Cymbal:You can only have one choice. Right now, which is your favorite ride you own?

[michaelg]

Paiste Traditional 20" medium

 

[scheme]

Paiste Traditional 20" medium

Would love to have this one under my sticks one day!

Istanbul Mehmet Emirhan 21“

 

[TPC]

Hahaha!! ONE ride cymbal?!!! You're hilarious!

Oh ... you're serious?

Hmmm ...

Gotta be

22" Matt Nolan. Even considering Matt's consistently great work, it's ridiculous.

 

[flatwins]

For the past several weeks my ride of choice has been a 1977 Paiste 2002 20” Medium (basically a crash/ride).

 

[premierplayer]

KDM, 22, 1 rivet

 

[Lennykenard]

20” K Custom Dark Ride. Had it since 2007. Would never consider selling this cymbal

 

[stevesmithfan]

Zildjian 24” Ping Ride circa 1980. This is my go to for everything.

 

[toddbishop]

22" Cymbal & Gong Holy Grail - A-type, 2376 grams. It was always kind of a beast, but it's mellowing a little bit after a couple of years, and I'm learning to play it better.

Middle cymbal here:

 

[richardh253]

Zildjian "Left Handed Ride" w/ 3 rivets...on my right.

 

[james_c_marks]

Paiste 602 20” Heavy

 

[notINtheband]

My 24” Sabian Bash Ride.

But I don’t gig with it. Too damn big, doesn’t even fit in my cymbal bag.

But if I had a road crew…..

 

[lossforgain]

I haven’t done a shoot out between my Istanbul Mehmet 24” MC Jazz and my Sabian HHX Complex 22” Thin ride, but I’m sure it would be one of the two.

 

[hsosdrum]

Hands-down my favorite is my 22" K Constantinople Bounce Ride. I switch my main ride between 3 different cymbals (22" K Ride; 20" A Take Five Reissue Ride; 22" K Heavy Ride), but the 22" Bounce never leaves my setup.

 

[mjohnson12]

20” Paiste Dark Energy mk1

 

[AtlantaDrumGuy]

Zildjian "Left Handed Ride" w/ 3 rivets...on my right.

I miss that one. I had one some time ago. I used on the left myself.

 

[cornelius]

Paiste Traditional 20" medium

Same.

 

[Steech]

My 21” Istanbul Agop Xist Dark Ion Ride. Nothing super exotic or hard to find but I love it.

 

[katulu]

Paiste 2002 20" Ride. It's my absolute favorite.

 

[dcrigger]

Same one it's been for me for decades - my 1968 - 20" A

 

[Philaiy9]

Paiste Giant Beat 24". A few months ago I would've said my vintage 20" A Zildjian (2050g) but I've been digging that crisp stick sound the entire Giant Beat line has.