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(More customer reviews)I just got my drumset this year, and didn't realize quality cymbals were so expensive. So far, I've purchased used hi hats, a ride, and a crash. I wanted to extend my sound by adding a splash or a china cymbal, but I didn't want to spend money on both.
This cymbal allowed me to buy both. In a way, it is a splash cymbal with a short decay and lower tone. Yet it still has the slight sound of a china.
However, the real fun comes in when you piggyback it with other cymbals. If you put it on top, facing down, it actually lengthened the decay of my 16" crash, but not so much on the 18" ride. On the ride, though, it gives you a really low tone china effect when you strike it like a crash. That makes it easier on my ears. You can ping the cymbals normally, without much effect, but when you do a crash you can hear the trashformer working.
You can also put it upside down on top of another cymbal. This causes the trashformer to roll around, and the decay is about normal on the other cymbals. However, the cool part is that you can strike both cymbals at the same time or separately, either with the same stick or different sticks (depending on the size o fthe cymbal).
I'm going to have to pick up a second one just to have both a stand-alone splash/effect and one to roll around on top of the crash. I have to check out the other sizes first, though.
Note: the trashformers sort of look like the clock in Salvador Dali's painting-- there are 3 dips in the material. This makes the 8" a little hard to hit when it is a stand-alone effect cymbal, unless you have it close to you so you can see what part o f the cymbal you are striking. It's not a deal-breaker, though.
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