Istanbul Agop Picture-Fest

bilkay

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Since we kinda got this started in the '06 Limited Edition thread......

.....SHOW US YOUR AGOP BLING!!!............

20", 1617g Agop Special Edition Jazz ride:

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Oookay...let`s go.

Here is my 21" Agop Mel Lewis Ride, 2134 grams light...two rivets. I simply love its sound, an awesome crash...but especially an amazing Ride cymbal with a woody stick definition and a complex, dark sound:

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And my Agop Turk hats which I got after the Mel Lewis beauty. The bottom is 964 grams light, the top one 928 grams. Natural, raw, earthy...fabulous chick.

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I hope I can get a nice SE 22" Ride...if yes, I`ll post some pics of course! =)

Karl
 
Boy i've done a complete documentation of my Agop collection so i've got much to offer here Bill.

I'll start with my 22" Turk Jazz Ride 2250g with the incorrect Sultan logo:
 

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Next up the SE Jazz Rides. First one 21" SE 2325g then the 22" SE TW at 2235g:
 

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The Limited Edition rides next. 22" 06 2385g #027,20.5" 25th Anniversary 1864g #268:
 

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The Mel Lewis cymbals. 21" Mel Lewis ride 2 rivets 2180g,18" Mel Lewis Crash Ride 1400g:
 

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Sultan 14" crash 740g and i'll finish with a group shot which includes my 14" Agop Signature hats top-1025g bottom-1200g.

That's it Bill!
 

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Forgive me, I'm young, but could someone illustrate the difference between all these different handmade Turkish cymbals? I've never played Bosphorus, Istanbul, TRX, etc. but am intrigued by the "old world" methods and hand lathing, hammering, finishing, etc.

TRX is the newcomer but their MD review last year was favorable...and their cymbals are beautiful looking as well.

Sorry to hijack, not my intention - Karl those hats are probably the most beautiful I've ever seen, I can only imagine what they sound like!

Everything is beautiful...you can see (and no doubt hear) the manual labor that was put into them.
 
Forgive me, I'm young, but could someone illustrate the difference between all these different handmade Turkish cymbals? I've never played Bosphorus, Istanbul, TRX, etc. but am intrigued by the "old world" methods and hand lathing, hammering, finishing, etc.

TRX is the newcomer but their MD review last year was favorable...and their cymbals are beautiful looking as well.

Sorry to hijack, not my intention - Karl those hats are probably the most beautiful I've ever seen, I can only imagine what they sound like!

Everything is beautiful...you can see (and no doubt hear) the manual labor that was put into them.


Zambizzi go to Drum Gear/ Cymbals section and find the thread "Istanbul Agop Production Video" and watch how the cymbals are made from individual castings onwards since it will give you a good feel for the hand labour/craftmanship that goes into this particular line of Turkish handmade cymbals.
 
Here are my Agops an a Mehmet ride. Not the best pics, but they're the only I've got.

Specs:
- 10" Alchemy Rock splash - SOLD
- 14" Alchemy Regular hi-hats
- 22" Mehmet Sultan ride - Weighs a bit more than 3000 grams

I really like Istanbuls, whether they're Agops or Mehmets.
 

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Nice cymbals guys! This is a great thread for those who have Istanbul cymbals and those that may want to buy some - nice going.

This is what I picked up at Heratbeat Percussion a few weeks ago. Some of you have seen these on onother thread - but I think they have to go here!

The Turk 16" Crash Ride here was a factory error when ordered. It was suppose to be a Traditional Paperthin Crash (CPT16) but the factory wrote it up as (CRT16) which produced a very unusual (rare too I guess) 16" TURK Crash/Ride. There are only three I think - so I bought one while I was in Cymbaland (you know where that is Steamer).
 

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What a way to join the Istanbul Agop pic party Kona,with style!. Another "field of dreams" from "Cymbaland" and yes I tried those odd ball Turk crashes and they were very nice indeed at one of my several visits to the what I fondly now call "the vault".
 
That's very interesting Bill a real cross mix top and bottom of a standard SE and SE TW ride but certainly a one of a kind indeed.

Nice to see everyones Agop pies so far. Thanks Bill for starting the fun and Karl,Drumms and Kona so far for joining in on the festivities.
 
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