DIY Cymbal modifications

During this fall I've turned couple of broken cymbals into something else.


This first one makes a good pair with 20" Sabian HHX Power Ride's bell. On the pic the bell is mounted on the top of 20" Sabian XS Medium Ride:

6½" Bell (made from 17" Zildjian Z-Custom Rock Crash)

This one didn't last very long, so its cut down once more to a chimelike cymbal (not on this pic yet):

6" Bell (from 17" Stagg DH Medium brilliant Crash)

This one is unfinished, but we are almost there. I've tried to mate it with other hi-hat cymbals I own. The best match at the moment is with 14" Sabian XS Medium hi-hat bottom:

Hi-hat 1000g (from 17" Zildjian Z-Custom Medium Crash)

Sound is crispy with good stick definition when closed, and loud & big when played open. It feels like he-hat is eating someone alive everytime I hit it hard.

Same as above without lightning.

(Pictures are taken in poor lightning conditions with Olympus µ 790SW.)