Your latest cymbal purchase.....

[Lennykenard]

2012 K Custom Dry Light Ride, no weight yet. Purchased for when my breakbeat/uptown rides aren't enough.
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That cymbal looks amazing!

 

[D. B. Cooper]

Picked up this 20” trans stamp today…cheap from the local MGR…marked as an 80’s brilliant crash…it’s an astoundingly svelte 1586g…drilled for 12 factory rivets…this thing is so flexi…easily bendable and sounds just amazing…I’d honestly call it a crash/ride…bell is pretty avg…unfortunately somebody decided to polish it and then clear coat it!!! Just horrible. Now to see if I can get that clear off…then install all those rivets!!!

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Wow. Very, very cool.
Did the clear coat make it sound choked? What was it made of? What did you use to try to remove it?
Looks like a gorgeous pie, though.
Can you make a soundfile?

 

[Northamusi]

Just picked up this 16" Medium Thin A Zildjian . I swear it's the same weight as my 16 Medium A (I haven't weighed it yet)... I was hoping it'd be noticeably lighter but, nope! Oh well...

 

[curly]

 

[Skins_in_the_game]

I had asked on here last week what ride to get to go with my 15Se hats and 17 and 18 2002 crashes and a lot of people said go for the 22 2002 ride.

So Yesterday good luck came my way when a guy only a couple miles from me posted a 22 2002 ride for sale for 125.00 I jumped all over it and texted him. Ended up he was selling his whole 2002 set.
So I bought them all. I got 14Se hats, 16,18,20 crashes and the 22 ride plus he through in a 19 crash that has a 1in crack in the edge for free. He wanted 670 for all 6 cymbals. I gave him 700 and went away smiling. All are in good shape with no cracks or key holing, just a fair bit of fingerprints and stick marks.

So now I am all in on 2002s with 14 15 hats 16 17 (2 18s) 19 20 crashes and 22 ride.

 

[Gunnellett]

I had asked on here last week what ride to get to go with my 15Se hats and 17 and 18 2002 crashes and a lot of people said go for the 22 2002 ride.

So Yesterday good luck came my way when a guy only a couple miles from me posted a 22 2002 ride for sale for 125.00 I jumped all over it and texted him. Ended up he was selling his whole 2002 set.
So I bought them all. I got 14Se hats, 16,18,20 crashes and the 22 ride plus he through in a 19 crash that has a 1in crack in the edge for free. He wanted 670 for all 6 cymbals. I gave him 700 and went away smiling. All are in good shape with no cracks or key holing, just a fair bit of fingerprints and stick marks.

So now I am all in on 2002s with 14 15 hats 16 17 (2 18s) 19 20 crashes and 22 ride.

Great deal!

 

[Redfern]

I had asked on here last week what ride to get to go with my 15Se hats and 17 and 18 2002 crashes and a lot of people said go for the 22 2002 ride.

So Yesterday good luck came my way when a guy only a couple miles from me posted a 22 2002 ride for sale for 125.00 I jumped all over it and texted him. Ended up he was selling his whole 2002 set.
So I bought them all. I got 14Se hats, 16,18,20 crashes and the 22 ride plus he through in a 19 crash that has a 1in crack in the edge for free. He wanted 670 for all 6 cymbals. I gave him 700 and went away smiling. All are in good shape with no cracks or key holing, just a fair bit of fingerprints and stick marks.

So now I am all in on 2002s with 14 15 hats 16 17 (2 18s) 19 20 crashes and 22 ride.

Have that 19 edge crack repaired and you’ll never even know it was damaged.

 

[Heartbeat]

I had asked on here last week what ride to get to go with my 15Se hats and 17 and 18 2002 crashes and a lot of people said go for the 22 2002 ride.

So Yesterday good luck came my way when a guy only a couple miles from me posted a 22 2002 ride for sale for 125.00 I jumped all over it and texted him. Ended up he was selling his whole 2002 set.
So I bought them all. I got 14Se hats, 16,18,20 crashes and the 22 ride plus he through in a 19 crash that has a 1in crack in the edge for free. He wanted 670 for all 6 cymbals. I gave him 700 and went away smiling. All are in good shape with no cracks or key holing, just a fair bit of fingerprints and stick marks.

So now I am all in on 2002s with 14 15 hats 16 17 (2 18s) 19 20 crashes and 22 ride.

Those will serve you well! I have all of those sizes and you can do just about anything with them. You'll love the 22" (my go-to). Congrats!

 

[ConvertedLudwigPlayer]

In the last few weeks I have picked up used Zildjian Sweet Crashes - 19" and 16"; and just picked up a 60's Paiste 602 that is on its way to me.

 

[Elvis]

Way to score, Curly!

 

[Stickclick]

I bought a pair of Sabian b8 14 inch Hi Hats. I think it was $ 40. they came with a cracked Meinl HCS 16 inch crash cymbal that was drilled. Seems to work OK. It's for a practice kit that I keep at a bar.

 

[ConvertedLudwigPlayer]

In the last few weeks I have picked up used Zildjian Sweet Crashes - 19" and 16"; and just picked up a 60's Paiste 602 that is on its way to me.

And, I just added a 14" 602 to the list. I am done..............until I find a reasonably priced 20" 602 ride.

 

[Klyde]

And, I just added a 14" 602 to the list. I am done..............until I find a reasonably priced 20" 602 ride.

Done? Nonsense, there’s no such thing.

 

[Klyde]

Oh here’s mine. Paiste Signature Traditionals 22 Medium Light Ride.
Not Light Ride, Medium Light Ride.

 

[Kcmcc]

1900ish gram 20" Pang with a 70s thin stamp and hollow logo remnants.

I went directly from the sellers house to Fred Pierce's Studio Drum Shop to have the rivets drilled and installed.

Nice! I bought one at 1855g just a couple weeks ago, have been playing it with a sizzle chain, and just (an hour ago) dropped it off to get six rivets in what I understand to be a factory-ish location for a Swish from the era (the Pangs apparently never had factory rivets?)!

I am usually the advocate here for “just grab a hand drill and do it yourself, don’t believe the horror stories” BUT - with the weird angles and relatively thin weight, I didn’t want to chance anything odd.

 

[Kcmcc]

Zildjian Trans stamp T.3 20" ride at 2078 gm and very "ripply." Also 14" Trans stamp T.3 hi hats at a slightly heavy 1106 / 1123 g.

The 20 ride has a lower profile than usually seen with these as the edge curls down somewhat. That seems to make the overtones a bit more "gongy," trashy and raw.
Bell is 5-1/4". It's very close overall to my 1st gen EAK 20 Jazz Ride at 2028 gm. I was surprised how close. The only real difference is that the Jazz Ride has a wider mix of overtones/wash
so that the stick sounds a bit less articulate than the trans stamp. Who knew Zildjian was basically copying both the trans stamps and Old K New Stamps when they came out with the earlier EAK's?
It's certainly more of K than an A.

The 14 trans hats were just too inexpensive to pass up. They were from EBay and no one wanted to pay fair for them. And despite the heftier weights they play pretty smooth.
And a nice change from the typical 800's and lower. These could have been a hand held symphonic or marching pair. They would be great at that. Whatever they once were, hi hats or band,
they are a worthy, matching original pair.




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I have a similar pair at 15” 1400/1300 that we’re probably also marching cymbals! They kill! I sometimes mix and match them with a 1100g 50s small stamp.

 

[FieryLungs]

I am usually the advocate here for “just grab a hand drill and do it yourself, don’t believe the horror stories” BUT - with the weird angles and relatively thin weight, I didn’t want to chance anything odd.

I have access to a couple of drill presses and normally DIY it but wanted the collected input of the guys at Fred's for this one. They made some compelling arguments for the cluster that won me over. Longer sizzle, less dampening, and some control over cymbal balance. I can hang this on a gooseneck and the thing stays ruler flat throughout all sorts of play.

 

[Fat Drummer]

I repeat my mantra daily while cruising Reverb, Ebay, Guitar Center Used, Music Go Round and what seems like countless other sites... DON'T BUY CYMBALS UNHEARD! Or at the very least get a weight and listen to as many examples as you can on You Tube near that same number and get a vague idea. It really does not work as every cymbal is different regardless of weight, but at least you feel like you put in the work.

So what did I do? I bought yet another one today unheard!!! But maybe this one will be different, the cymbal sure is. It was listed rather nondescript on Ebay a couple of days ago by a seller that looks like they may not play (just based on the other items for sale) but man did this peak my interest.

It is an older Istanbul Mehmet, though I don't know when they started using the laser engraved logo but this one is stamped so it's a few years old at minimum. It has the ink logo on top of a Nostalgia but it is simply marked as a 20" "Ride Thin" on the back...hu? And that's the issue, there is no light ride in this series, and for sure not a THIN Ride. Could it be a special non catalog order, a custom, a prototype, a random Friday afternoon built cymbal? No idea on my end, but I have sent the sellers photo (below) to Mehmet to ask if they can share any insight.

I have had dozens of Istanbul Mehmet's and most of those have been Nostalgia's so it certainly looks correct in the hammering. I will let you know if Mehment reply's and how it sounds on arrival, till then it's great expectations!!!

Anyone here have a Mehment listed as a THIN RIDE in any series?

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A very sad follow up to the post I made a few weeks ago. I could take you down a very long path with way to many twist and turns but the point of it all is the cymbal arrived broken! I was deeply disappointed as it was everything I had hopped it would be and it was going to have permanent place in my Nostalgia collection.

Once I knew where to look, I can see the break in the sellers photos so it was not shipping damage. The seller admitted he was not a musician and I truly believe he had no idea it was broken. He fully refunded the transaction and I'm left with a broken cymbal that is in the wrong place for a quick fix (a 1-1/2" crack around the bell transition perimeter). If I knew anyone doing the laser micro welding I would try but alas... I just sit here with my brokenhearted cymbal!

 

[FieryLungs]

A very sad follow up...

Surely that's a good candidate for a drill and widen repair. Add a few rivets and I bet it's a real head turner that you can dose out 3x a night at just the right moment.

 

[Elvis]

A very sad follow up to the post I made a few weeks ago. I could take you down a very long path with way to many twist and turns but the point of it all is the cymbal arrived broken! I was deeply disappointed as it was everything I had hopped it would be and it was going to have permanent place in my Nostalgia collection.

Once I knew were to look, I can see the break in the sellers photos so it was not shipping damage. The seller admitted he was not a musician and I truly believe he had no idea it was broken. He fully refunded the transaction and I'm left with a broken cymbal that is in the wrong place for a quick fix (a 1-1/2" crack around the bell transition perimeter). If I knew anyone doing the laser micro welding I would try but alas... I just sit here with my brokenhearted cymbal!


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Could an auto body shop do the weld for you?
Those guys do a lot of intricate work with thin metal all the time.
...or maybe a jewler? Same reason.