dario_mannu's Reviews

A lot of ping!

Incredible cymbal, perfect to play Rock, Pop, Metal, Funk...and so many others genres. A lot of ping in the Bell, in the body a lot of sound and expression. I love it!

Red is better!

This pair of drumsticks are my natural extension to hit my drumkit and cymbal set in the way I used to.

This needs no introduction, I would say!

This is the perfect program to manipulate every kind of audio file I want to adjust.

Velocity and precision

Definitive double pedals for my foot!!! They guarantee speed and precision. I use them for moonlight night rides ... and especially for accents, bass drum embellishments.

a rarity, full and dark sound

As I said in the description upstairs, this is a very rarity. Full of dark sound, perfect for Jazz Funk and Soul music.

My first AWESOME ride cymbal, vintage Logo of an Italian cymbal beauty!

This is my first Ride cymbal. Awesome for many many genres: Rock, blues, funk, metal, country, pop. Great ping and wonderful bell that cut through. Italian pride of the times gone by.

THE Definitive China, big dimension with a lot of expression.

As I said in the main description, THIS cymbal is the definitive China. Let me say, the Oriental Trash series Chinas are AWESOME, in particular the perfect dimension cymbal that I've tested are for me: the 12", 16" and this 20". The Oriental China Trash 20" is a OUTSTANDING cymbal... I was searching for a cymbal that could be an effect, a riding one... This is a China of course, BUT, you can ride with, and you can also use it as a perfect effect to make soft accents or powerful if you want power and crash to cut through the wall of sound in a live context. Beautiful cymbal!

Powerfull China! Gavin Harrison approves!

This cymbal is a very powerful one. A lot of volume, power, with a very trash sound, with oriental atmospheres. The tone is very wide. From the tiny one to the fat sound. Perfect cymbal that I use stand alone, but you can also stack with another cymbal, maybe a crash one cheaper.

A very, VERY, dry plate!

I got this cymbal when I took some other gear for my drumkit. It's a very very dry cymbal to me, very dry. I think this kind of cymbal is perfect to stack with other cymbal, maybe another one that's full of sound to stop it.

Incredible Splash!

THIS is a phenomenal splash by Zildjian! Pair with the other Splash K 10" they are simply OUTSTANDING! Perfect combo. The K series is versatile for many genres.

My "White Pearl" Premier

A very big drum, in terms of dimensions and sound... the two toms (14, 16) with the only top head skin have no coda, no longer sound, just dry and deep sound. I have two snare drum, the metallic Premier snare drum 14" and a Mapex snare 14". My drumkit consist in four pieces: - bassdrum of 22 inch, remo pinstripe; - tom 14, one skin head on the top, remo pinstripe; - tom 16, one skin head on the top, remo pinstripe; - tom 18, with resonant skin

A Ride of Dreams!

This Ride is symply AMAZING. The first time I played it sounded so great... I was chilling!! Preatty versatile ride, but for its particular sound, dark and custom, it's perfect for me to have it on my left side with a chain onto it, to emulate the effect of rivets. Preatty jazzy. So, a definit ride for Jazz, Blues and everything like this sound!

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Dry, ping and versatile

It's a very unique cymbal. Made by UFIP, an Italian group, union of creators of cymbals. This particular type of ride is so AWESOME. Perfect for every kind of music. Really versatile. Dry and with ping, but with so unique melodies and armonies.

Sticks to play like Peter

This kind of drumsticks are pretty awesome to play Jazz and swing, in particular the terminal part of the stick that hit every drum's element is so dens, it has a lot of material and density, which gives you the perfect balance to put a particular pressure for example on the snare drum.

My perfect drumsticks to Jazz

The perfect pair of drimsticks to play Jazz, Swing, Blues, Funk, Folk music. Perfect weight, dimension and density, balance.

My perfect drumsticks to Rock

The standard measure of drumsticks, in my case the perfect dimension, weight and wood. Perfect to play from Rock to Pop, from Jazz to Blues, from Folk to Metal! ;)

Great!

I have the ZXT trashformer 14", stack with the Zildjian China Oriental Trash 18

Incredible 4 the price

It's an awesome microphone! I use it for my drumkit, in particular for the bass kick. The Samson C03 has a lot of options, you could take off db, cut off some kind of frequencies, and it's possibile to use only one side of the microphone's head. It's the perfect microphone for his price.

BEST Ride

Best Ride EVER! This ride is the perfect fusion sound to play Jazz, Blues, Pop, Folk, Rock... and also Metal! To me, the BEST ride I bought. I LOVE and ADORE it!!!

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