What is your cymbal Setup?

Mine has changed yet again:

All Sabian
21" AAX Raw Bell Dry Ride
17" AAX X-plosion Crash
16" AAX X-plosion Crash
14" XS20 Medium Hats
10" SR2 Splash

I also still have my trusty 18" AA El Sabor. Peace and goodwill.
 
Left to right:


16" or 18" Zildjian A-Custom Crash
13" K-Hihat
18" K-Custom Dark Crash
20" K-Ride
16" K-Custom Dark Crash
16" or 18" Zildjian Oriental China or Z-Custom China

HiHats are mostly:
Zildjian 12" Remix HiHat
Zildjian 13" A-Custom HiHat

Rides:
Zildjian Vintage 20" Avedis Ride
Zildjian 20" K Medium Dark Ride
Zildjian 20" Avedis Ride
 
This is the set up I have been using for the last year or so.
L-R
15" SE hats
20" 2002 CRASH
24" 2002 CRASH
22" 2002 CRASH







I also use a 28" Wuhan Wind Gong.

I use just the hats and the 20 & 24" cymbals a lot. I get a great amount of sounds and dynamics out of these, so having "more" isn't really necessary for me. It's a lot of fun, playing with just a few pieces too. More than I would have ever thought 5 years ago.
 
Right now:

16" socks (Sabian Pro Series crash bottom / Sabian B8 Pro crash top)
20" crash (actually a 20" B8 Pro ride, used more often as a main crash)
22" ride (Zildjian ZHT ride, also crashed on a few occasions)
 
Im a K whore.

15" light hats
8" splash
10" splash
19" dark thin crash
22" light ride
17" dark thin crash
18" EFX
10" splash

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22" Paiste 2002 Heavy Ride
20" Meinl Byzance Traditional Heavy Ride
18" Sabian HHX China
17" Zildjian A Custom Crash
16" Zildjian A Custom Crash
14" Sabian AAX Mini Chinese
13.25" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Hats
 
My most recent live cymbal selection was:

14" A Zildjian New Beat Hi-hats (Platinum)
17" K China (Brilliant)
17" A Zildjian Thin Crash (Brilliant)
12" Zildjian EFX #1
20" A Zildjian Ping Ride (Platinum)
16" A Zildjian Paper Thin Crash (Platinum)
13" K Custom Hi-hats
18" A Zildjian Thin Crash (Platinum)
 

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My current gig set-up from L-R:
14" Paiste Alpha Sound Edge Hats
16" Paiste Alpha Rock Crash
20" Paiste Alpha Rock Ride
16" Meinl Custom Classics Trash Crash

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I use Bosphorus New Orleans series.

The cymbals are perfect for use in many musical styes, I play mostly Funk, but I also love
Soul, Jazz, rock, Afro beat and Reggae.

14 or 16 Hi-hat 850/1080g and 1185/1394g
18 Crash 1392g
20 Ride with one rivet 1756g
21 Ride 2100g
22 Thrash Crash with two rivets 2031g

the 16 HH and the 22 Trash Crash is a custom order. The thrash Crash is based on the 20 Stanton Moore trash Crash but made in the New Orleans series wit the special lathing an a little bit drier than the SM.

For me this is a perfect set of cymbals and I vary the set up from using one hh and one cymbal to the full set up depending on the situation.
 
My Set up for Heavy Pop-Punk/Easycore L-R

14" XS Sabian Hats
16" A Custom Zildjian Projection Crash
10" Zildjian ZXT Splash
18" A Custom Medium Thin Crash
8" Meinl M-Series Traditional Bell
14" Zildjian K Mini China
18" Zildjian Oriental China

Goes pretty good :)

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I gave my 2002's a break for now. now I'm playing Meinl Byzance.
15" dark hi hats
20" traditional extra thin hammered crash
20" dark thin ride (limited edition cymbal, being used as a crash)
12" extra dry splash
22" dark thin ride (limited edition cymbal, being used as a crash)
22" vintage crash
18" extra dry thin crash (also used as a top for an 18" hi hat)
 
I gave my 2002's a break for now. now I'm playing Meinl Byzance.
15" dark hi hats
20" traditional extra thin hammered crash
20" dark thin ride (limited edition cymbal, being used as a crash)
12" extra dry splash
22" dark thin ride (limited edition cymbal, being used as a crash)
22" vintage crash
18" extra dry thin crash (also used as a top for an 18" hi hat)

Wow! I am extremely jealous!
 
As far as I know I have the only documented "Sweet" cymbal setup.
15" Sweet Hats
21" Sweet Ride
23" Sweet Ride

 
Downsized to just 4 now:

20" Meinl Byzance Traditional Heavy Ride
17" Zildjian K Custom Fast Crash
16" Sabian Artisan Crash
13.25" Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Hats

Might add a 17" Zildjian K china, but I need to try it out first to make sure it's not too brash and gongy.
 
Simple, but I'm happy with it. Sabian AA:

14" Medium Hats
16" Medium Thin Crash
18" Medium Thin Crash
21" Bash Ride
 

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14" dream energy hihats

16" alchemy pro medium crash

18" bosphorous gold fast crash

22" Turkish classic jazz ride
 
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14" Zildjian A Custom Hi Hats times TWO
16" Zildjian A Custom Medium Crash
17" Zildjian A Custom Crash
18" Zildjian A Custom Crash
18" Zildjian A Custom Medium Crash
18" Zildjian A Custom Fast Crash
20" Zildjian A Custom Medium Ride
18" Zildjian Oriental Trash China (Mike Mangini Signature)
14" Wuhan China
10" Wuhan Splash
8" Zildjian A Custom Splash
6" Zildjian Zil-Bel

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