!I should let my loyal readers know, I’m letting a few old Paiste cymbals go, that I bought when I was on a Paul Motian/Billy Higgins/general Paiste kick around the early teens. Portland drummer Ron […]
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CYMBALISTIC: a quick one
CYMBALISTIC: Just a quick note, reporting on a quick visit to Cymbal & Gong playing a new shipment of stuff. We’re in an interesting period with them, sounds seem a little more variable from cymbal […]
CYMBALISTIC: another Seattle meet
CYMBALISTIC: We had a little lightning round in Seattle on Wednesday, with my brother— John Bishop— and D’Vonne Lewis and Will Lone coming around to play these fine Cymbal & Gong cymbals. D’Vonne and Will […]
CYMBALISTIC: New cymbals are in! – 6/24 UPDATE
6/24 UPDATE: I just added two more 22″ Extra Special Janavars— at 1938 and 1950 grams they are very light weight, and handle it beautifully. As I’ve said, I’m very excited about the quality of […]
CYMBALISTIC: Seattle follow-up
CYMBALISTIC: Had a great small— very small— meeting in Seattle with my brother John Bishop, a great drummer and president of Seattle’s Origin record label, and Evan Woodle, one of his employees , and also […]
CYMBALISTIC: Cymbal day – UPDATED
UPDATE: I got some cymbals back with a heavy patina added— 17″ and 21″ Holy Grails, and a 20″ Extra Special Janavar. Naturally they sound great. These will be available for purchase on Cymbalistic shortly. […]
CYMBALISTIC: a splendid time to get one!
CYMBALISTIC: All right then, fate has just dealt us at CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER! enterprises a big unexpected financial hit. The boys in the finance wing are not happy. So hey: If you’ve been thinking “one […]
CYMBALISTIC: new cymbals in!
CYMBALISTIC: All right, videos are up for seven new cymbals. As I mentioned recently, I’m very excited about the way the cymbals have been trending— they vary slightly from batch to batch, and change a […]
CYMBALISTIC: developments
CYMBALISTIC: An interesting part of being a very small cymbal company, like Cymbal & Gong, is that there is some variance in the product over time. Day to day there may different guys at the […]
CYMBALISTIC: Shopify store coming!
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 […]
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. […]