What is your cymbal Setup?

Z-Custom, Z-Custom Master Sound, A Custom Master Sound

14" Z Custom Master Sound
17" Rock
19" Rock
17" Med Rock
20" Ride
13" A Custom Master Sound
 

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My regular (quiet) setup:

Zildjian A Custom 10" splash (mounted to my hihat stand)
Zildjian 14" New Beat hats
Zildjian A Custom 16" crash
Zildjian A Custom 17" fast crash
Zildjian K Custom 18" flat top ride
Sabian HH Orchestral Suspended 16"

My louder/jazz setup:

Same splash/hats combination
Zildjian Avedis 17" crash (old cymbal w no graphics)
Zildjian Avedis 18" medium thin crash
Zildjian Avedis 20" medium ride
Sabian AAX 18" Chinese

I've also got a bunch of those 12" china cymbals that I only use when I need them and a Wuhan 12" splash that doesn't mesh well with the rest of the cymbals, as well as several "trash" cymbals...

I like to mount 2 cymbals on every stand so I only have to bring three stands to a gig. Splash goes to the left of the hihat stand. Middle stand has two booms aiming in opposite directions to give me 2 main crashes. Ride sits on a straight stand to the right of the kick, then there's a clamp from underneath for whichever Sabian I'm using that night.
 
My setup

14" Zildjian Avedis New Beat HiHat
16" Zildjian Avedis Medium Thin Crash
10" Zildjian Avedis Splash
20" Zildjian Avedis Medium Ride
18" Zildjian Z Custom Rock Crash <---- Awesome
16" Meinl Generation-X China <---- Awesome
 
currently from left to right:

ALL PAISTE
14" Alpha Sound Edge Hi Hats
18" Rude Crash
16" Rude Crash
16" Sound Formula Power Crash
18" 2002 Medium Crash
20" Rude 1000 Crash
22" 2002 Ride
18" Signature Power Crash
20" 3000 China
 
Bosphorus 15" Masters Turk (971g/1143g)
Bosphorus 19" Antique (1604g)
Bosphorus 20" Turk (2052g)
Bosphorus 21" Antique flat(2402g)

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pre-band, my ideal set up: 24in Paiste Giant Beat Ride, 15in Paiste 2oo2 Sound Edge hi hats 16in Sabian Paragon Crash, 18in Sabian Xs20 Crash, sometimes 16in Wuhan china

post-band:24in Paiste Giant Beat Ride (now used as crash/ride, mostly crash now) 22in Sabian Ride (main ride now), 15in Paiste 2oo2 hi hates, 16in Sabian Crash, 18in Xs20 Crash, 16in China and the terrible cymbals: 15in, 17in Sabian B8 thin crashes, 20in Sabian B8 ride (crash)

We're doing The Who covers right now so the keyboard/singer dude wanted me to have more crash cymbals and a more pronounced ride. I think it's working out.
 
I have:

Paiste Alpha 14" medium hats
Paiste Alpha 14" medium crash
Paiste Alpha 16" medium crash
Paiste Alpha 20" full ride

When I have money, I want to buy:
Paiste Alpha 8" splash
Paiste Alpha 16" china
Paiste Alpha 17 or 18" crash.

When I have that, I'm going to think further in the future, maybe a 10" snare or something.
 
Paiste 2002 15" Sound Edge hi-hats
Paiste 2002 18" Power Crash
Paiste 2002 17" Crash
Paiste 2002 22" Ride
 
14" New Signature Dark Energy Mark 1 Hats.
16" Signature fast crash
17" Signature fast crash
18" Zildjian K-Jazz ride

Want to add:
16" Signature full crash
18" Signature full crash
22" Signature mellow ride
8" Signature splash.
 
18" AA Sound Control Crash
16" AA Thin Crash
10" AAX Splash
13" Paragon Hi-Hats
21" HH Raw Bell Dry Ride
20" HH Duo Ride (jazzy crash/left ride)
 
Hats:
14" Zildjian K/Z Hi hats
14" K Custom Session hats
14" K Hi hats
14" A Quick Beats
14" A Custom Hi hats
14" A/Z Hi hats
12" / 14" Oriental Trash hats
14" A Master Sound Bottom

Crashes:
6" A Custom Splash
6" A Splash
8" A Zildjian Splash
10" Armand Splash
17" A Zildjian Medium Thin Crash
18" A. Zildjian Medium Crash
20" A Zildjian Swish

Rides:
20" A Zildjian Ping Ride
20" K Pre-Aged Dry Light Ride
20" K Custom
20" K Custom Flat Ride
20" A Custom Flat Ride
 
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14” Zildjian A Custom Mastersound Hi-Hats
6" Zildjian A Custom Splash
8" Zildjian A Custom Splash
10" Zildjian A Custom Splash
12” Wuhan China
14” Zildjian ZBT Crash
16” Zildjian K Custom Hybrid Crash
17" Zildjian A Zildjian Fast Crash
18” Zildjian ZXT Rock Crash
18” Paiste 2002 Nova China
21” Zildjian A Series Brilliant Sweet Ride
 
My new rawk setup, living in a forest now:

14" HHX Groove Hats
13" HH Fusion Hats
21" HH Raw Bell Dry Ride
10" HH Duo Splash
10" HHX Splash
12" HHX Splash
18" HHX Studio Crash
18" HHX X-Plosion Crash
18" HHX Evolution Crash
16" HHXtreme Crash
16" HHX Ozone Crash
18" HHX Chinese
19" AAXtreme Chinese

My Jazz set-up right now:

14" Grooves
20" HH Duo Ride
21" HHX Groove Ride
18" Legacy Crash

I'm in the market for a new main jazz ride (I have a thread going about it). So far thinking Legacy Heavy or Fierce, and I've also got a 20" HH Flat ride with 3 rivets on special order with Sabian (I love this company).
 
In use on my kit:

14" Zildjian A Custom HiHat
10" Zildjian A Custom Splash
16" Zildjian A Custom Crash
18" Zildjian A Custom Medium Crash
20" Zildjian A Custom Ride
18" Wuhan Lion China

Not in use:
14" Zildjian A Custom Fast Crash
16" Zildjian ZXT Titanium Crash (cracked now, and didn't sound good to begin with either)

Yeah, I like Zildjians ;-)
 
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Cymbals: Zildjian A Series, K Series and K Custom Series

1. 14" Z Trashformer
2. 14" K Custom Fast Crash
3. 12" A Series Splash
4. 8" A Series Thin Splash
5. 16" A Series Thin Crash
6. 14" Hi-Hats - A Series Mastersound Top & Bottom
7. 18" A Series Fast Crash
8. 10" K Series Splash
9. 18" K Custom Fast Crash
10. 22" K Custom High Definition Ride
11. 20" A Series Ping Ride
12. 16" A Series Medium Thin Crash
13. 18" K Custom Session Crash
14. 10" ZHT Mini Hats
15. 18" A Series China High


Picture of this cymbal array is located at the link in my signature below.
 
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In no particular order:

MASTERWORK

14 Jazz Master Hats
16 Jazz Master Crash
17 Jazz Master Crash
22 Jazz Master Ride

SABIAN

14 HHX Stage Hats
16 HHX Studio Crash
18 AAX Ozone Crash
18 Xs20 Crash
18 AA el Sabor Crash
20 HHX Ride
21 AA Rock Ride
18 HHX China
10 AA Splash
10 Paragon Splash

PAISTE

13 Twenty Hats
16 Twenty Thin Crash
18 Twenty Thin Crash
18 Twenty Crash
20 Twenty Ride
18 Twenty Thin China
10 Twenty Splash
 
i've recently gone all Bophorus & I'm loving them!

New Orleans Series (highly recommended):

14" Hats
19" Crash/Ride
20" Ride
20" Turk Masters Ride (Prototype I bought from Steve Maxwell's in Chicago)

I also have a UFIP 20" flat ride with is marvellous. and when I want a more vintage vibe I have a set of 60's Avedis Zildjians:

15" hats
18" mini cup crash/ride
22" ride
18" swish with rivets
 
17" Sabian AA Fast Crash

14" Zildjian ZHT Rock Hi-Hats

20" Zildjian ZHT Rock Ride

16" Zildjian ZHT China (cracked -.- )

I'm hoping to soon replace the sheet bronze Zildjians with some cast bronze Sabians, I'm thinking about getting 14" AA Medium Hi-Hats, 20" AA Medium Ride, and an 18" AA Chinese. I also want to add another cymbal stand and a stacker, and then get a 16" AA Medium Crash and a 10" AA Splash. Now I just need money... -.-
 
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
 
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