Matt Nolan Custom #3: Hand Gong

[@trulyinfamous]

It's 11pm and I'm watching videos of gongs.

[@Kohntarkosz]

I love the way you turn to camera B with the line "That would have been madness" then look back to camera A, with perfect editing. Brilliant! Love the sound of your instruments. Hopefully some day I'll be able to one or two (or 5 or 10). :-)

[@ricklieffering]

The sound is just bonechilling. It has some sort of divine vibe to it, like it's the left hand of god. Awesome piece man!!

[@thedoranimal]

Very cool. I've been drumming for 17 years and I've never seen anything like that! I loved the sounds from the bow.

[@wildchallenger87]

That is the coolest instrument I have ever seen!! You can record an entire soundtrack for a horror movie, or for a fight scene! Just with one instrument

[@Asdfbedffhdsxe345]

This is absolutely incredible!!! I have decided to have a go at making a gong and your work inspires my so much !! Thank you

[@MattNolanCustom]

Good luck! Be careful. Enjoy!

[@nojnoj3069]

Just found your site. Sir, you are a genius. I absolutely love the hand. Beautiful and incredible.

[@goldenhopper]

How does this only have 3500 views? One of my favorites!

[@ratigen]

incredible video, very funny and excellent craftmanship! Dimitrij (Croatia)

[@FantaFuture92]

@MattNolanCustom This is so crazy with the colours shapes and i´ve never heard steel cymbals sounding soo good! Yeah thanks i found it! Great cymbals but at the moment i have not that much money! But i buy a cymbal for sure someday! Masterpiece of cymbal art!

[@jiffnjelly1]

This thing is perfect for horror movie ambiance.

[@seppoinnanen5577]

You said it, the sounds remind me of "30 days of night" movie soundtrack

[@PlaceNameHeere]

Sounds incredible! Looks amazing!

[@WhyHerro]

This is absolutely beautiful.

[@mattcol99]

Love the Bannana break in the time lapse! I need a hand gong. Perhaps as a terrifying door bell?

[@MattNolanCustom]

The first hand gong took not just hours, but several days! Check my website for prices on regular cymbals. I can't post the link in these youtube comments but it is up there under "show more" in the video description. Thanks!

[@willyloops]

You are a MASTER !!!!! Beautyfull shapes !!!! I love your work there !!!!

[@kushking420]

this sounds so amazing , its very beautiful , you are very talented

[@SuperPapasmurf101]

i like it, its really dark, industrial and has lots of texture :)

[@MattNolanCustom]

Hi! I have made sculptural gongs in many shapes. Round, square, cross-shaped, oval, egg-shaped, bat-wing shaped, bat-head shaped, pirate-flag shaped, pig-head-shaped, etc.

[@malakiblunt]

thank you Matt ;-) i used to make cast bronze bowls but they never sounded that good but they were 85-5-5-5 and silicon never tried pure copper tin alloy.

[@RevM6565]

Wonderful Matt. Love it sir!! How about a cross shaped one to put on the largest drum set in the world. I really appreciate what you do! All the best...RevM.

[@mathias841]

Mark Temperato did you do it ?

[@franckcascales]

Amazing 😉 Thank you so much for your quality

[@MattNolanCustom]

That's right. Yamaha borrowed the gong and some cymbals for their new Hex Rack kit demo set. You can also get free sample packs for some of the Yamaha DTX kits with my cymbals and some gongs in them. Nice folks there...

[@mandudehahaha]

this sounds ubelievable good!! great work, love it.

[@slimjimmery]

Was privileged enough to hit it yesterday. Give it a nice soft thump... seems quiet... wait for about 1-1.5 seconds and it gets SO loud. Very weird... VERY cool!!!

[@MrJashuaDavies]

I've never seen any gong besides round... there's so many potential shapes to try!

[@javorockstargdl]

would be any possibilites of being endorsered? Im too way interested!!!!!!

[@Ikillpeopleforfree]

Did having the camera all the time effect how you worked on this? Or were some things removed? Nice video. Cool.

[@EILIVSAGRUSTEN]

That gong is just one piece of art! :O

[@FantaFuture92]

Wow that is so awmazing!!! Do you actually have a cymbal making video from 1st to last step???

[@CedricKristian]

pure amazement here

[@hernanrolando1980]

I love this.

[@djhereticdj]

what a man! a truly incredible gongsmith :-)

[@FantaFuture92]

That´s right i understand that! Ok thank you! The "in the workshop video" i´ve already seen! This work is so interesting! Can your cymbals be bought on a website or do you just sell to a customer!?

[@TheThinkingGremlin]

I got to hand it to you, you have a lovely company.

[@alex164]

wow. that's a hell of a gong sound

[@mathias841]

Beautiful sculpture and beautiful sound. How did you feel the form affects the sound ?

[@MattNolanCustom]

The outline shape, the shape profile in the third dimension and the localised tension profile across the surface all affect the sound. It is part of my art to balance these to produce a pleasing sounding and looking result

[@Philtoid]

that sounds incredible

[@Batebiria]

It's AMAZING!!

[@jamesbtex]

You mentioned stay tuned for the Stainless Steel Cymbal video. What is the title for that one?

[@malakiblunt]

Hi what Bronze alloy is that? is it bell metal? cheers well made vid ;-)

[@BeauCars]

Quite a handy gong when it comes to meta music.

[@Simon-iy7mt]

Ba da tchi!

[@MattNolanCustom]

@malakiblunt It is B6 Bronze

[@jamesbtex]

Where do you get the raw material?

[@Lakk6Metal]

:) What is the name of the man in Norway who has that gong ?? I live in Norway and love to see it :)

[@75Tatanka]

thanx MR Matt!!

[@SONYtec03]

Who recorded that version of Flight of the Bumble Bee? My cousin owns one of these hand gongs. Quite impressive.

[@mathias841]

SONYtec03 wow, what a chance !

[@JoshOnGuitar]

The thing sounds like a fighter jet. So freaking cool.

[@MattNolanCustom]

@Kevinkoch2443 No cymbal-making video from very first to very last step - some of what I do is secret! - but you can see a lot of the stages in my video called "In the workshop" - sorry youtube won't let me post a link

[@Sc0ttPrian]

This may be the video that inspired me to use a 30 gallon steel drum as an instrument. Don't mind me, just revisiting an excellent video.

[@75Tatanka]

thanx again mr matt!

[@Marcelo1964ify]

eu queria saber se esse material é B 20, B 8, B 10 ou latão?

[@OGFantom420]

5:56 sounds like somthing out of a horror game/movie o.o its glorious

[@glacier2win]

Awesome.

[@danielschroder6678]

This one sounds as if someone took this exact instrument - and I mean exactly this one - to make the clangy, gongy and scareful sounds of the Diablo II soundtrack (which in my opinion is still unreached in terms of atmosphere and darkness). AMazing.

[@MattNolanCustom]

Well, it wasn't this one unless they sampled it from my videos. But I have made others and I don't know where they all are any more...

[@danielschroder6678]

MattNolanCustom Sure, this one was manufactured too late in time for the creation for that particular soundtrack, but I can easily see how one of your instruments could have ended up in their studios. Great work!

[@BEllsmaker]

wow!!! very, very interesting video!! thanck you!!

[@Tonileehxc]

OMG, I thibk you can use this cymbal for all the BSO of a terror film. Its brutal!

[@mandudehahaha]

besides: this is the first time iv'e seen the term "hand-made" been taken so literal!

[@mrpankau]

Who in Chicago did you make it for...originally?

[@Drumaier]

Hand Made!

[@ajwoodall31]

made hand. .. : -/

[@MattNolanCustom]

The man in Norway has the original, much smaller version of the gong. It is a very different instrument to the large version.

[@MassimoMoscatelliDrums]

BELLISSIMO!!! :D

[@whathefuckdood]

4:09 "It has begun!" - Shang Tsung

[@sjholmes101]

The shaking hand has spoken!

[@dontcryoverspiltmilk]

how much do one cost?

[@ButteredToast32]

Your neighbors must hate that when you play it xD

[@MattNolanCustom]

@Kevinkoch2443 I will be doing some more videos that show more of the creative process. Keep tuned! I make pieces by commission and also for general sale. There are some on my website currently and also places like RareVintageCymbals and MyCymbal websites

[@cyberboy419]

Nice!!

[@happydrum]

Sick!!

[@nrgj.t669]

Awesome thanks push play (04:09)

[@a.d.9415]

4:43 "Hush now."

[@BeanzMT]

You should sell your work to horror film makers, It sounded ace man.

[@Bosh110511]

Subscribed!

[@a7xdrummerforlife]

you can make every horror movie sound effect with that

[@JulienVicomteArt]

this is the hand of god

[@ajwoodall31]

would go nicely behind my kit at church!

[@michaelwalsh7952]

6:10 OAH GOD NOT THE BOW

[@wilson579]

😂😍😁😃🙈🐷🦆🐸🐔🐹🐴🦄🐺🐗🦇🐝

[@RORYDRUMMER]

INSANE! You should contact Danny Carey From TOOL.

[@danieldemayo6209]

wow i just learned so much shit about movie sound tracks lol how about some steel brush sticks?

[@orti1283]

5:08 Goku's Kamehameha in the intro of DBZ Superbutouden 3 for SNES!

[@NuDrums]

Holy sha-ding-ding! That's all I can say!

[@EILIVSAGRUSTEN]

*The Hand of Doom*

[@paolocaimmi4043]

👋💪👍

[@jerewind]

Funny & interesting !!!!

[@Choonchy]

when you hit the second time i almost expected the halo theme to start playing

[@urfavuncle2k432]

Hey

[@5265vic]

1967 Pink Floyd?

[@wilson579]

I want hand gong

[@MattNolanCustom]

Hi Beau. I just made one for a percussionist in Germany. Email me at [e-mail] if you would like to order one for yourself. Thanks!

[@wilson579]

Thank you

[@joe_3y3s]

youve been watching darkplace...

[@MattNolanCustom]

@dontcryoverspiltmilk See the shop page on my website for cost

[@thedrumminmaniac]

Very scary sounding.. halloween clips ;0

[@csillagasz]

biggest splash ever

[@BakMah-b1v]

Y

[@firecross625]

God wants his hand back.

[@mhbljoe6810]

Loudest Hand. Gong

[@Realdrumguy32]

They probably used that in a saw movie.

[@Choonchy]

@ReturnToSound thats what my girlfriend said :P

[@mhbljoe6810]

Louder. Hand. Gong

[@MattNolanCustom]

@Marcelo1964ify B6 @ 2mm

[@MrKoiking1]

he looks and sounds like yahtzee croshaw

[@spurcheck]

dude

[@handidrummed]

I think you should rename this the Bitch Slapper Gong