Everything Zildjian

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I did!

It's seriously the best RIDE cymbal I own. It has this great, woody, low, stick definition, clear bell, and not too much wash. It's great for busy ride patterns I wouldn't normally play on my 24" K light ride. It's not the greatest crash though. My 18" Breakbeat ride is the same way, great bell and definition without the overwhelming wash, but not the greatest crash sound. I'm seriously surprisingly pleased with this cymbal. Also, it's F'ing beautiful!




Lol!

Thats great, just make sure you clean up the hail damage ��

[Josh Conover]

Did you receive them already

I did!

It's seriously the best RIDE cymbal I own. It has this great, woody, low, stick definition, clear bell, and not too much wash. It's great for busy ride patterns I wouldn't normally play on my 24" K light ride. It's not the greatest crash though. My 18" Breakbeat ride is the same way, great bell and definition without the overwhelming wash, but not the greatest crash sound. I'm seriously surprisingly pleased with this cymbal. Also, it's F'ing beautiful!

Appears to be hail damage.

Lol!

Did you receive them already

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Nope, just large hammer marks.

Did you receive them already

[Cheez_Whiz]

Appears to be hail damage.

[Josh Conover]

<img src="https://www.pearldrummersforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=519103"/>are those holes in the cymbal

Nope, just large hammer marks.

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Waiting on this guy to come in. I really liked the look of the hammering on this particular cymbal. Hoping it sounds as good as it looks!

22" K Dark Medium ride.

are those holes in the cymbal

[Eric]

Waiting on this guy to come in. I really liked the look of the hammering on this particular cymbal. Hoping it sounds as good as it looks!

22" K Dark Medium ride.

I am a Paiste guy myself but that
is a beautiful cymbal for sure.

[Josh Conover]

Waiting on this guy to come in. I really liked the look of the hammering on this particular cymbal. Hoping it sounds as good as it looks!

22" K Dark Medium ride.

[Thrush]

Agreed Al. I still have my Z Custom 18 Rock Crash from that era. Much better sounding than the gongs that Zildjian changed that line into

I'm not a fan of the later Z Custom (and Z3 range) with the round hammering and deep grooves. But the first gen Z Custom's I really like. I replaced a set of A Custom hi hats with some Z Custom hi hats and they're so much nicer (to me).

The "*" pattern design to me anyway, have always been the best musical sounding (and looking IMHO) of the Z series!

I have a Light Power ride (original Z range) with that 5-point star hammering

[insane65]

Agreed Al. I still have my Z Custom 18 Rock Crash from that era. Much better sounding than the gongs that Zildjian changed that line into

[AL PERCIVAL]

Picked these two up. First one about a month ago, second one yesterday afternoon. Both the same model, but due the variances in Zildjian's cymbals, they're both different pitches, so not too dissimilar in the pitch difference between the 17" Medium and Medium-Thin A crashes I have. Sold a 16" A Medium crash on Thursday afternoon, then bought the second Z Custom that evening (and collected it today since it was only 12 drive minutes away in the next town, result!). One thing interesting about them is the visual difference isn't just photo/lighting deep. The first one is a 1999 and the second is 1995, and the older one has more defined, wider lathing (more like an A) and the stamps, although the same design, are noticeable different in the stamping method; the 1999 version has much more defined stamping, whereas the older on makes it look like it was hand hammered. My 2000 Z Custom hi hats match the 1999 crash for lathe and stamping marks.

Just need a pair of matching 18" Medium crashes now...

The "*" pattern design to me anyway, have always been the best musical sounding (and looking IMHO) of the Z series!

[Thrush]

Picked these two up. First one about a month ago, second one yesterday afternoon. Both the same model, but due the variances in Zildjian's cymbals, they're both different pitches, so not too dissimilar in the pitch difference between the 17" Medium and Medium-Thin A crashes I have. Sold a 16" A Medium crash on Thursday afternoon, then bought the second Z Custom that evening (and collected it today since it was only 12 drive minutes away in the next town, result!). One thing interesting about them is the visual difference isn't just photo/lighting deep. The first one is a 1999 and the second is 1995, and the older one has more defined, wider lathing (more like an A) and the stamps, although the same design, are noticeable different in the stamping method; the 1999 version has much more defined stamping, whereas the older on makes it look like it was hand hammered. My 2000 Z Custom hi hats match the 1999 crash for lathe and stamping marks.

Just need a pair of matching 18" Medium crashes now...

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Bar keeper with a special ingredient. Just an experiment

[Cheez_Whiz]

What is that? I've cooked some salt encrusted fish dishes before, but that seems a bit odd. What is the application and what are you hoping to achieve?