UPDATE: Soft launch time— the new store is now active— I’m writing an official announcement as we speak. Feel free to swing by, check it out, ask questions. No doubt lots of little things will need to […]
Category: gear
History of cymbal manufacturing
An interesting article by Fritz Steger, author of A History Of Drums Made In Germany, written in German: Welches Becken passt zu meiner Musik und Spielweise? In English that’s “Which cymbal suits my music and playing style?”— […]
CYMBALISTIC: new cymbals in!
CYMBALISTIC: A fresh round of cymbals is in— it’s been a rather slow year, so I haven’t been getting a ton of new stock. You should be using these things. Cymbals. Made by Cymbal & Gong. […]
Andy Newmark’s set up
Pilfered from a Modern Drummer interview in 1984, here is Andy Newmark talking about his drumming set up. He’s a session drummer, and was real active in the 70s and 80s especially. I excerpted some […]
Messing with the EAD 10
I got a Yamaha EAD 10 recently— a popular interface/recording device for making drum cover videos. It’s suddenly clear why there has been such a proliferation of those videos— there’s infrastructure for it now. You […]
Just throwing it out there…
A quick observation, during this period of light posting: A pattern I’ve noticed when I see people selling off their boutique cymbals: they rarely include any Cymbal & Gong. Every other hip brand of boutique […]
CYMBALISTIC: Oh, what the heck…
UPDATE: Bumping this to the top of the blog. CYMBALISTIC: Oh, what the heck, business has been a little slow lately, so let’s goose this thing a little bit, and do a special on cymbals. […]
CYMBALISTIC: new cymbals are in / SPECIAL
2024 UPDATE: All right, the special is obviously OVER, but, hey, Cymbal & Gong are such special cymbals that even if you have to pay the shipping they’re a bargain. Career instruments for players, just […]
CYMBALISTIC: December special
CYMBALISTIC: More news, a new batch of Cymbal & Gong cymbals is coming next week. And, I will be offering a rare SPECIAL for the remainder of the month of December: Free shipping on US […]
Cheap jazz cymbals
During that Washington residency one of the students asked me for a recommendation on an inexpensive jazz cymbal. It’s not really a budget category of cymbals, and I didn’t have a great answer for him. […]
CYMBALISTIC: Germany tour wrap up
CYMBALISTIC: Hey, I’m back home and recovering from a very successful Germany excursion, and about to resume regular posting! I’m never sure how things are going to go, but I ended up selling almost all of […]
CYMBALISTIC: BECKEN DEUTSCHLAND 2023 – LET’S GOOO!
CYMBALISTIC: OK everyone, I’m heading to Germany today, with a case of wonderful Cymbal & Gong cymbals for your approval, enjoyment, and merriment. The deets: I will show cymbals in Frankfurt on Wednesday, Berlin on Friday, […]