra i cinka...

When we say don't strke the edge, we mean do not strike at the cymbal from the front as illustrated in the video at 1:13. You do want to strike the outer bow on the top as you are saying. It might appear that the stick is striking towards the middle of the bow, but the shoulder is actually striking the outer bow (top edge). Hitting the middle of the bow will not produce a "proper" crash sound and the cymbal will not open up.