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    YOO drumm chatters, long time no see.
    I'v played quite a few high hats, all verying from high to low quality.. and they all seem to have a real nice tight "tic" when closed. but with mine.. you gotta push down the pedal fairly hard, whats up? I mean not stomping hard, it just detracts me from playing when I have to focus on the weight I put on my hi-hat pedal. the hats are AAX stage, the hi hat stand is top of the line yamaha.

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    Hey Lafirin! Good to see you back!

    I recently made a discovery on my own hats. I had bought a new PDP stand, and I put the top cymbal on the clutch, tightened the nut underneath it, and mounted it on the stand. Everything was fine until recently when I started feeling that the hi-hat cymbals were always just a little lose, even though I kept checking the nut under the top cymbal. I discovered that there were 2 nuts above the cymbal that I had mistakenly thought were just a decorative item on the clutch. Once I realized what they were, I tightened them, and my hi-hats as sounding awesome again (well, as awesome as ZBT's can sound).
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    LAFIRIN! nice to have you back.

    i would make sure everything that you can tighten is tight, and look and see if the bottom high hat is flat. you may have the tilt adjuster way up so it might be hard to push it down to flat

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    thanks for the suggestion guys. PB I did tighten all my nuts (top and bottom) but they were all really tight anyways. I took the heavy part of the high hat.. so I guess you'd call that the bottem side of the high hat, and put it on the top, and the extra weight makes a nice tic.. I dont know if thats what your supposed to do but it sounds a lot better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pastor_bob View Post
    my hi-hats as sounding awesome again (well, as awesome as ZBT's can sound).
    yo pb i got some zbts and they arnt THAT bad...ok they're not great but still i like their sound
    lifes too short so love the one ya got cuz ya might get run over or ya might get shot.

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    The hi-hats are meant to to have air rush in between them to get the "Chick" and that's why the tilter is there. Try angling the bottom hat cymbal just enough so that one side catches with the top hat before closing all the way. Also, the top cymbal should have enough play in it so that it can move or flip around fairly freely. This, too, aids in producing the "Chick." Keeping the top cymbal to tight inhibits its vibration abd will not interact with the lower cymbal as it was designed to do. An idea setup allows you to keep the hats flopping a bit just by using your foot on the pedal. doing this will also improve the Open/Close sound of the hats favored by Funk drummers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drummerbox55 View Post
    yo pb i got some zbts and they arnt THAT bad...ok they're not great but still i like their sound
    DB, I agree that the ZBT hi-hats aren't all that bad. Frankly, I've heard several higher end hi-hat that I don't like as much. I'm still searching for the hi-hat sound that is right for me. In time I'll find the right one, and move up, but I'm in no hurry, because I don't hate the ZBT hi-hats by any means.
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