Hi guys,
I've been searching around the forums for a little while to try and ascertain the age of a pair of 13" New Beat hats I picked up recently. The guy I bought them off said that he bought them in the mid 90's, I presumed new, but after doing a little research I'm not so sure.
They have no serial no's, and they have no evidence of an inked Zildjian logo, only the words TOP HI HAT NEW BEAT, and BOTTOM HI HAT NEW BEAT.
The stamp has the 3 dots, and the words Zildjian Co are slightly larger than the rest of the lettering, with the o in Co being smaller and underlined.
Also they feel light, which was the first thing I noticed that made me think that they weren't a recent version. I know they're only 13's but the weights are 720g and 980g.
I've included a couple of pics, and I apologise in advance for the poor quality.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I've been searching around the forums for a little while to try and ascertain the age of a pair of 13" New Beat hats I picked up recently. The guy I bought them off said that he bought them in the mid 90's, I presumed new, but after doing a little research I'm not so sure.
They have no serial no's, and they have no evidence of an inked Zildjian logo, only the words TOP HI HAT NEW BEAT, and BOTTOM HI HAT NEW BEAT.
The stamp has the 3 dots, and the words Zildjian Co are slightly larger than the rest of the lettering, with the o in Co being smaller and underlined.
Also they feel light, which was the first thing I noticed that made me think that they weren't a recent version. I know they're only 13's but the weights are 720g and 980g.
I've included a couple of pics, and I apologise in advance for the poor quality.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.