Please help - New 18'' crash

[otway]

Hey guys (or girls).. I’m not sure if anyone remembers but I had asked for advice on getting a 16’’ sabian cymbal and I wanted discernment to chose between aax stage, aax studio and aax plosion.. I was lead to the decision that aax plosion would suit my situation best..which it definitely does.. (I play progressive rock) and now I’m looking for a new (most probably 18’’) crash cymbal.. once again I will note that I live in Trinidad which is in the Caribbean and I don’t have access to stores that have good cymbals to test so I will be ordering online without a sound test..

So far I’m looking at: aax stage crash 18’’ and vault 18’’ crash.. feel free to advise on zildjian or paiste also.. just keep in mind that I will be using it with and want it to compliment my 16’’ sabian aax plosion..

I’ve noticed how helpful people are on this site and I am very grateful
Thanks in advance for your help

[drumbandit]

I'm not really sure if it will compliment your currect crash, but I seriously recommend Zildjian K custom fast crashes of any size. They can hold their own in louder (progessive rock) type music, but they're truly awesome for recording etc.

Tom

[RUSTE]

Why not get a 18inch aaxplosion? you know what your getting. Just be deeper. I have 18 & 19 aaxplosions (which i said in your last thread) i love to bits. Its a personal thing but i only have 2 main crashes & i have to have the same type of cymbal but different size otherwise it doesnt work for me. 18 on left 19 on right :o)

[rhydianjlewis]

The 18" stage crash (i have one) is a lovely cymbal.

From the sounds on the sabian website it seems to compliment the 16" aaxplsion very well.

[otway]

Hey thanks for the help so far guys.. has anyone played the combination of the aax stage crash and aaxplosion? So far i'm leaning towards that..
Hey RUSTE thanks, I do love my axplosion and think that it is perfect but the one i have does not have a good bell and stick hits to the inner body of the cymbal sound, ok.. so i would prefer a different ,perhaps thicker one.. and also i would be to afraid that the two cymbals would sound to much like eachother..

So far i'm leaning towards the aax stage 18'' or the 18'' vault
please advise

[Big_Philly]

Well if you would want to try Paiste you might wanna try a Signature 18" full crash. The soundfiles on their website are pretty accurate.
Otherwise I'd go with the AAX.

[RUSTE]

Listening on the sabian website the 18" aax stage crash does complement the 16 xplosion well.

[Skitch]

Why not get a 18inch aaxplosion? you know what your getting. Just be deeper. I have 18 & 19 aaxplosions (which i said in your last thread) i love to bits. Its a personal thing but i only have 2 main crashes & i have to have the same type of cymbal but different size otherwise it doesnt work for me. 18 on left 19 on right :o)

This was my thinking as well. If you aren't in a position to try before you buy, this might be the best route to take.

Mike

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[Velimor]

Well, since you don't have access to any stores near you, I would suggest checking out cymbalsonly.com. They have soundfiles of the actual cymbal for sale, which should help you decide which series and find a cymbal that matches well with your other.

[de Nick]

I´d either take the aax stage crash or the vault. The stage crash is more similar to the xplosion but the vault has also a great sound. If you ask me I´d take the vault because it just sounds better to me.

[the.tree]

I would go for the 18 inch vault I have one and its really great. And by the way how do you like trinidad? I bet theres some nice beaches and stuff there.

[d.c.drummer]

cool, a Trini. Do you play in a steel band? If you do, you might need a little more cut than the Vaults. They cut but they are extremely glassy, and if you play with a steel band (like i do) your crash might not always cut over it (like my doesn't sometimes)

[otway]

hey thanks.. man, this is the most helpful site ever heh.. yeh man i JUST came back from the beach..

hey d.c. where you from.. im glad to know people know about trinidad lots of people ask where is is then after i answer they say where is the caribbean :S.. but nah i don't play in a steel band i play in a progressive rock band called Chaos Room:
http://www.myspace.com/chaosroomband

But yeh i made my decision.. which i don't think I will possibly regret.. My friend who went to florida for his band to play 7 gigs up there just bought the 18'' aax stage crash (as i asked, decided and wanted) i am positive that it will suit the aaxplosion the way I want and Chris Penne (dillinger escapeplan) has some GREAT sounding cymbals and i recently found out he uses the same stage crash so that makes me more confident again... thanks for all the help... oh and i agree the 18'' vault is beautiful.. but the 18'' stage is what i'm looking for.. heh thanks LOADS!

[otway]

Thanks for the help.. got got my 18'' Sabian AAX Stage crash two days ago.. used it properly and just as i thought i made the best decision EVER!.. they go together GREAT!
Thanks alot again for the advice