Just typed a huge comment on the metal to metal thing, now see everyone has already taken issue with it! I heard someone before say they cut open a Sharpie pen and covered the thread with a honed section of it.
Just bought my first kit, never played before in my life. Wasn't sure how the Hi-Hat was supposed to be configured. This video helped me out a lot. Thanks so much!!! Drum on my friends!
Hey Simon, its going great. I'm having a lot of fun drumming! RUclips is wonderful to help set things up correctly, tune and of course Drumo for training.Take care my friend ;)
As somebody new to this whole game, the first thing I noticed about drum world is that there are never any instructions for anything, ever. The method you show is what I figured out independently, but now I know I'm doing it the right way, and that makes me happy. Thank you, kind sir!
This video was amazing I couldn’t believe that my hi hat was set up wrongly this is a great video for beginners foreal awesome video straight to the point.
The video mentions that cymbals should never touch metal; however, this is exactly what is happening when a top hi-hat is held in a normal clutch assembly. Over time this can cause wear on the hole in the top hi-hat, potentially changing its sound. My personal preference is to fit a piece of rubber tubing over the screw thread so that it finishes above where the bottom nut will sit when full tight, so that the upper hi-hat is protected from contact with metal in the same way that a normal cymbal would be.
I was wondering the same thing. Seems like a problem that should have a manufacturer's solution already. Would you mind sharing what kind/size of rubber tubing you use? Any additional instructions you can provide would be appreciated.
@@emrahercancakir To be honest I really don't remember the detail, I bought my current kit back in 2007 so I've only done it once since then, and I don't remember where I got the tube from, the only thing I really remember is that it was tight enough that I had to essentially screw it on, and it's still there now. I guess you can experiment, even a cut-down plastic cymbal holder might do the job.
@@papalazzzaru Thank you for the quick response, especially 8 years after your original post :) I did try a cymbal sleeve but the inner diameter was too small. My best option for today was to use a shrink tube. The installation worked great and there does not seem to be any adverse effect on the tone. Thanks again!
I've been playing guitar for over 20 years now and decided to learn the drums because it always looked like so much fun and I thought it'd be pretty cool to be able to record my own drum tracks. I missed the feeling of doing something for a while which you think was correct then having someone who knows their stuff show you how you can do it better and it completely changes everything. Like a revelation. It could be the smallest detail that makes the world of difference. This video absolutely did that for me. Thanks so much for posting.
not a critique of your lesson, just something that has always made me mad. you even stated no 'metal on metal' but all clutches are metal so when cymbal moves, it slowly maybe very slowly creates cracking or keyholing of expensive cymbals by rocking against the clutch threads.. that clutch is actually one of the worse ones. it has threads all the way with no smooth spot. fyi to everyone, i use multiple layers of electrical tape over the spot where top cymbal sits on clutch. replace tape every so often.
Man, my thoughts exactly. Another thing that made me mad in my early days was the lower screw falling down while playing, leaving the upper cymbal down. One day I took one of the upper screws and put it under the top hat to counter the normal screw there. To me it makes way more sense like that and I use this method for more than 20 years now. Good thing is that you can easily adjust the tension of the top cymbal one-handed by just turning the remaining upper screw.
That was brilliant. Thank you so much. My hi-hat is now ready to rock with the rest of the drum kit. Great video - awesome step by step instructions. Thanks you
I used to configure my clutch just like this. I hit my hats hard. After years of the bottom nut back-spinning and coming loose, which frees the top hat from the clutch completely, I took one of the thinner locking nuts and moved it to the bottom- problem solved. Finger tight is enough and you’ll still need pliers to break it loose. Also- experiment a bit with the tension between the pads on the top cymbal: tighter grip=tighter sound, looser grip=looser sound. There’s also the angle adjustment screw beneath the washer. It’ll angle the bottom hat so that when you clap them it’ll eliminate the air dam which will deaden the clap. You can also play with the direction of that angle up- towards you or away, as well as the depth of the angle. There’s a lot to setting them up, but it’s all really simple. Experiment with it and you’ll find that sweet spot you’re looking for
This was a great tutorial for beginners! My only ‘cringe’ moment….the top cymbal is unprotected from ‘key holing’ ….I always slide some thin rubber shrink wrap over those sharp threads….to protect the hole in the top hat.
As an old guitar player ( Which makes me a frustrated drummer😂 ), I have always wanted a complete working drum set in my house. I bought one! Semi professional grade Paiste symbols all the way around… this video was very very easy to demystify the high hat set up! Thank you!
I have a virtually identical clutch on my Sonor kit. Difference is there is a section in the middle of the threaded shaft that has no thread. The bottom knurled nut will travel to the limit of the lower thread. Above that sits the lower felt, then top cymbal, upper felt, the two counter locking thin knurled nuts and the clutch lock. I find it strange that there is a plastic sleeve to protect the lower cymbal but the top cymbal is subjected to metal contact, especially if you set the top cymbal loosely. I have actually wrapped insulating tape on the cymbal contact area to protect the top cymbal but it needs frequent replacing
not necessarily. the higher that you have the cup that holds the bottom cymbal positioned the lesser the amount of travel there will be that remains available in terms of the rod upon which the upper cymbal is affixed.
Very helpful video I bought my Tama kit 6 years ago and only played them 3 times I had a very bad year in 2016 I had numerous seizure and was doliagnosed with lupus and crohns disease all of this in the same year lost my job my house was foreclosure and my car got repoded couldn't work any longer disability took me close to 3 years to approved so I've been in total remission now for 4 years life is great for me now I set up my drums last week and I totally forgot how to do the hi hats after playing for years before my sicknesses due to my seize activity lost my cognitive memory so this vide helped out alit thank and thank God for making me better ❤❤❤❤❤
I recently came across a Hammer series pair of hi-hats which are a medium-thin and a thin that are not marked top/bottom and it was impossible without having been able to put them on a scale to know which was which and at the time I did not have such a privilege to weigh them. It was a fast setup and time was of the essence. Your question of me with no doubt me well aren't they Mark medium thin and thin No in fact that we're not marking in any way other than an identical stamp on the inside of each Bell. There was no quick reliable way to tell which one was which so of course they were installed wrong at the last possible second.
After watching several other videos that were so fast and confusing, I was so thankful to find someone who did great instructions! My son is in business now!!
Not so great of a video- you are confusing when you said metal should never touch the cymbal. You emphasized this point by repeating it but yet you fail to mention that the top high hat DOES in fact make direct contact with the threaded shaft. That is a very important point you didn't cover which contradicts what you are saying. I saw one person below in the comments say that they covered the threaded shaft with a rubber tubing- which is a good idea.
The top cymbal does not touch metal in a well-designed clutch. My Gretsch clutch has a plastic sleeve that covers the moving shaft -- and the cymbal is isolated from the nuts -- top and bottom -- by felt doughnuts. Neither cymbal ever touches any metal (except, of course, the other cymbal when they are played together).
Mhhhhhh, not metal on metal? YES, that's right. But your stupid explorer doesn't took a tape (gaffer-tape, a rubber or someting similar) between the top-cymbal and the clutch (screw). So, when using the hit-hat, you scratch the top-cymbal when playing like using a rough file!... Every time when you give pressure in the clutch, it's like rasp or rubbing the hole of the cymbal-bell in an ugly way. Problem is: the damage of the TOP-cymbal, when really working with them. Make a new clip, than you help drummers. Believe me, I play drums over 45 years. And thanks to my colleague, who recognized the same in your clip, 8 years ago: Have a look at the comment from @papalazzzaru below. Make a new video, if you really like to help people.
A joke , the guy says when connecting cymbals to a stand they should not touch metal that's why there's a plastic protection. NEVER LET A CYMBAL TOUCH METAL TO METAL ........But then he attached the top cymbal hi hat to a metal clutch with a thread on it so the top hi hat cymbal is touching and rubbing and whatever else on metal clutch...... WTF MAN ?
Yes. I can drum, but I just bought my first house and building my first kit. No more using my friends kits to do my shit…. Its now official thanks to this video. Hahahahahah. (Not joking, fuck this. I have shit to move).
1. in the video the top cymbal has no nylon sleeve buffering it. 2. often it is desirable to have the tension of the top cymbal as "sloppy". 3. very sad that 1.1million people had to view this video in order to figure out how hi hat works.
I admit it: As a completely new drummer, I was baffled by the Hi Hat Clutch, when I unpacked my brand new drum set. Shame on Gretsch for not including instructions with their Energy (beginner) kit! This video was exactly what I needed. And I was very impressed with the narrator's stentorian voice and superb elocution. Well done and thank you!
U got it together when the Pearl directions could not-thanks. Now if I could only play the double kick, the reason I got the drop clutch. It's fun trying, but depressing when Pantera or Freedom Call or somebody comes on, and I realize how long it will be to get there.
Just got my own kit! Ive played a bit on my church's drumset, but thats alwsys been assembled haha. Inwas so confused, turned out i just had the cymbals upside down
Thanks I was confused why my new hihat sounded weird. This video taught me that there's a top and bottom cymbal. Which makes sense... shows why I shouldnt just go out and buy random things😅
After 20yrs I've been doing it all wrong. I've have one tension nut on the top with the felt and the 2nd one on the bottom of the cymbal with the felt and locking nut.
A lot of effort pointing out no metal on metal but still the top symbal is exposed to the threaded screw? Why is there no sleeve of any kind there and it's really just relying on the felts and tension nuts and holy spirit in hopes that it wont move around and keyhole it?
That explainment isn't too right.The two rings up to the second felt isn't for nothing!!The right combination of clutch is : the two rings upside the felts is used for holding the felts with the top hihat inside of them , first screw the 1st ring with his short part upside,then the 1st felt , then the cymbal , then the 2nd felt , then the 2nd ring with his short part downside and finally the tighten nut.This combination used for to securelly the nut with the help of 2nd ring to give to the top cymbal an absorbtion air to move when it hited to avoid the short destroy of it.That is the right explainment!!
Who ever made this video, should do it and get paid for it. Reminds me off the eduction videos one would watch in school, or training for a job. Excellent video!!! :)
ive played drums for about 7 years and the next time i set up the hi hat will probably be the first time ive ever done it correctly lmao (for reference, ive just kinda winged it before when setting up drums and its been fine, i also do a lot of my playing on the kit at the venue or at the practice space, so i rarely have had to set it up)
It's a decent start, but it doesn't address the fundamental problem: the bottom and top cymbals both go up and down when I hit the pedal. We only want the top cymbal to move. This method makes both cymbals move at the same time; they don't open & close.
Brilliant video .. could u also do a video on the mechanim of the rods of a hi hat stand.. as in the connection with the pedals etc etc. I had a nightmare when i was taking my hi hat stand apart and all the rods , nuts , washers n flets.. all just fell off. It took me days to try and understand the working of the stand . That too it was a simple Chandler hi hat stand. I can imagine the technical / mechanical madness in the higher end stands
can someone tell me how to fix it so the screws between the hi hat cymbals dont come loose when your playing? i like my hi hat to be slightly cracked to have a phil rudd type of sound. but the screws loosen when i play and the hi hat tends to close alittle on its own and not have the right sound.
Thanks, I borrowed my drums to a friend and when they came back the hi-hat was too loud and even when it closed it was loud. I didn't know the black things at the top were so important. I completely forgot about it.
This was really terrific. I thought I was going to have to bring my hi hat to the music store and I dreaded being outed as someone who didn't get it..this was so helpful; thank you.
ThIS HELPED SO MUCH MY HI HAT WASN'T WORKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND I FOUND OUT ITS BECAUSE THE CLUTCH WASN'T TIGHTENED/THE CYMBALS WERE ON OPPISITE SIDES
Javi garcia serrano , yes but what about the upper one at 2.45 ? still metal to metal,the felt doesn't keep them from moving,especially when playing loud ,and my question was about the clutch,not about the bottom cup
Yes me too and because I just noticed my very expensive artisan top hats hole is no longer round and is reaming on one side. I just wrapped gaff tape around for now,
Forgot u need a physics degree to put a hi hat together
Just know this was the best tutorial I've found so far to fix my hi-hat! Thanks
this saved me, my hi hat came apart randomly and the parts were just inside the cymbals and i had no idea which order they went in
Thank you, you saved our school performance
Just typed a huge comment on the metal to metal thing, now see everyone has already taken issue with it!
I heard someone before say they cut open a Sharpie pen and covered the thread with a honed section of it.
Good video perfectly explained.
This video was great...thanks
Great video mate- thanks
Thank u, ur the best
you sound like a middle aged Chris griffin
Lol
this fucking comment
Or a less-ancient Dennis Prager
I got Ron Swanson
@@jukujuku6153 no yeah that's better
You couldn't have done a better job, thank you.
Just bought my first kit, never played before in my life. Wasn't sure how the Hi-Hat was supposed to be configured. This video helped me out a lot. Thanks so much!!! Drum on my friends!
James Young How is your drumming going?
James Young How is your drumming going?
Hey Simon, its going great. I'm having a lot of fun drumming! RUclips is wonderful to help set things up correctly, tune and of course Drumo for training.Take care my friend ;)
I'm glad to hear that. I started a few years ago but started to practice more only recently
I'm in the same boat. This video is FANTASTIC! Super helpful. Thank you!
As somebody new to this whole game, the first thing I noticed about drum world is that there are never any instructions for anything, ever. The method you show is what I figured out independently, but now I know I'm doing it the right way, and that makes me happy. Thank you, kind sir!
This video was amazing I couldn’t believe that my hi hat was set up wrongly this is a great video for beginners foreal awesome video straight to the point.
The video mentions that cymbals should never touch metal; however, this is exactly what is happening when a top hi-hat is held in a normal clutch assembly. Over time this can cause wear on the hole in the top hi-hat, potentially changing its sound. My personal preference is to fit a piece of rubber tubing over the screw thread so that it finishes above where the bottom nut will sit when full tight, so that the upper hi-hat is protected from contact with metal in the same way that a normal cymbal would be.
I was wondering the same thing. Seems like a problem that should have a manufacturer's solution already. Would you mind sharing what kind/size of rubber tubing you use? Any additional instructions you can provide would be appreciated.
@@emrahercancakir To be honest I really don't remember the detail, I bought my current kit back in 2007 so I've only done it once since then, and I don't remember where I got the tube from, the only thing I really remember is that it was tight enough that I had to essentially screw it on, and it's still there now. I guess you can experiment, even a cut-down plastic cymbal holder might do the job.
@@papalazzzaru Thank you for the quick response, especially 8 years after your original post :) I did try a cymbal sleeve but the inner diameter was too small. My best option for today was to use a shrink tube. The installation worked great and there does not seem to be any adverse effect on the tone. Thanks again!
I've been playing guitar for over 20 years now and decided to learn the drums because it always looked like so much fun and I thought it'd be pretty cool to be able to record my own drum tracks. I missed the feeling of doing something for a while which you think was correct then having someone who knows their stuff show you how you can do it better and it completely changes everything. Like a revelation. It could be the smallest detail that makes the world of difference. This video absolutely did that for me. Thanks so much for posting.
Thank you! My Parents now didn't know that I broked the hi-hat.
not a critique of your lesson, just something that has always made me mad. you even stated no 'metal on metal' but all clutches are metal so when cymbal moves, it slowly maybe very slowly creates cracking or keyholing of expensive cymbals by rocking against the clutch threads.. that clutch is actually one of the worse ones. it has threads all the way with no smooth spot. fyi to everyone, i use multiple layers of electrical tape over the spot where top cymbal sits on clutch. replace tape every so often.
Man, my thoughts exactly. Another thing that made me mad in my early days was the lower screw falling down while playing, leaving the upper cymbal down. One day I took one of the upper screws and put it under the top hat to counter the normal screw there. To me it makes way more sense like that and I use this method for more than 20 years now. Good thing is that you can easily adjust the tension of the top cymbal one-handed by just turning the remaining upper screw.
These instructions really helped me! My 4 yrs. was really upset his Hi-hat wasn't working properly.
Oh and I got it right the 1st time!
That was brilliant. Thank you so much. My hi-hat is now ready to rock with the rest of the drum kit. Great video - awesome step by step instructions. Thanks you
I used to configure my clutch just like this. I hit my hats hard. After years of the bottom nut back-spinning and coming loose, which frees the top hat from the clutch completely, I took one of the thinner locking nuts and moved it to the bottom- problem solved. Finger tight is enough and you’ll still need pliers to break it loose.
Also- experiment a bit with the tension between the pads on the top cymbal: tighter grip=tighter sound, looser grip=looser sound.
There’s also the angle adjustment screw beneath the washer. It’ll angle the bottom hat so that when you clap them it’ll eliminate the air dam which will deaden the clap.
You can also play with the direction of that angle up- towards you or away, as well as the depth of the angle.
There’s a lot to setting them up, but it’s all really simple. Experiment with it and you’ll find that sweet spot you’re looking for
A decade later and you are still helping people out🙌🏼
This was a great tutorial for beginners! My only ‘cringe’ moment….the top cymbal is unprotected from ‘key holing’ ….I always slide some thin rubber shrink wrap over those sharp threads….to protect the hole in the top hat.
I never knew that setting up drums was like rocket science. Thanks so much!
As an old guitar player ( Which makes me a frustrated drummer😂 ), I have always wanted a complete working drum set in my house. I bought one! Semi professional grade Paiste symbols all the way around… this video was very very easy to demystify the high hat set up! Thank you!
Very helpful! My son just got his first kit and this was a life saver!
how about metal to metal contact of top hi-hat cymbal with the clutch metal in between the small felts?
I have a virtually identical clutch on my Sonor kit. Difference is there is a section in the middle of the threaded shaft that has no thread. The bottom knurled nut will travel to the limit of the lower thread. Above that sits the lower felt, then top cymbal, upper felt, the two counter locking thin knurled nuts and the clutch lock. I find it strange that there is a plastic sleeve to protect the lower cymbal but the top cymbal is subjected to metal contact, especially if you set the top cymbal loosely. I have actually wrapped insulating tape on the cymbal contact area to protect the top cymbal but it needs frequent replacing
This video is awesome, but my foot pedal for it doesnt stay up, is it broken?
At 2:55 should there be a plastic sleeve between screew thread and cymbal? Metal/metal?
You have metal touching cymbal between the two washers on top.
If I have only half as much play with my peddle. Does that imply that a spring has worn out?
not necessarily. the higher that you have the cup that holds the bottom cymbal positioned the lesser the amount of travel there will be that remains available in terms of the rod upon which the upper cymbal is affixed.
Brilliant instruction,thank-you,5 stars ,Kev x
I found this video very thorough and helpful. Covers what most others leave out! Thank you!
Very helpful video I bought my Tama kit 6 years ago and only played them 3 times I had a very bad year in 2016 I had numerous seizure and was doliagnosed with lupus and crohns disease all of this in the same year lost my job my house was foreclosure and my car got repoded couldn't work any longer disability took me close to 3 years to approved so I've been in total remission now for 4 years life is great for me now I set up my drums last week and I totally forgot how to do the hi hats after playing for years before my sicknesses due to my seize activity lost my cognitive memory so this vide helped out alit thank and thank God for making me better ❤❤❤❤❤
First real drum set I just got and this video was exactly what I needed. Very well done and precisely to the point of hi-hat assembly. Thanks!
This is way better and more detailed then the other hi hat assembly video I saw before, thanks.
Thanks for your precise information!
Thank you dixondrumtube you helped me assemble my Hi-Hat. Now i can actually play my drum set
ghv🌕🔦🔦⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰🔦⏰⏰⏰
I recently came across a Hammer series pair of hi-hats which are a medium-thin and a thin that are not marked top/bottom and it was impossible without having been able to put them on a scale to know which was which and at the time I did not have such a privilege to weigh them. It was a fast setup and time was of the essence.
Your question of me with no doubt me well aren't they Mark medium thin and thin No in fact that we're not marking in any way other than an identical stamp on the inside of each Bell. There was no quick reliable way to tell which one was which so of course they were installed wrong at the last possible second.
This video saved my life, thank you
After watching several other videos that were so fast and confusing, I was so thankful to find someone who did great instructions! My son is in business now!!
Not so great of a video- you are confusing when you said metal should never touch the cymbal. You emphasized this point by repeating it but yet you fail to mention that the top high hat DOES in fact make direct contact with the threaded shaft. That is a very important point you didn't cover which contradicts what you are saying. I saw one person below in the comments say that they covered the threaded shaft with a rubber tubing- which is a good idea.
My top hat hole is getting bigger, what can I do? Put rubber?
R K this is the best video ever thanks so much👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
AND - the cymbals are metal and yet they have to touch each other to be played as hi hats...
The top cymbal does not touch metal in a well-designed clutch. My Gretsch clutch has a plastic sleeve that covers the moving shaft -- and the cymbal is isolated from the nuts -- top and bottom -- by felt doughnuts. Neither cymbal ever touches any metal (except, of course, the other cymbal when they are played together).
Thank you so much for this video! I had no idea how to put this together for my son! :)
Mhhhhhh, not metal on metal? YES, that's right. But your stupid explorer doesn't took a tape (gaffer-tape, a rubber or someting similar) between the top-cymbal and the clutch (screw). So, when using the hit-hat, you scratch the top-cymbal when playing like using a rough file!... Every time when you give pressure in the clutch, it's like rasp or rubbing the hole of the cymbal-bell in an ugly way. Problem is: the damage of the TOP-cymbal, when really working with them. Make a new clip, than you help drummers. Believe me, I play drums over 45 years. And thanks to my colleague, who recognized the same in your clip, 8 years ago: Have a look at the comment from @papalazzzaru below.
Make a new video, if you really like to help people.
A joke , the guy says when connecting cymbals to a stand they should not touch metal that's why there's a plastic protection.
NEVER LET A CYMBAL TOUCH METAL TO METAL ........But then he attached the top cymbal hi hat to a metal clutch with a thread on it so the top hi hat cymbal is touching and rubbing and whatever else on metal clutch......
WTF MAN ?
this was like the best damn tutorial ive found!
Yes.
I can drum, but I just bought my first house and building my first kit. No more using my friends kits to do my shit…. Its now official thanks to this video. Hahahahahah. (Not joking, fuck this. I have shit to move).
1. in the video the top cymbal has no nylon sleeve buffering it.
2. often it is desirable to have the tension of the top cymbal as "sloppy".
3. very sad that 1.1million people had to view this video in order to figure out how hi hat works.
I admit it: As a completely new drummer, I was baffled by the Hi Hat Clutch, when I unpacked my brand new drum set. Shame on Gretsch for not including instructions with their Energy (beginner) kit! This video was exactly what I needed. And I was very impressed with the narrator's stentorian voice and superb elocution. Well done and thank you!
U got it together when the Pearl directions could not-thanks. Now if I could only play the double kick, the reason I got the drop clutch. It's fun trying, but depressing when Pantera or Freedom Call or somebody comes on, and I realize how long it will be to get there.
Thank you so much. We purchased drums for our son and thanks to you, he was able to set up the cymbals correctly!
Thank you! I got it figured out.
Just got my own kit! Ive played a bit on my church's drumset, but thats alwsys been assembled haha. Inwas so confused, turned out i just had the cymbals upside down
In other words, the fact that I’m watching this video means I’m a dumbass. LOL!
Thanks I was confused why my new hihat sounded weird. This video taught me that there's a top and bottom cymbal. Which makes sense... shows why I shouldnt just go out and buy random things😅
Just bought a drum set today. Haven't played in over 10 years. This video helped me so much!! Thank you!!
After 20yrs I've been doing it all wrong. I've have one tension nut on the top with the felt and the 2nd one on the bottom of the cymbal with the felt and locking nut.
A lot of effort pointing out no metal on metal but still the top symbal is exposed to the threaded screw? Why is there no sleeve of any kind there and it's really just relying on the felts and tension nuts and holy spirit in hopes that it wont move around and keyhole it?
Oh My God this was so helpful!!!!! 👀 This was the most confusing part of putting my drums together. Thank you sooo much 😊
That explainment isn't too right.The two rings up to the second felt isn't for nothing!!The right combination of clutch is : the two rings upside the felts is used for holding the felts with the top hihat inside of them , first screw the 1st ring with his short part upside,then the 1st felt , then the cymbal , then the 2nd felt , then the 2nd ring with his short part downside and finally the tighten nut.This combination used for to securelly the nut with the help of 2nd ring to give to the top cymbal an absorbtion air to move when it hited to avoid the short destroy of it.That is the right explainment!!
How refreshing, in a digital world of full of clickbait trickery and scams. 10/10!
Who ever made this video, should do it and get paid for it. Reminds me off the eduction videos one would watch in school, or training for a job.
Excellent video!!! :)
ive played drums for about 7 years and the next time i set up the hi hat will probably be the first time ive ever done it correctly lmao (for reference, ive just kinda winged it before when setting up drums and its been fine, i also do a lot of my playing on the kit at the venue or at the practice space, so i rarely have had to set it up)
It's a decent start, but it doesn't address the fundamental problem: the bottom and top cymbals both go up and down when I hit the pedal. We only want the top cymbal to move. This method makes both cymbals move at the same time; they don't open & close.
I don't give a shit about assembly of the kit I want to know how to adjust the high hat. That's all. Why couldn't you provide that information?
ACTUALLY, NOTHING LOOKS WORSE THAN FINGERPRINTS ON CYMBALS. ALWAYS HOLD THEM BY THE EDGES!!!
Brilliant video .. could u also do a video on the mechanim of the rods of a hi hat stand.. as in the connection with the pedals etc etc. I had a nightmare when i was taking my hi hat stand apart and all the rods , nuts , washers n flets.. all just fell off. It took me days to try and understand the working of the stand . That too it was a simple Chandler hi hat stand. I can imagine the technical / mechanical madness in the higher end stands
Thank you so much for this! I got my son a drum set and the written instructions were not very easy to follow. Thank goodness for RUclips lol.
Awesome video. Thanks. I need to set up for a jam and a half hour And noticed the high hat my drummer will be using didn’t have any cymbals on it.
DIXINDRUMTUBE VERY NICE EXPLAIN FOR HI-HAT SYMBALS. TX A BUNCH.
Holy guacamole most useful video I've ever watched! (Not sarcasm). Thank you so much
can someone tell me how to fix it so the screws between the hi hat cymbals dont come loose when your playing? i like my hi hat to be slightly cracked to have a phil rudd type of sound. but the screws loosen when i play and the hi hat tends to close alittle on its own and not have the right sound.
I have the same question. Did you find out a way?
Guillermo Alonso i gave up and bought a new one
Thanks, I borrowed my drums to a friend and when they came back the hi-hat was too loud and even when it closed it was loud. I didn't know the black things at the top were so important. I completely forgot about it.
This was really terrific. I thought I was going to have to bring my hi hat to the music store and I dreaded being outed as someone who didn't get it..this was so helpful; thank you.
Thanks for this video pal👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻exactly answered my questions
ThIS HELPED SO MUCH MY HI HAT WASN'T WORKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND I FOUND OUT ITS BECAUSE THE CLUTCH WASN'T TIGHTENED/THE CYMBALS WERE ON OPPISITE SIDES
OKAY! EVERY BEGINNER OUT THERE YOU DON’T HAVE TO WATCH THIS LONG VIDEO YOU CAN JUST READ THE FUCKING INSTRUCTIONS THAT COMES WITH THE FUCKING STAND!
My hihats sound like I'm hitting an old garbage bin lid. Is that right?
Perfect! Thank you for such a thorough and easy to understand explanation - really appreciated.
My butterfly nut always becomes loose. I put it as tight as I can, but the top hi hat always falls down again. How can I fix this?
Thumbs down simply for the condescending voice. Sorry, but I couldn't watch any more.
Good video!
Thanks from Brazil 🇧🇷
Thank you for the tip about touch metal. Any video tells that and I am happy I found your video
But the top cymbal is touching metal. Even though it is between two felts, there isn't a plastic sleeve over the threads on the clutch.
My pole for my cymbals are too short which keep the cymbals from connecting. Could it be maybe a defect?
Installing drums for rehearsal studios I'm opening, and you're saving me.
wow thanks I need to assemble and fix my hihat because it goin loose it again. So I need to adjust and recover these! Haha!
The first hihat i had...1994 Paiste 302 ... terrible hats(brass) but good memories
Just bought a 7piece Gretchen set, this video helped me out alot. Thanks for posting this.
Great video but it really didn’t need to be so slow and long. You could’ve just showed the last 20 seconds of assembly
Thank you. I am an amateur, and i got confused as to how to fix it till i remembered RUclips 😅
cymbal should never touch metal....where is the nylon bushing in the clutch ,when you hit the cymbal it will touch metal!!
+Leon Meertens 1:51
Javi garcia serrano , yes but what about the upper one at 2.45 ? still metal to metal,the felt doesn't keep them from moving,especially when playing loud ,and my question was about the clutch,not about the bottom cup
+Leon Meertens I know exactly what you mean, was wondering the same thing
Same question here. Hopefully someone will answer.
Yes me too and because I just noticed my very expensive artisan top hats hole is no longer round and is reaming on one side. I just wrapped gaff tape around for now,
just wondering...won't the top cymbal touch the metal tubing of the clutch?? are there sleeves for that?
trying to set up a drum set without any knowledge of drum sets is like an orangatang trying to do calculus math
Thank you so much. It really helps for my first time doing this. ❤
This video came in clutch during my late-night surprise assembly!!
I'm gonna call the hihat the whisperer, thank you for all your movie voice overs
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Thank you so much your video was a very big help I appreciate it kudos=)-SFJ
this video was extremely helpful, had good details that other vids about hi hat cymbals didnt have