anyone here have any extended experience with using grombals? i just picked up a pack to use with some vintage cymbals...a couple of fairly expensive istanbul k's in the lot. they seem pretty good but i'd feel better knowing that with extended use there's no fear of any damage...
thanks for any help!
russell
Been using them on a practice set for bout a year. Not lots of heavy usage, but that much time has passed. They are holding up well.
BTW - I bought some rubber finder gaskets and put a washer and gasket on the cymbal holder. I just like having the support of the washer under the grombal, and the gasket holds the washer in place when packing and moving.
Yes, I had all my cymbals on Grombals for a year now, and I LOVE this solution - I think the best there is. I tried all kinds of solutions that improve the old felt'n'nut. This is IT :) What I especially like about them:
1. The ease of cymbal set up and tear down.
2. The way the cymbal moves freely when struck lightly, but if you really bash it, the rubber grommet's resistance gradually increases and the movement is gradually stopped. I think it's actually very safe for cymbals, more so then felt. But I may be wrong. Time will show.
3. No more plastic sleeves (the little plastic tubes) on stand tops! The cymbals always rub through those and start touching bare metal, or the sleeve travels up or down the felt and again the cymbal touches metal... This problem is forever gone with Grombals.
The only negative thing I can say is that the bare tips of the cymbal stands sticking above the cymbal bells look a little weird at first. I guess we are just too used to seeing a wing nut there.
Marcin Bruczkowski
Grombols are terrific. One of the best things about them is for vintage cymbals with keyholing. It centers the cymbal by bridging the keyhole. I asked them about a smaller size for older vintage cymbals with smaller hole and they are working on that. Not sure if available yet.
