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Best protective cymbal cases?
Matthew Warwick:
I recently went on a trip to Texas to lead worship at a kids church camp for a week and a half. They have a drumset there (albeit a pretty junky one), but I have to bring my own cymbals. For about 8 years I've been using a case that is just a basic 20" single pocket cymbal carrier that has padding on the inside.
When I got there and set up, however, I noticed a crack in my top hi hat. I don't hit as hard as I used to, although I do tend to hit the edge of the hi hat more than I used to, so my playing might be responsible for the crack. However, since the case doesn't hold cymbals in place in separate pockets, I think there might be a chance that a cymbal slid the wrong way while the case was on the ground on edge (or I put the case down on edge too hard).
The hi-hats are Sabian B8 13" (aka entry level cymbals), and I've had them for over 10 years, so these could have been contributing factors as well.
Is it possible that my case could be responsible for the crack? If so, what cases are the best for protecting cymbals during transport?
Ryan Smith:
I like the SKB cymbal vault. You can get them with wheels or not.
http://www.skbcases.com/music/products/proddetail.php?f=&id=34&o=&offset=1&c=77&s=77
Chip Donaho:
I use the old padded case inside the SKB case. I also have slip covers between my cymbals. The cracks I have in cymbals are from my abuse playing them and not the cases. ::)
Tim van de Ven:
I have two Paiste cymbal bags; both are backpacks; one is 22" and the other 24". They have the dividers between the cymbals (which really matter when one or more of my cymbals has rivets) plus a pouch on the outside, ostensibly for hi-hats, but I use it for all sorts of things.
I used the 22" bag to take my cymbals to a show in Brussels; it fit into the overhead on the airline that I used.
Tim van de Ven:
Oh, the hi-hat cracks are likely from playing; not from transporting, unless the bag was dropped or something heavy was dropped or placed on it.
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