A video shared by Sebastian Merk, a great drummer living in Berlin, who teaches at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden. He’s playing a 20″ Holy Grail jazz ride by Cymbal & Gong, which he bought from me on my last visit to Germany in December ’18. It’s a fairly funky cymbal that was given a special patina that gives it a drier sound. It sounds really great here, with him playing it— just a perfect, classic, dry jazz sound:
Check out the videos of the cymbal before the special patina, and with the patina.
I’ll be returning to Germany, with cymbals, between June 6-12. Visit www.cymbalistic.com and get on the mailing list to get updated tour info.