What is your cymbal Setup?

Well since it is constantly changing here is the current.

14 new beats, 18 inch Masterworks Thalles Series crash with rivets, 17 inch A med Crash, 16 inch Sabian AA Studio Crash with chain, 16inch A med crash, 21 inch Sabian Raw bell Dry ride.
 

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The current cymbal setup of mine looks like this (almost all Zildjian):

14'' Istanbul Agop Hi-Hat Bottom
15'' A Custom Crash
18'' K Constantinople Crash
18'' A Custom Crash, cracked
18'' Oriental China "Trash", cracked
20'' K Custom Dark Ride

I use the 14'' Istanbul and the 15'' A Custom as a hi-hat.
 
14" Zildjian New Beats
23" Meinl Byzance Tradional Heavy Ride
18" Sabian AA Metal X Crash
19"Sabian AAX Xplosion Crash
20" Sabian AAX Xplosion Crash
20" Zildjian Z Custom Medium Crash ( it isn't the manhole cover you would expect)
19" Sabian Paragon China

I broke the Z Custom and replaced it with a 21" Sabian Bash Ride.Everything else is still the same.
 
I have two setups, one recently acquired as sort of an experiment, stepping foot outside the comfortable waters of Zildjian.

For jazz:

14 K Custom Dark Hats
14 K Custom Dark Crash
17 K Dark Medium Thin Crash
18 K Custom Dark Crash
22 K Custom Dark Ride

For Rock and All around use:

14 Zildjian Armand Hats
10 Zildjian Armand Splash
14 K Custom Dark Crash
16 Zildjian Armand Thin Crash
18 Paiste Giant Beat Multi
19 K Dark Medium Thin Crash
20 Paiste Giant Beat Multi
20 K Heavy Ride
24 Paiste Giant Beat Ride

I basically mix and match cymbals as I feel like it, I don't follow a strict set up. I also haven't really gotten into effects cymbals like china's. I might get one, but I generally use the basic cymbal categories most.
 
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My dream cymbal set up is this. I am thinking about starting to buy all these cymbals one by one in good time. I already have the ride cymbal.

14" A Series Mastersound Hi Hats
19" A Custom Crash
18" A Armand Medium Thin Crash
19" A Custom Projection Crash
21" Z Custom Mega Bell Ride
14" A Custom Rezo Hi Hats
20" A Custom Crash
 

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wow eveyone has some expensive cymbals!
i got 14 inch sabian b8 hats
16 inch b8 crash
18 inch b8 crash
20 inch b8 ride
Im hoping to get maybe a paiste 5 splash and hopefully upgrade to sabian xs20s

Not everyone. I have discovered I don't care for the sound from my cymbals(13" zildjian zbt hi-hats, 14" zbt crash, 18" zbt crash ride). hubby thinks I need more cymbals but not sure what. I think I like the sound of the Sabians, Meinl and Bosphorus. But before I really start figuring that out, I have a second drum set that I am drooling over.
 
My current setup consists of all Sabian though thinking about adding a 18" Paiste 2002 crash.

HHX Evolution 16" crash
HHX Evolution 18" crash
Paragon 16" crash
HHX 20" Zen china
HH rbdr 21" ride
HHX Vault custom shop 10" splash
AAX 14" stage hats
 
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Here is my most recent set-up. I play mostly metal and heavy sort of stuff.

Sabian:
HHX Evolution Hats 14"
HHX X-celerator Hats 13" (auxillary)
HHX X-plosion Crash 18"
AAX Stage Crash 18"
Vault V-Crash 19"
HH Power Bell Ride 22"
HHX Evolution Splash 10"
HHX Evolution Splash 7"
AAX X-treme China 17"
AAX X-treme China 19"
Vault Holy China 21"

Zildjian Zil-bel 9.5"
Stagg DH China 14"

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22" K Constantinople Medium Ride
17" A Custom Crash
15" A. Cie Crash
12" A Splash
14" K Mastersound Hats
 
Paiste
Signature 15" Heavy Hi Hat Bottom (1451g) over a 15" Sound Edge Bottom Hi Hat (1319g)
Signature 10" Splash (266g)
Formula 602 16" Thin Crash (969g)
Signature 17" Fast Crash (1098g)
2002 18" Thin Crash (1311g)
Formula 602 18" Thin Crash (1349g)
Twenty Series 18" Thin China (1051g)
Signature 20" Dry Ride (2520g)
 

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Since it just changed...L to R

14 inch New Beats, 18 inch Zildjian A Medium thin crash, 16 inch Sabian Studio Crash, 17 inch Zildjian A Medium crash, 16 inch Zildjian A Medium crash, 21 inch Sabian AA Raw Bell Dy Ride
 

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I'll be trying out a couple new setups.

Paiste 602
15 Sound Edge Hats
16 thin crash
18 thin crash
20 thin crash
20 medium ride
22 thin crash

UFIP Jazzy
10 Class splash
10 Natural splash
14 Extatic hats
17 Natural crash
18 Natural crash
19 Natural crash
21 Natural medium ride

UFIP Rock
10 Class splash
12 Rough splash
14 Extatic hats
17 Experience bell crash
18 Rough Crash
19 Experience bell crash
20 Experience bell crash
21 Rough heavy ride
 
Sold/Selling my Zildjians to pay for these

15" Dream Bliss hi-hats
20" Dream Vintage Bliss Ride
22" Dream Bliss Crash/Ride
22" Dream Dark Matter Ride

They're thin, dark, and musical (costing less than K Constantinoples, Crescent, or Istanbul cymbals was a nice bonus too).

http://youtu.be/C4hEaLyEGK8
 
Meinl MCS Medium 14" hi-hat
Meinl MCS Medium 16" crash
Meinl MCS Medium 18" crash
Meinl MCS Medium 20" ride

Paiste PST5 8" splash
Paiste PST5 10" splash
Paiste Alpha Metal 12" splash
Paiste PST5 14" mini china
Paiste PST5 16" china
Paiste PST5 18" china

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Sorry for the crappy iPhone picture.

As of now I have:(I am constantly changing things up.)

Zildjian 14 A Series Mastersound Hi Hats (Brilliant Finish)
Zildjian 18 A Custom Projection Crash
Zildjian 15 K Dark Thin Crash
Zildjian 20 A Custom Crash
Wuhan 12 Mini China
Zildjian 21 Z Custom Mega Bell Ride

Not In Use:
Zildjian 15 A Custom Mastersound Hi Hats (I plan to eventually buy a Remote hi hat stand for these.)
 
Zildjian 14 ZBT HiHats
Zildjian 8 A Splash
Zildjian 18 ZBT Crash
Zildjian 15 ZHT Fast Crash
Zildjian 20 ZBT Ride (with sizzlers)
Wuhan 12 China

(sorry for the low quality picture)
 

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My acoustic kit:

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From left to right we have:

Cymbals:
16" Medium A. Zildjian "Brilliant" crash
17" Medium A. Zildjian "Brilliant" crash
8" Paiste Signature splash
12" Wuhan China
10" A. Zildjian splash
12" A. Zildjian splash
10" Sabian Mike Portnoy signature mid-stacks
14" A. Zildjian "Brilliant" hi-hats
18" Medium-Thin A. Zildjian "Brilliant" crash
22" A. Zildjian "Brilliant" Ping ride
20" Z. Custom Zildjian china
12/14" Sabian Mike Portnoy signature low-stacks

And my electric kit:

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From left to right we have:

Cymbals:
10" Kit Toys mini-china
10" Madkatz splash
Roland VH-13-MG hi-hats
Yamaha PCY-135 crash
Roland CY-14-MG crash
(2) 10" Madkatz splashes
Roland CY-14-MG crash
Roland CY-15R-MG ride
Yamaha PCY-135 crash
Kit Toys 14" china
 
Set-up 1, All Bosphorus S. Moore
14 hats, high 20 trash crash, either 16 or 18 crash, 20 pang, 22 ride, low 20 trash crash, all bought off the bay - bargain.

Set-up 2, 13 A Master sounds, 17 A custom projection, 18 A custom projection, 20 oriental china trash and either 21 Johan modified UFIP Bionic ride (for rock) or 21 Zildj. Special dry ride (breakbeat/alternative), 9 zil bell.
 
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Zildjian A customs
Sabian XS20 splash (left) and Wuhan splash (right) both in brilliant finish
also gonna be purchasing some cheap small chinese cymbals (probably wuhans). 12/14 sizes

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