Zildjian A Custom 13" Hi Hats (1 Viewer)

[plug]

dunno what forum to put this into. anyway. anybody got any particular feelings about these? I need an opinion to push me over the edge before I decide to spend €300 on a pair...

 

[Ex-User (250)]

it's a lot to spend on hi-hats. or is it? i always bought my cymbals in value packs - 5 for 180 buks and the likes. i did fork out 120 for a real heavy ride though. sorry, i have no useful advice. if you play 'em and it feels like you won't be able to forget what it was like to have played them, that's a sign you should buy them. drums are so fucking expensive, it's not fair.

 

[Break Neck Speed]

http://stores.ebay.com/Guitar-Loft-Acoustic-Specialist

Check this ebay store. Ive bought stuff here. Spot on and its only €40 to ship to ireland.

 

[eoinbox]

they are very nice. if you could spend a bit more on k mastersounds then you'd be in business.

 

[Napalm]

Watch that 'How its made' programme on Discovery, seen a piece on cymbals and its the Zildjian factory. Your man is lashing them out by the dozen so I doubt its any different from any other maker apart from the cymbals metallic makeup but they have to equal parts of whatever alloys they use anyways...just my tuppence worth.

 

[plug]

wow, quick responses. thanks all round!

http://stores.ebay.com/Guitar-Loft-Acoustic-Specialist

Check this ebay store. Ive bought stuff here. Spot on and its only €40 to ship to ireland.

iiiinteresting... yeah, that's pretty cheap alright... €225 for 14" A customs incl. shipping. that's good.

what kinda shipping times are we talking about?

 

[Break Neck Speed]

wow, quick responses. thanks all round!

iiiinteresting... yeah, that's pretty cheap alright... €225 for 14" A customs incl. shipping. that's good.

what kinda shipping times are we talking about?

I bought a 19" avedis rock crash from him a good while back and i think i paid him on a monday and got the package about 10 or 11 days later. Very easy to deal with. I didnt pay any duty as this was before the whole crack down with customs. Even with paying duty it should still work out waaaay cheaper than buying them in ireland or the uk. How much are they on thomann??

 

[plug]

10-11 days. that's not bad..

well, thomann ain't so good for cymbals really. I found a site called uk-cymbals.com which is more reasonable... out of curiosity I called a few irish music shops to get an idea of the price difference; the difference in markup was between €110 and €200. fucking. insane. shit.

what's the custom charge? 21% VAT or something else? if the latter, yes, it's still a fair bit cheaper... the one thing that would make me go for uk cymbals is that I reckon they would be easily couriered here by the weekend. recording this weekend.. yeah I know, last minute etc.!

 

[Break Neck Speed]

Yeah you'll have to pay vat at 21% vat and then a customs or handling charge too i think. It will cost you an extra 40e id say to get hats from the states. If you need them for the weekend though id go with the brits.

 

[plug]

Yeah you'll have to pay vat at 21% vat and then a customs or handling charge too i think.

hmm... how would I find out about this potential customs/handling charge business?

 

[Ciarán R]

Plug - check with giveamanakeith - his drums came from USA and he had to pick up from airport in cork - i think there was a charge.

 

[lissou]

Does that mean you're selling your old hi hats by any chance?

 

[plug]

nope. old hatz aren't worth selling; completely fucked etc.