This video details the process of a cymbal being hand-hammered from a blank with a pressed bell to a finished cymbal. For more info visit reveriedrums.com and use headphones if possible!
on one hand: i cannot even begin to comprehend what it takes to make a cymbal as well as you do and the amount of time it must take plus the amount of knowledge you have is genuinely incomprehensible to me but on the other hand god i wish there was a lower budget series by you because if each ride you made wasnt 400-600 gbp there’d be literally no contest against any other cymbal manufacturer
Thanks! Yeah, price point is a tough thing... The amount of time it takes for me to make my cymbals is significantly more than what you find with a big box company. I could offer my cymbals for less but it would mean cranking them out and not worrying if they are properly balanced or not.
Timothy, I have watched two of your cymbal videos and your passion of this craft comes through. You have an amazing ears for hearing cymbals and crafting a beautiful cymbal. I subbed just to listen to your beautiful pies and your passion. by the way … I LOVE THE FINAL version, but I could have taken any of the earlier version and used them on a gig! 👍🏻🥁
A great cymbal vid... I preferred the stick articulation of the cymbal with the one pass lathing on the top surface. Or the one right after that... that last version the stick gets lost in the swell...
it's a tough choice between the hammered/ unlathed and the partially lathed, but i think i agree with you that the partially lathed is the best version... still, the end product is quite nice; the wash really kinda blooms.
Love watching this process. I am a cymbal junky big time, especially these hand-hammered ones. Well worth the price. I liked the partially lathed one for a rock or blues application. Dry and smoky. Overall, the last iteration was my favorite because of the complexity.
raw unlathed series in the future potentially? i know a lot of people looking for a sound like the unlathed one (im “a lot of people” honestly reminds me of a sabian monarch ride
Man, how cool that you can create your own cymbals like that. Seems like way too much fun. I'm impressed with how good the blank sounds TBH. Woulda thought that thing woulda sounded like a garbage can lid. But my favorite tailored sound is the 2nd to last one. I would be stoked to have that one and the blank on some stands in front of me. Or as hats.
@@lilbacon7777 It's interesting to me that the blank sounded so good. I can't recall, but I'm sure it's a b20 cymbal, which I'm sure is a big help. But it's definitely interesting to me how Paiste manages to make some really great cymbals out of b8 or b12. Point being, I think the hammering is a pretty important part of it too
@@davewestner Good insight, I honestly didn't realize Paiste had b12 cymbals. I think you're right. "all about the material" is a bit much. Would be so fun to get my hand on a cymbal blank and hammer one.
@@lilbacon7777 Well, I actually had to look and I mis-remembered....it's B15 that Paiste uses for their Signature line. If they make b12, it's probably lower end cymbals, That said, the 2002 alloy is B8, so I got that right. Anyway....do it! hammer a cymbal! The blanks aren't too expensive. Can't imagine lathes are cheap though.
i want the version at 4:16 , it's beautiful !!! well balanced, it's got all: stick definition, nice open wash when crashed and that beautiful dark hum underneath! How can i order a same one?
@@ReverieDrumCo We discussed that Bill Stewart / Brian Blade choking the stick technique to get that "click," but I was watching a Buddy video and saw he did it too.
Awesome--completely unlathed for me! I got some blanks from Wuhan. Where do you get yours? They seem like much higher quality. Your knowledge is outstanding! So fun to watch and learn from.
I doubt resting changes the sound of a cymbal. If you programmed a robot to strike it and recorded the sound right after hammering and a week later, it would probably sound the same.
Well, I do this every day and I can tell you it makes a huge difference, sonically. I've got some videos where I play a cymbal right after hammering and also 12 hrs later and it's very noticable.
Thanks! It's mostly been by listening to records that I've learned them. Check out Elvin Jones' latin grooves (YT search will give it to you), Medeski, Martin, Wood tune "Latin Shuffle", and generally anything latin jazz you can find on YT. Drumeo has a good video on Elvin Jones that has a breakdown of a couple grooves. Rick Dior has a series on "Afro-Cuban rhythms" that's really great too.
@@ReverieDrumCo I never heard of the letting em rest but I’m usually just making stick marks. Unless you’re Wally hammering at it do cymbals crack more in the cold? I really should be nicer to them but I do give them the business. Makes sense for like work hardening
