This cymbal is essentially brand new

"...except that it has a small crack in it."

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/msg/1122863733.html

I HAVE to ask HOW THE HELL people crack a cymbal? Even when I first started, with the cheap cymbals that came with my set, I used for a good 8 months, and I didn't even crack them.

Yep...that's an ongoing topic around here. In 23 years of playing, I have NEVER cracked a cymbal. You really have to try to crack one. IMO, it only happens 1 of 2 ways.

1) You think it's cool to bash stuff and break {censored}, so you try really really hard and just bash til it cracks.

2) You have the cymbal on a stand with exposed threads and no sleeve.

And I'll throw in an honorable mention...somebody hits it with something metal.

Other than that, it boggles my mind.

I've tried to break a cymbal once... I STILL couldn't do it.

When I was in high school, people would take the orchestral crash cymbals, put them on the floor, step on the bell and flip them inside out. They STILL wouldn't crack. I'm with you.

So, how do you break a "brand new" cymbal? Lol. And I'll have to disagree with you... I'll take cheesesteaks AND pretzels!

He cracked it within the two practices he used it for. Wow.

Took me 6 years to crack a 16" Sabian B8 Thin crash. Expensive cymbals are harder to crack, since they're more malleable.

don't let your bass player hit your cymbals. I've lost one or two that way.

Yeah, bassists seem to love to hit crash cymbals with their headstocks. And that says nothing of douche singers and guitarists who think it's ok to stand on kick drums.

you can also quite easily crack a cymbal by having it over tightened on the stand (thus not allowing the cymbal to naturally flex when struck)

see here:

http://www.paiste.com/e/support_usagecare.php?menuid=318

tHAT EXPLAINS A LITTLE BIT.

At my bands practice space I play a set of B8's + a cracked A custom and a cracked china trash , the cracked cymbals do sound better than the b8s , but still wouldn't buy a cracked cymbal unless it was a nice cymbal that was crazy cheap.

The only cymbal I have ever had cracked was when my Fukkin RETARDED ex-lead guitarist thought he was funny on stage and started smashing the head of his guitar neck into the edge of my 1960's super thin crash during a big ending of a song, and split it from the edge to the bell. I jumped over the drumset, kicked his ass (literally the fight lasted over 5 minutes in front of the crowd), then the band broke up on the spot. The cymbal was given to me by my father (who died in 1989) and was probably the only thing I had belonged to him. I could have killed him. He knew it was my fathers too, just got drunk and thought he was gonna be a funny guy.

thank you.

My bass player talked about standing on my bass drum and the hoop, because he did it in the last band he was in, in which the drummer had a really crappy kit (still not a good excuse). I told him if that happens, I'll be standing on his bass.

And I'm a pretty big guy. :poke:

thank you. My bass player talked about standing on my bass drum and the hoop, because he did it in the last band he was in, in which the drummer had a really crappy kit (still not a good excuse). I told him if that happens, I'll be standing on his bass. And I'm a pretty big guy. :poke:

I woulda told him I'd be standing on his head!

haha, fair enough

I'd love to see the seller try to justify that!

Anyways, I've never cracked a cymbal. I can understand if a player has cracked one because--like everything else--sometimes you just get a piece of {censored} that somehow slipped past QC. It sucks, but it still happens.

Other than that, I don't see it, unless you're abusing them. There is a point where hitting it harder does not make it louder.

thank you. My bass player talked about standing on my bass drum and the hoop, because he did it in the last band he was in, in which the drummer had a really crappy kit (still not a good excuse). I told him if that happens, I'll be standing on his bass. And I'm a pretty big guy. :poke:

Why does this bother you.... Its rock and roll. my lead singer loves just from my kick...:poke:

Lay off the crack bud.

It is essentially brand new except that it is totally ruined.

You'd be suprised what a pro repair job can do. I'd buy a cracked cymbal if it was a crazy deal. Like a 24" 602 thin for $200.

thank you. My bass player talked about standing on my bass drum and the hoop, because he did it in the last band he was in, in which the drummer had a really crappy kit (still not a good excuse). I told him if that happens, I'll be standing on his bass. And I'm a pretty big guy. :poke:

seems to be a MUCH cooler move.

I've cracked tons of cymbals, sometimes it takes a year of touring or more but they all go eventually.

A year of touring vs. A young drummer who has NO idea what they're doing for 8 months?

Not quite sure what you're getting at