theAntihero wrote:I always did like sabien b8s.....and they are cheap. In fact I had a drummer that would throw money at his set....yet loved b8 Hi hats
Yeah, The funny thing is that from 15 feet away, out in the crowd, it might be hard to tell what you are hitting. And non-drummers hardly can tell much at all as far as differences between one cymbal and another. Both Dale and Coady from Melvins / Big Business primarily use Paiste Alphas. They use a fair amount of 20" crashes, a big (out of production) 24" Alpha ride, and whatnot. I am sure they could play other cymbals if they wanted to, but those are both working/touring bands. They might just look at is a just fine, and cost of business sort of thing. I imagine that they go through a fair amount of cymbals. The Alphas might last a bit longer overall, and are much cheaper to replace than, lets say, and all Paiste 2002 lineup.
Whenever I have some spare money in my hands, I will begin to look into picking up a couple of 16" Paiste crashes to turn into my new hi-hats. I have cracked 2 Paiste 2002 SE hi hats and that has gotten a bit expensive for me. I am currently using the 2002 SE bottom hat, and the top is a Paiste 15" Alpha Rock hi hat. this sounds pretty good, but, 15" hats are much harder to find replacements for. The way I figure it, I can go up, or down a size and be in MUCH better shape trying to find good used Paiste replacements.