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Blarobbarg

Drums. Pretty standard kit, considering it was a present and I really don't know much of anything about drum gear/companies/what is the best. I have a Pearl kit, standard three toms. Double bass pedal. Zildjian hi hat and crash... and half a a hi hat that I'm using a makeshift crash. Actually don't sound too shabby, just doesn't sound like a crash... I'll get another real crash eventually, but I like this little setup too much to get rid of my half hi hat. Also, a nice Pearl ride.

And my snare is some fancy nice brand that I can't remember right now... will edit post later when I bother to go look at it. The kit is in the garage.

Anywho. I don't know a whole lot about my instruments, but dang do I love playing them. Or any percussion instrument, really. I just love the feeling of drumming in general. I can play it calmly and jazzy, or let loose some pent up stress with an insane blast beat. And playing it always gives me a hyper, happy feeling.

Anyway, anyone have suggestions for fantastic crash cymbals? My kit's my baby, and I love it dearly, but I could use a better crash.

Freebase Dali

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.

Blarobbarg

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.

PianoLuva4Ever

I play piano and sax. I am also teaching myself guitar.

For guitar, I have an epiphone Sg. I run that through a BOSS RT20. From there, it runs into a Line 6 spider 4. With this amp, I've got everything I need. I keep the drive and equalizer controls at max position for the full effect. I turn the drive off when going for clean though. The rt20 helps me to get a better warble tone, since the line 6 chrorus effect was a bit subtle. I was slightly disappointed in this. The rt20 is a Leslie speaker simulator. It has four different settings. It is a twin pedal. The additional pedal is for the speed of the rotors. It also has overdrive, which is another reason I brought this pedal. Line 6 distortion is a bit muffled at times, so I keep the overdrive on the rt20 at maximum to keep it bright. Either chrorus, flange or phaser is a great combination with a clean signal running through the rt20 and amp

As far as a sax, I play a Conn into a special jazz mouthpiece and I use a ruggatti gold reeds.

For the piano, I play a used Shomer and Co upright

That's everything!