NEWS: Cymbal & Gong is blowing out a little bit of old stock from their master smith’s personal line of cymbals, the Leon Collection, and so, my humble dealership CYMBALISTIC will soon be offering some big […]
Category: cymbals
Griener on stick selection
Here’s a forum comment by our friend Michael Griener in Berlin, which I wanted to preserve on this site. Michael is an excellent, very active drummer in Germany and throughout Central Europe, in jazz and […]
A great jazz ride cymbal
This question was asked on a drumming forum: “What makes a great ride cymbal?” I answered it for jazz cymbals specifically, because that’s what interests me, and that’s the music where the ride cymbal […]
Miscellaneous: cymbal and book
UPDATE: Feedback from the buyer of the cymbal: “I think perhaps I’ve never owned a nice sounding cymbal before b/c all my current cymbals sound like garbage compared to the Hassan.” Please forgive the light […]
CYMBALISTIC: You never know
Thinking about this fabulous product I’m selling, Cymbal & Gong cymbals, in this precarious time, it struck me that they could just go away at any time. I think— as do many of the the […]
CYMBALISTIC: Leon Collection!
CYMBALISTIC: Heads up, if you’re thinking about getting some new cymbals. I’m holding a few new odd-size Leon Collection cymbals right now— 21″, 19″ and 17″—on approval from Cymbal & Gong. The Leons are really lovely— […]
CYMBALISTIC: Five 24″ rides!
Does anybody need a sweet 24″ ride cymbal? I’m checking out four OUTSTANDING Cymbal & Gong jazz cymbals, plus a monster medium ride. I will have these around for a couple of days, then they’ll […]
CYMBALISTIC: New cymbals are in!
Just acquired some new Cymbal & Gong Holy Grail series cymbals for sale: there are two 18″ crashes, two 20″ jazz rides, a 22″ jazz ride, and two sets of 15″ hihats. All excellent jazz […]
UPDATE: Seattle cymbal hang CANCELLED
Never can be too many asinine plays on the word cymbal. EVENT UPDATE: COVID response in Seattle has really gotten serious, and we’ve decided it would be wisest to cancel this event. Hopefully outlook will […]
My new axe
I got a cymbal to replace a similar model I sold to our man in Berlin, Michael Griener, last year: a 20″ Cymbal & Gong Holy Grail Jazz Ride, 1893 grams. Has a special heavy […]
CYMBALISTIC: New cymbals— Holy Grails and flats!
In Istanbul, manufacturing Cymbal & Gong cymbals. I’ve just posted videos for a new batch of cymbals, handmade in Turkey by Cymbal & Gong, personally selected by me for awesomeness in the purpose of playing […]
1985 Mel Lewis clinic
Surprised I haven’t already shared this Mel Lewis clinic, given in the Netherlands in 1985. He talks about his familiar opinionated subjects: playing the bass drum, drum sounds, fighting with recording engineers. Somewhere in there […]