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Your cart is empty.Incorporate a “Ching” into your backbeat by placing the Meinl Ching Ring directly on your cymbals! Ideal for hihats, these steel jingles will add a different touch to your playing by delivering a shimmering sound that will blend perfectly with your beats. Place the Ching Ring on crashes and rides as well for truly innovative sounds.
Andrew
2025-09-04 14:27:14
Meinl hit it out of the park with this lil thing and its affordable too! I have cheaper extra level Paiste hi-hats and it gives them a luxurious crisp chink sound, I wouldn't want to play them without the Ching Ring! A must have.
Angus Olde
2025-07-29 18:04:57
It sounds good on hihats, foot chick is like a full tambourine, stick on hihat is just a little tambourine.I though it would sound cool on toms but it muted the head too much for my taste.It makes a cools sizzle sound on cymbals.I got the dry version, I might try the one with a foam ring to have more control over when there's tambourine .I had trouble playing it quietly with the hihat foot.
Cytotoxicity
2025-07-23 13:17:16
Great addition to your tool kit. Adds a nice chick to closed HH notes and subtle texture to open HH notes or foot playing. You might accidentally hit it a few times when you first start using it, especially if you use 13" or 14" HH's, but you'll get used to playing around it pretty quickly (of course you could hit it on purpose in some circumstances too). It's useful across a number of genres, and overall probably worth having around for most people who play live in my opinion. I can't speak to how it works in the studio.
David Schmidt
2025-06-29 15:35:45
The thicker ring makes it bounce more with the foot pedal than the thinner Mylar rings. I think this ching ring is even more responsive than my Meinl Cymbals HTHH1BK Mountable Hihat Tambourine, and it is out of the way and never interferes with my stick hits. Although you cannot use the ching ring as an individual tambourine (hitting it directly with the sticks like the HTHH1BK), the "ching" accent you get with the foot pedal on the hi-hat is exactly what I was looking for. It can also be used on other cymbals (or even on the snare) where as the HTHH1BK is made only for the hi-hat. Great purchase, very happy with it.
daniel talioaga
2025-06-18 11:10:29
This Ching Ring really adds an additional dimension of high end crisp beats for high hat cymbals. I use them on a pair of 12" hi hats which I use (with sticks or occasionally with hands) along with a cajon fitted with a bass drum pedal. This type of percussion set-up is ideal for small acoustic groups. I even use a 2nd ching ring on a ride cymbal sometimes for an additional unique sound keeping a rhythmic beat. Both set-ups are ideal as a softer volume, higher tone "drum kit" for acoustic guitar and ukulele groups. But the ching ring also adds a bright crisp sound that cuts through while being used on my 14" hi hats with a full drum set. I consider it a fun and inexpensive investment for a cool, different cymbal sound. It somewhat dampens your cymbal sound but at the same time brings out the higher end ring of your cymbal with the quick tamborine jingle added in.
David E. Anderson
2025-04-14 21:51:02
OK, this product is being reviewed way after the fact which is most often a good thing as time usually tells all. I own two and use them exclusively on both of my hi hat set ups - 13.25" K Custom Hybrids and 14" Sabian HHX X-celerators. As any drummer knows, these are quality cymbals yet I never remove the Meinl Crings from my hats which must indicate I like them a bunch. True. I play jazz/fusion style and they add a certain mild "chinggly" sound I've come to expect when I play hats. I've tried them on other cymbals; rides, crashes and EFX types where they fail completely IMHO. (Too much dampening going on.)After reading other reviews I think the bottom line here is you will either love them or hate them depending on where you use them, your style of play and your ear. I guess the question is: do you feel like betting fifteen bucks they'll be a winner for you?
steve
2025-03-04 12:26:28
Used one of these on a house set and had to have one for my kit.
Jonathan M.
2024-12-15 13:33:17
I have 2 of these and they’re fantastic! Easy to throw in the stick bag and they add just the right amount of texture to your hats. I also like it on my ride too!
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