Hi,
There is still one thing I really have a hard time to assess, it's the Hihat. You may know that I'm the keys player of the band so, to build up the set up you see in my signature, I needed to really go deep in searching for all Infos available, forum like this one or "drum forum", reviews, youtube, catalogue, etc... I think I could have a pretty good idea of what cymbal I should need or even buy or need for a type of song or genre but I feel a bit incompetent if I want to describe a Hihat. So, below are 3 Hihats that I like, I have 2 of them but how would you describe each one. Maybe you play them, have heard them and why did you choose them etc...Currently the Sand hat is the main hat, the click hat is the X-Hat but I may switch but want your opinion first...
1) Meinl Byzance Foundry Reserve Hats (That I don't have but like a lot)
2) Sabian HHX Click hats (That I have and like a lot too, they are in the X-Hat, but I'm wondering if they should be on the normal hat position...)
3) Meinl Byzance Vintage Sand hats, Benny Grebb model (Main Hihat position)
https://youtu.be/sv40SClblPc
And finally, if you could tell me which kind of music you would use them. Sorry to give you some work to do but I need to close the gap between how I understand cymbals and how I understand Hihat... My idea is that, if you don't play them, it starts to be very difficult to tell as one of the main stenghts or weaknesses or attraction versus rejection of a Hihat is how you feel them, how they play under your stick...etc...but I would like to have your thoughts on the 3 hats...
There is still one thing I really have a hard time to assess, it's the Hihat. You may know that I'm the keys player of the band so, to build up the set up you see in my signature, I needed to really go deep in searching for all Infos available, forum like this one or "drum forum", reviews, youtube, catalogue, etc... I think I could have a pretty good idea of what cymbal I should need or even buy or need for a type of song or genre but I feel a bit incompetent if I want to describe a Hihat. So, below are 3 Hihats that I like, I have 2 of them but how would you describe each one. Maybe you play them, have heard them and why did you choose them etc...Currently the Sand hat is the main hat, the click hat is the X-Hat but I may switch but want your opinion first...
1) Meinl Byzance Foundry Reserve Hats (That I don't have but like a lot)
2) Sabian HHX Click hats (That I have and like a lot too, they are in the X-Hat, but I'm wondering if they should be on the normal hat position...)
3) Meinl Byzance Vintage Sand hats, Benny Grebb model (Main Hihat position)
https://youtu.be/sv40SClblPc
And finally, if you could tell me which kind of music you would use them. Sorry to give you some work to do but I need to close the gap between how I understand cymbals and how I understand Hihat... My idea is that, if you don't play them, it starts to be very difficult to tell as one of the main stenghts or weaknesses or attraction versus rejection of a Hihat is how you feel them, how they play under your stick...etc...but I would like to have your thoughts on the 3 hats...