Paiste is pretty much the cult fave for most people I come across. I personally only like their rides and light crashes, and it depends on the particular cymbal. Best idea is to go down to the local shop and test some out. Try out the Paiste and Zildjians. Stay away from the Sabians, especially the B8 pros, unless you like really bright, ringy cymbals that have no wash whatsoever. They're cheaper than Paiste and Zildjian, but they'll annoy you to death. Sabian splashes are ok, though. They decay quickly enough so that it isn't an issue.

Also, no kit is complete without a nasty china. Wuhan's a cult classic that's extremely cheap. Go for the smaller ones, as the larger are... how can I put this... overly obnoxious. I forget the sizes, but try out the next to smallest.

Hey eveyone! This is my first post on the instrument thread. I play guitar (been playing for 30+ years), bass and some piano. I've been playing for a long time, but my style is more in Keith Richards/Johnny Thunders vein. Not "fast" or lead oriented but more rhythm focused.

My main guitar is a 1978 Yamaha SG2000. I LOVE this guitar! Beyond that, I have some cheapo, but cool, others. Dan Electro 3022 (bronze, dual pickup) from the mid to late 60's, a Harmony Rocket from early 70's, and some other less important cheapo stuff. I've also got an Epiphone Arch top from the 40's, a Sigma Martin acoustic and a Kentucky mandolin. All are really fun/cool instruments IMHO.

I used to play alot (in bands and stuff) but play alot less since having kids, etc.... I reallly need to play more even if it's just for/by myself. Anyway, that's my guitar collection. Enjoy!

Thanks for the advice! I have heard Paiste several times, so I suppose that's definitely the place to start. But I'll be checking out all these, thanks. :)

The only advice I can't take is going down to my local shop... the music stores round these parts always have awful, awful, awful drum equipment. I don't think I have found more than a handful of cymbals that I enjoy at any of my local music shops.

Past few years I have been playing fretless guitars . . . here they are
http://www.bandvista.com/sites/rw_me...54e5e483ac6dcf

Well I'm at work right now, so I'll upload pics later, but my equipment is as follows:

1. Acoustic Yamaha packed full of band decals.
2. Epiphone Blue Burst SG with 40w Fender Frontman (BOSS Metal Pedal)
3. '61 Gibson Hummingbird (passed down from my father)

The latter is my pride and joy, Only I can't play Pride and Joy yet!, lol

I bought a really ****ty Great Divide acoustic like a week ago. I hope it's not too late for me to begin the training.

I own quite a few guitars. I have an American Fender Strat, Amercian Fender Tele, Gibson Les Paul Standard. I also own a Jumbo Boucher Acoustic guitar which sounds incredible.
For amps i have a Fender Deluxe 112, HiWatt Custom 100 and the latest amp i got is an Vox AC15 which is my main amp for most of my gigs. I find that the Vox sounds great on most of the gigs i play, from Rock to Pop to Blues.
Can't go wrong with the Vox!

Stringed instruments: Ibanez 4-string bass. Ancient thing, like ten years old. Crappy, no-name six-string electric guitar that my roommate gave me a couple years ago.

Keyboards: I've got a couple old Casios laying around that I picked up at thrift stores. I mostly use them for circuit-bending purposes (nothing permanent, I love them in their original forms too much to commit solder to circuit board).

Misc/weird stuff: I've got a Sleepdrone5 synth box, a Trogotronic model 666 synth, a circuit bent drum machine with an atari controller for pitch bends and such, a couple different tape recorders for tape loops, a reel-to-reel for more ridiculous tape loops, a 1970's JC Penny record player for playing scratched-to-**** discount records, and a 1960's Pioneer 250 stereo power amp for running a lot of that miscellany through (it has a built in reverb function that sounds AWESOME). Also an old Behringer mixer for running all my different sound sources into.

Guitar pedals: A million. Some cheap, some not so cheap, some outright retardedly expensive. DOD distortions, Boss distortions and phasers, a couple different boutique pedals (OHNOHO Utter Stutter and BLOWING UP, Freakshow Effects Digilog Delay, if you're curious), and some other no-name brand crap.

I'm probably forgetting some stuff...uhm...a couple contact mics, an Atari Punk Box, some oneoff weird little electronic things...Speak and Spells...I dunno. I've got all kinds of crap clogging up my practice space.

pics or gtfo

I need a couple more posts before I'm allowed the mystical power to post URLs from other websites. Then I will kindly acquiesce to your request.