Apparently you don't need felts on your hi-hat clutch if you're Max Roach

[bassanddrum84]

ha! lemme guess (if not a pick up..) 64 Valiant? Plymouth?

1929 model a

 

[hardbat]

I've known a couple of drummers who think that the hi hats sound crisper without felt on the base.

 

[CKV]

No doubt!!