RVC
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Hopefully this little ramble will bring a bit of humor to someone today. My cymbalholism is very real, albeit at a much slower pace and through a much narrower scope these days. This particular cymbal acquisition story, though, is a real dandy. 
Mrs. RVC and I are gonna make things official in October. Third time’s a charm (or a strikeout) for each of us, and we’re having a very small ceremony with only family members and my duo guy officiating. It’s been nearly 25 years since my last wedding, and that one was a civil ceremony at a courthouse in Nevada. I’m fairly astonished at the prices of stuff for this small ceremony.
Feeling sorry for myself for having to plunk down an ungodly sum of money for wedding expenses (flowers, for example) is part of the irrational motivation for my purchase of this Medium Flat Ride. “If I’m spending XXXX$$ on flowers, what’s an extra XXX$$ gonna matter if I buy this cymbal?!” In case you were wondering, that’s called addict’s math! LOL
Musically, it does kind of fill a spot, I suppose. Since I’ve moved to heavier cymbals overall, my 18” Thin Flat was getting lost a bit. The 20” Medium Flat is louder, the note even clearer and with less spread. One thing I do enjoy about both flat rides is putting things on them to shape the sound a bit. I’ve included a pic of a couple of items that alter the sound in a cool way. The jingle thing makes the flats sound like a really processed, electronic ride while the other wire thingy makes a more traditional riveted sound.
Didn’t need this cymbal at all, and bought it at a really bad time financially. There was just enough musical reason for me to justify it, though, and a true ‘holic doesn’t need much more than a whisper to fire up the baser instincts. I keep saying one day I’ll finally learn my lesson, but today is evidently not that day!
Mrs. RVC and I are gonna make things official in October. Third time’s a charm (or a strikeout) for each of us, and we’re having a very small ceremony with only family members and my duo guy officiating. It’s been nearly 25 years since my last wedding, and that one was a civil ceremony at a courthouse in Nevada. I’m fairly astonished at the prices of stuff for this small ceremony.
Feeling sorry for myself for having to plunk down an ungodly sum of money for wedding expenses (flowers, for example) is part of the irrational motivation for my purchase of this Medium Flat Ride. “If I’m spending XXXX$$ on flowers, what’s an extra XXX$$ gonna matter if I buy this cymbal?!” In case you were wondering, that’s called addict’s math! LOL
Musically, it does kind of fill a spot, I suppose. Since I’ve moved to heavier cymbals overall, my 18” Thin Flat was getting lost a bit. The 20” Medium Flat is louder, the note even clearer and with less spread. One thing I do enjoy about both flat rides is putting things on them to shape the sound a bit. I’ve included a pic of a couple of items that alter the sound in a cool way. The jingle thing makes the flats sound like a really processed, electronic ride while the other wire thingy makes a more traditional riveted sound.
Didn’t need this cymbal at all, and bought it at a really bad time financially. There was just enough musical reason for me to justify it, though, and a true ‘holic doesn’t need much more than a whisper to fire up the baser instincts. I keep saying one day I’ll finally learn my lesson, but today is evidently not that day!
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