Edge
March 3rd, 2005, 10:33 PM
I cannot say enough good things about these two pies, A friend emailed me the sound files on these cymbals that indoor storm had, I believe he uses a AKG C 3000 mic to do his files, anyway I took a chance, as I often do.
The 21" medium is one of the nicest rides I have ever played, it is complex, but with a somewhat bright stick sound, crashes well, has a very integrated clear bell that is just perfect, this pie is a X between a Bosphorus, a K Istanbul and a 602, I played it out for the 1st time last night with a beautiful set of 602 heavy hats, the brightness of the ride is a perfect compliment to these hats, it is almost like the perfect 602, it has a great stick rebound and the complexity of the bos and K. It definatly does not sound like an K but sure reminded me of one, it was almost as smooth as a bosphorus, sometimes I think they are too smooth, and had the pitch of a 602.
The 17" Thin crash did not impress me as much at first, until I played it live, there it had a nice quick attack and very fast smooth decay, actually sounding much darker with the music than alone,
I am overjoyed with these cymbals and just mabee these were a couple of rare gems, but I will be searching out some heavy hats and more crashes to seriously check out.
The 21" medium is one of the nicest rides I have ever played, it is complex, but with a somewhat bright stick sound, crashes well, has a very integrated clear bell that is just perfect, this pie is a X between a Bosphorus, a K Istanbul and a 602, I played it out for the 1st time last night with a beautiful set of 602 heavy hats, the brightness of the ride is a perfect compliment to these hats, it is almost like the perfect 602, it has a great stick rebound and the complexity of the bos and K. It definatly does not sound like an K but sure reminded me of one, it was almost as smooth as a bosphorus, sometimes I think they are too smooth, and had the pitch of a 602.
The 17" Thin crash did not impress me as much at first, until I played it live, there it had a nice quick attack and very fast smooth decay, actually sounding much darker with the music than alone,
I am overjoyed with these cymbals and just mabee these were a couple of rare gems, but I will be searching out some heavy hats and more crashes to seriously check out.