I just placed an order today with Heartbeat Percussion for a Mel Lewis (ML) 21" Ride - the one with two rivets. I've played the ML14 hats and the ML 1982 Series 18" CR Ride for a year now and they're pretty nice. You can get that nice full "sizzle-hiss" when you hit the hats and choke them off if you know what I mean.
I'll place a photo in this "thread-fest" when it arrives.
Great to hear Kona and enjoy! Love my Mel Lewis 2 rivet 21" ride with it's wonderful lush warm wash sound. I'll repost it's pic in anticipation of your new addition and arrival :}
Look forward to seeing a pic of your new Agop treasure.
wow there are some of the most beautiful cymbals i have ever seen in this thread.
i especially liked the look of the 22" vezir ride that steamer posted...although i haven't heard many turkish cymbals live.
not meaning to hijack the thread or anything, but i see that most of these are used for jazz, and was wondering if any could be used in a rock setting, or would i have to go to the alchemy cymbals...but they don't look as nice as the agops imo
thanks for the info steamer. Yeah that was the ride i was talking about. How do they make it so that half of its got a different finish? (how its shiny and then not shiny)
i love how all the cymbals are so unique, like how your 21" Ottoman Jazz Ride has light skim lathing lines on the bottom when its quite unusual for them to have it. I'd much rather have a cymbal that has been hand hammered and has a bit of individuality about it. However i am assuming that it means there is a larger variation in sound between each individual cymbal, isn't it?
Did you guys notice the new AGOP logo in the latest issue of TRAPS?????
Just saw it on pg. 131 in a full page ad in the Dec. Modern Drummer. The new logo is contained in a closed black line circle now with the Istanbul part removed being simply known as Agop now. New graphic design for the Agop logo too and around the bottom of the circle was written "handmade by Arman + Sarkis Tomurcuk" I believe and the top "Made in Turkey" from memory