MikeM
Platinum Member
Yay! Sort of...
I'd been getting overwhelmed by the choices on eBay and Craigslist and lost sight of what I was looking for in a ride so I went out to a couple music stores to reacquaint myself with the possibilities.
One store had a Sweet Ride, Rezo Ride, 21" K Hybrid, and a 22" A Medium Ride. The Hybrid was the one I was most interested in hearing and also happened to be on clearance.
I ended up with the 22" A Medium Ride (for $30 more than the Hybrid), but before you start yawning, let me just say that this particular cymbal is unlike any other like it that I've ever heard. It is thin and has that thin cymbal roar. It's almost like a 22" Sweet Ride with a high profile as it's very crashable and not as pingy as you'd expect from one of these. Although I've never heard a Sweet Ride as pingy as this, that isn't saying much. Playing a ride pattern on its bow sounds more like a gentle rain than it does a hail of bullets.
Anyway, it's the diminished ping that's making me unsure. I took it to band practice last night and it played really well, but ideally, it could have had just a touch more ping and it would be perfect. Knowing that perfect isn't possible without a trip to the factory with band in tow, I'll probably keep it (but I'll probably also keep my 21" AAX Stage Ride, which I wasn't planning on doing).
But even if I don't keep it, it's still curious that Zildjian, given all their variation, would put out a Medium Ride as light as this. I could be a new trend for them considering how well Sweet Rides have been selling and how they've taken a beating from vintage purists complaining that all the new Zildjians are too thick.
Or it could be that Zildjian has just widened the parameters of what is acceptable for that model.
I'd been getting overwhelmed by the choices on eBay and Craigslist and lost sight of what I was looking for in a ride so I went out to a couple music stores to reacquaint myself with the possibilities.
One store had a Sweet Ride, Rezo Ride, 21" K Hybrid, and a 22" A Medium Ride. The Hybrid was the one I was most interested in hearing and also happened to be on clearance.
I ended up with the 22" A Medium Ride (for $30 more than the Hybrid), but before you start yawning, let me just say that this particular cymbal is unlike any other like it that I've ever heard. It is thin and has that thin cymbal roar. It's almost like a 22" Sweet Ride with a high profile as it's very crashable and not as pingy as you'd expect from one of these. Although I've never heard a Sweet Ride as pingy as this, that isn't saying much. Playing a ride pattern on its bow sounds more like a gentle rain than it does a hail of bullets.
Anyway, it's the diminished ping that's making me unsure. I took it to band practice last night and it played really well, but ideally, it could have had just a touch more ping and it would be perfect. Knowing that perfect isn't possible without a trip to the factory with band in tow, I'll probably keep it (but I'll probably also keep my 21" AAX Stage Ride, which I wasn't planning on doing).
But even if I don't keep it, it's still curious that Zildjian, given all their variation, would put out a Medium Ride as light as this. I could be a new trend for them considering how well Sweet Rides have been selling and how they've taken a beating from vintage purists complaining that all the new Zildjians are too thick.
Or it could be that Zildjian has just widened the parameters of what is acceptable for that model.