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Now working on a ride cymbal the TD-VR (2010)
Dual piezo single surface ride.Rubber coated bell
pics of prototype
VR ride
The VR has been built to be a ride cymbal from the ground up
its not an altered crash cymbal.
The ride has an underplate in the playing area to give a solid playing
feel.
This back plate also has a layer of foam behind it that acts as a acoustic vibration damper.
This surface is also separately engraved with surround detail and
a logo to ad class to the cymbal (looks like a part that came off a Ferrari) :)
The cymbal is made from a heavy gage ABS and has a quality feel for a
larger cymbal.
The Bug box trigger is sunk into the under plate rather than surface mounted to give a
smooth flow around the trigger unit
The under plate has single point mounting using just one counter sunk rivet to improve
the look of this area
also all cables to the bell trigger are hidden and protected
Bell rear - the bell trigger is built into the surface of the ride
and not a unit mounted
on top of the cymbal -
I built the whole cymbal chassis around this one point,
other trigger cymbals that stack a bell on a standard cymbal shape are just avoiding the
issue of having to make a brand new custom made cymbal chassis to be able to do this.
Single surface ride.
A full rubber skin covers the bell and bow area.
The cymbal is a dual piezo type( eg Aux input on a roland TD8 ect)
The cymbal acts like a roland PD120 Dual piezo pad.... center and rim
Bell area has deep grooves to shock mount the bell area.
The bell trigger does have a slight amount of give
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