| I own a 20" Earth Ride but haven't really used it for a long time. It's a real beast, I used to crash it really hard for an industrial sounding clang. The bell's nice and defined and could cut through solid steel.
I'm sure it actually helped me out, I used to play really heavy hi-hats that effected the hearing in my left ear - the Earth Ride helped balance things out by parially deafening me in the right ear. Plus it's helped me build some muscle by being extremely heavy. I have some pics somewhere, it's a raw looking monster.
After a while I started getting interested in different ride sounds and the 20" K took over, the Earth Ride doesn't see much action these days but I still like to have a session with her now and again. |