Reminds me of that scene in _The Fly 2_ where Brundle's girlfriend is like, "..You can't walk, and you're getting worse..." and he's mutating and molting and responds, "I'm getting *better."* 😂😅
@@dylsdrumz7081 I thought the same originally, however it was so thick and bright initially that it overpowered everything I tried it with, I liken it to using a hi hat bottom as a crash cymbal. It works really nicely now with a stack actually, as it's much wider and thinner.
@@GQM3Z without the heating the cymbal has no rigidity, when you hit the untreated cymbal it bends, and eventually you have a really bent cymbal. If you heat it, it normalises the grains of metal within the cymbal, and it gets it's springiness back, when you hit it it doesn't bend, and returns to it's normal shape. the heating also gives the cymbal it's sustain back, the untreated cymbal acted like it had lots of tape on it 😂
It was originally a 15 inch crash, b8 bronze, but just way to thick for it to sound good. I'm honestly really pleased with how it turned out. Still use it to this day.
@@RhinoMaster-xf6ko before and mods it was just a bad cheap smcymbal really, really thick and sounded horrible. But it was made from bronze so it is possible to save it.
@CalebCarterFilm a improvement for sure. I've been doing a patina white vinegar with salt sprayed. Let it dry, not soaked, and seems to work. Barely dampens, but it looks cool. I'm glad i watched your video. I might try the hammering on a vintage brass kent cymbal.
It normalises the metal, I tried playing it before torching it, and it had not shimmer or sustain. After torching it and letting it cool it gets all of its sustain back.
