Gibraltar SC-SNA Swing Nut Cymbalholder

I bought these to save time setting up and tearing down.

I would compare these to locking tuners on guitar. They save you lot's of time overall because you don't need to screw and unscrew wingnuts a million times. You just press down on them, turn the top, put your cymbal on, then repeat. If you are a gigging musician, these are a God send. Never again will you drop wingnuts that will get lost to oblivion.

They are just great quality of life upgrades. Especially if you have a very short amount of time during changeover at a gig to have everything set up.

It's worth mentioning, just make sure that your stand uses 8mm threading or else these won't fit.

The ONLY downside to these that some people consider them to expensive for what they are. That's why I gave them 4 out of 5 stars. But for me personally. The quality of life upgrade and the time saved, they are worth it. Even my band mates who know and care nothing for drums enjoy the simplicity of them.

Overall, as with everything Gibraltar make, they are solid and reliable. And use them on all of my stands/booms and will use them on any future stands/booms.

Anyone considering this product should probably be aware of the following information.

I'm using Gibraltar 906 stands with this Gibraltar product. The swing nut works just fine and is a worthwhile accessory. However a possible snag is this;

The Swing Nut assembly does not fit completely over the original tilter thread. What this means is that the effective height of the cymbal is raised by (in my case) 30mm or so. This increases the leverage force on the brake or fixing mechanism of the tilter.

I have just tightened mine up more but it might be a problem for other cases.