I just got one last week - the Jingle Wedge, with built-in copper tambourine jingles. I haven't really given it a test drive yet, but my initial experiments have been encouraging.

I'm going to put it through its paces on some gigs and a record date over the next couple weeks, and will post a review afterwards.

According to Russ, you can position it to use it two different ways:

1) to enhance cross-sticking, and
2) to enhance regular rimshots - do this by putting it underneath where your left stick (if you're a righty) hits the rim for strong backbeats with a tambourine sound added.

If both of these effects sound cool, I've got high hopes for the possibilities: My new Tama snare stand lets me spin the drum cradle once I've got all my angles set, so in theory I could use it both ways when playing live, rotating the drum between songs as needed.

If I recall the way that stand works, yes, you can only pick one position for the wedge, because the snare won't rotate in the RIMS-like fitting where it's hung.

I'd think putting it in the cross-stick position would be more sensible, that way you're not stuck ALWAYS hitting it when you do rimshots.

Also, if you wanted to, you could probably aim around the wedge if you didn't want to hit it on cross-sticks - i.e. if you bought the Jingle Wedge, but didn't always want a jingle sound with your cross-sticks.

i wonder what a wedge is....

lol

I have one.... works GREAT on a second snare drum that I have to the left side of the high hats. I personally wouldn't keep it on my main snare... the "jingle-crack" sound gets old when used constantly.

But for that section of the song that needs a different feel, it's awesome. It works great for playing those 60's pop songs which constantly use tambourine on 2 and 4.