Meinl Cymbals X-Hat Cymbal Stand Arm for Auxiliary Hihats or Stacks with Clutch and Adjustable Tension, Chrome Plated Steel, 2-Year Warranty (MXH)

Had it a day or so after I ordered it, which was awesome! Got it right before leaving for rehearsal, so I got to try it out right away. Got it out of the box and set up within 5 minutes. Instantly fell in love with it! Was worried about the plastic wing nuts at first, but they seem to be pretty sturdy. I use a good bit of Meinl products and they've yet to let me down. You can't go wrong with them. Good Quality/Sturdiness/Performance and they're prices are hard to pass up.

After playing 50+ years I wanted to switch to a hat-center setup to go from cross hand to open hand. I am using a mid '70s Rogers Memriloc set that mounts the toms on a post that comes up through the center of the kick drum, so mounting a live cable operated remote hat is a non starter. The x-hat is very adjustable so I was able to mount it to the post, positioning the hat slightly above and between the toms and it works great. I am using 14" Paiste hat cymbals on it and It is set up with just the right amount of slush playing the edge and still get the closed hat ping articulation. I kept my original hat in case I really need the pedal-actuated hat sounds but otherwise use it as another cymbal.A note to beginning drummers: you really owe it to yourself to go with open hand playing from the start, if you can. Cross hand has been a longstanding tradition in the way that a trap kit is played but it traps (pun intended) your snare hand under your other hand and generally gets in the way. Playing open hand gives you many more movement possibilities and that is why you see top drummers (Danny Carey, et al) have moved to center hat.

I use it for a MAIN high-hat so it gets used pretty much every beat of every song. It's held up great. It's a little *clunky* to adjust because of the weight of my heavy hats, but still works pretty well. Easy to adjust if you have good access to everything. Pretty heavy when on a cymbal stand, so use a good quality heavy duty stand and point one of the legs towards the x-hat. I love it.Professional bassist, hobby drummer so haven't gigged with it.

53 years multi-faceted percussionist:I was looking for a simple auxiliary hat so I could have a second sets of hats on my right side making it more comfortable and useful when playing fusion. The adjustable nature and ability to set the hats loose to extra tight is a great feature. Meinl took great care with the clutch assembly and padding for the cymbals to prevent damage to the inner bore. I've seen reviews where it discussed no protection for the cymbals which I can't find to be an issue with my cymbals. (I have been told that some people have cymbals with a smaller bore as mine are apparently slightly oversized) Meinl made the bottom pad to protect the bell of the bottom cymbal as well as adding a small piece of the felt padding that fits inside the bore of the cymbal preventing any contact with any metal that could damage cymbals. The top clutch is a standard clutch with 2 nuts and felt pads for top and bottom of the upper cymbal. The extension rod and clamp are of hight quality as well. The knobs are all large nylon so you can get a good grip to ensure everything is tight and won't move while playing easy or extremely hard. I'm very pleased with the entire assembly and recommend this to anyone just needing aux hats and not a full remote hat system. I've included pictures of the clutch assembly showing the felts and how the protect cymbals and the over sized handles.

This piece of awesomeness is great to have as a second hi hat instead of hand cross to play just install cymbals and you’re good to go I definitely recommend this

Good value for your money

Justo lo que esperaba, buen acabado robustes y peso. Excelente por el precio

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