If you're near Rochester, NY and have a little cash...

[scaramanga]

I just played the best sounding Zildjian ride I've ever heard at Rochester Drum Trade. Prototype Kerope with K Con Bounce hammering. Amazing. I just don't need it enough to ask how much they want for it. To me, it sounded priceless.

 

[Fat Drummer]

I just played the best sounding Zildjian ride I've ever heard at Rochester Drum Trade. Prototype Kerope with K Con Bounce hammering. Amazing. I just don't need it enough to ask how much they want for it. To me, it sounded priceless.

Cool heads up. I hope someone here reports that they followed the lead and wind up with it!

 

[cochlea]

I live about 40 minutes away but have never been there. Is their inventory worth the trip?

 

[scaramanga]

I live about 40 minutes away but have never been there. Is their inventory worth the trip?

Oh my god you have to see it.

(Call ahead this week: I think the owner, Ben, might have gone on a vacation).

 

[hsosdrum]

I just played the best sounding Zildjian ride I've ever heard at Rochester Drum Trade. Prototype Kerope with K Con Bounce hammering. Amazing. I just don't need it enough to ask how much they want for it. To me, it sounded priceless.

Go back right now and buy it. I guarantee that years from now you'll be thinking about that cymbal as "the one that got away".

 

[green glass drum]

"Uhhhhh......how much...little cash will I need sir?"

 

[komodobob]

I live about 40 minutes away but have never been there. Is their inventory worth the trip?

Yes, lots of gear, vintage and newer. You'll be glad you made the trip.

 

[komodobob]

It takes me about 1 hour and 20 minute to get to his shop from my home. The problem for me is coordinating my free time with a day that he is open.

 

[Buffalo_drummer]

Ben’s shop is on my list to hit up on my next trip to Rocha-cha…hear great things about his shop.

 

[JazzDrumGuy]

It's not on their website.....

 

[komodobob]

It's not on their website.....

If Ben has one failing, it's not regularly updating his website.

 

[scaramanga]

If Ben has one failing, it's not regularly updating his website.

Given the sheer volume of gear that passes through that place I would imagine it's hard to keep up!

 

[noreastbob]

Go back right now and buy it. I guarantee that years from now you'll be thinking about that cymbal as "the one that got away".

THIS! I lived in Rochester in the early 20-teens and Jason at Cadence showed me a used, what I believe was a Zildjian China prototype, that was amazing. Perfect. I didn't buy it as I felt I had been spending wildly on drum stuff lately at the time. I went back a week later because I couldn't stop thinking about that perfect China and it was gone. I still think of it every time I see the vaguely similar but nowhere near as sweet China I eventually bought from him to fill that hole.
It hinted at harshness but was mellow at the same time with all the right hues of color/noise. I truly regret not immediately forking over the mere $70 he was asking. A once in a lifetime find that I short sightedly passed on.

 

[multijd]

I live about 40 minutes away but have never been there. Is their inventory worth the trip?

Yes

 

[cochlea]

I see that they are on vacation until April 5th. I'll have to plan a visit after then.

 

[komodobob]

THIS! I lived in Rochester in the early 20-teens and Jason at Cadence showed me a used, what I believe was a Zildjian China prototype, that was amazing. Perfect. I didn't buy it as I felt I had been spending wildly on drum stuff lately at the time. I went back a week later because I couldn't stop thinking about that perfect China and it was gone. I still think of it every time I see the vaguely similar but nowhere near as sweet China I eventually bought from him to fill that hole.
It hinted at harshness but was mellow at the same time with all the right hues of color/noise. I truly regret not immediately forking over the mere $70 he was asking. A once in a lifetime find that I short sightedly passed on.

Cadence Music is a great shop, with tons of gear. If you can't find something that tickles your fancy, then you are just too fussy.