“These are all great cymbals, the best of the best by this fantastic company.
I could happily play any of them for the rest of my career.”
These are new cymbals for sale, specially selected by Todd Bishop— read about how Todd chooses these cymbals. In all types and weights of cymbal, we look for an excellent, defined ride sound, responsiveness to accents with the shoulder of the stick, an explosive crash, and a strong, musical bell sound. Unless otherwise stated, all cymbals are good for both riding and crashing, and handle well at all dynamics from extremely soft to very strong. And always a pleasing sound, for a range of tastes and applications.
NEWS – Oct. 2, 2024: New videos up! 20 and 22″ Special Janavars, 20″ Extra Special (and extra funky) Janavar!
And heads up: These are likely the last new Janavars of any type we will see before spring 2025, so act fast if you want one.
Sep. 27, 2024: New videos up now— Special thin 22″ A-type Holy Grails, Extra Special Janavars, 14″ Holy Grail hihats, 15″ Special Janavar hihats.
Currently available cymbals:
Cymbals are listed by decreasing size and increasing weight. If you’re shopping for a set of cymbals, use the “play video in new tab” links to hear two or more cymbals at once.
Cymbals listed as ON HOLD are not necessarily sold— I encourage you to ask about them if you’re interested.
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ON HOLD – NEW – 10/2/24 – Cymbal & Gong 22″ Special Janavar Crash-Ride – 2108g – “Victoria” – $480.00
Really nice brighter-timbred jazz cymbal. Very controllable, playeable, with focused stick sound, slightly restrained crash sound. Fascinating contrast with the Holy Grails “Mick” and “Rita”, which are about the same weight, and much wilder.
NEW – 9/25/24 – Cymbal & Gong 22″ Holy Grail Jazz Ride – 2160g – “Antoine” – $475.00
This is a classic jazz 22, on the higher and brighter side. Rather slow crash response.
ON HOLD – NEW – 9/25/24 – 22″ Holy Grail Jazz Ride – 2093 – “Mick” – $475.00
One of two thin 22″ A-type Holy Grails, with a heavy patina. Both open up quickly, with a quick decay. Some very explosive dynamics are possible with these cymbals. Probably not great for heavy handed players.
This one is a Blakey-style brawler— interesting combination of an aggressive sound that handles dynamics very sensitively. You can make some big mistakes with it, but it will get out of your way quickly.
NEW – 9/25/24 – Cymbal & Gong 22″ Holy Grail Ride – A-type – 2068g – “Rita” – $475.00
One of two thin 22″ A-type Holy Grails, with a heavy patina. Both open up quickly, with a quick decay. Some very explosive dynamics are possible with these cymbals. Probably not great for heavy handed players.
This is the more uncouth of the two. You’ll notice I played it with the butt of the stick for a moment— it wants to give you Coltrane @ Birdland level intensity, but may punish you if you don’t handle it skilfully.
Cymbal & Gong 22″ Extra Special Janavar Crash-Ride – 2426g – “Khan” – $475.00
Bolder-than-normal jazz cymbal, with a little bit of edge. Substantial, trending towards medium weight— we could call it a “jazz medium”— with a normal Holy Grail patina, which equals a full sound, greater than normal sustain. Wide, pleasing, energetic crash sound. Good candidate for adding rivets.
NEW – 10/2/24 – Cymbal & Gong 20″ Extra Special Janavar Crash-Ride- 1730g – “Bosko” – $425.00
This cymbal is a fascinating case— in its natural state it was problematic, with an indistinct stick sound and a rather viscious high pitched squeal. I had Tim at Cymbal & Gong give it a heavy patina, and now it behaves like an old, heavily played basher, rather quirkier than most Cymbal & Gong cymbals.
Rather complex attack— classically K-like, to my ear— quick decay.
NEW – 10/2/24 – Cymbal & Gong 20″ Special Janavar Crash-Ride – 1712g – “Zazie” – $425.00
Higher, lighter sound than the 20″ Sp. Jan. “Madeline”, which is slightly heavier. Cluster of three rivets installed— slightly off center to help durability.
Cymbal & Gong 20″ Extra Special Janavar Jazz Ride – 1793g – “Hillie” – $450.00
Cymbalistic exclusive: Janavar with K-type lathing and hammering, plus heavy patina. The 20″ XS Janavars have been a nice alternative to the regular 20″ Holy Grail- possibly a brighter, more projecting tonality, while still being fundamentally a jazz sound. This one has a nice clear ride sound and a nice energy to the crash sound— should bring good energy to a drumming texture.
Cymbal & Gong 20″ Special Janavar Crash-Ride – 1799g – “Madeline” – $450.00
Heavy patina. Nice dry cymbal, easy to play, with a pleasing raggedy edge.
Cymbal & Gong 20″ Holy Grail Ride “A-type” – 1890g – “Booker” – $425.00
Cymbal & Gong’s best selling cymbal, with a 1950s-style squarish bell. Robust jazz sound, workhorse instrument, with some air and complexity in it.
Cymbal & Gong 20″ Holy Grail “A-type” Jazz Ride – 1909g – “Andre” – $425.00
Cymbal & Gong’s most popular model. The A-type cymbals generally have a little more edge that can sound a little beastly in the practice room, but translate as a nice energetic fullness when performing. This cymbal feels like a jazz drummer’s medium, a little stouter than normal, but still with nice complexity, a deep crash sound.
Cymbal & Gong 20″ Extra Special Janavar Crash-Ride – 1916g – “Scott” – $425.00
With normal Holy Grail patina, on the heavier end of the jazz ride spectrum. As with Khan, the sustain is fairly pronounced, with a long crash sound— that seems to be a trait of the heavier normal-patina XS Janavars. Compared with my comparable weight regular Holy Grails, the regular-patina XS Janavars are a little brighter and fuller in the high-mid frequencies.
NEW – 12/13/23 – Cymbal & Gong 16″ Holy Grail Crash – 994g – “Bobby” – $320.00
Leaning into the medium thin range, this cymbal handles well for both riding and crashing— perhaps the crash is slightly controlled. Nice deep crash sound and bell sound. Strong all purpose little cymbal.
ON HOLD – NEW – 5/25/24 – Cymbal & Gong 15″ Special Janavar hihats – 1000/1264 grams – “Creed” – $490.00
The very popular Special Janavar series have a heavy patina, which mellows and funkifies the full brightness of the regular Janavars, giving us some outstanding cymbals with jazz weight and complexity, but a brighter timbre. This is the first set of hihats we’ve given this treatment, and we think you’ll love them!
NEW – 5/25/24 – Cymbal & Gong 14″ Holy Grail hihats – 850/1008 grams – “Louise” – $450.00
Very interesting set- fundamentally high sound, solid solid foot sound, solid tone played closed. The exotic sounding bottom cymbal gives them a slightly wild edge played open- that gives them a little energy boost.
Cymbal & Gong 14″ Custom Wide China – 566g – “Chi” – $225.00
Cymbal & Gong’s “wide” China cymbals are very thin, with a wide flange, a small round bell, and are my favorite Chinese-style cymbals in world. Very responsive, giving the Chinese sound we want at all volume levels, without being obnoxious.
The 14″ Chinas make me think of Ed Blackwell. They are more than just effects cymbals— they give a high energy crash sound, and choke sound, but are also good for a number of other creative ride effects. It’s difficult for me to describe the qualities of this particular cymbal— the video will have to suffice!
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