how do the cymbals feel? Feel real-ish?
It basically a real cymbal. The only difference is this hard plastic under the cymbal. It is under the meat of cymbal but not under the bell. My ride cymbal was a Surge 16inch standard (which was wrong) it suppose to come with a chokeable ride.
The big arrow points to the plastic and the small arrow points to where it ends. This should have a choke strip like the crash but does not.
This shows the top side of the ride.
This is the bottom of the 13 inch crash w/ the choke strip
It is really quite for being basically a real cymbal. I rate it not much louder then the reset of the set. How this helps.