Your favourite hi hats, chinas, crashes, rides and splashes

charliejuson

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tell me what your favourite hi hats, china's, crashes, rides and splashes are.

i want to get some new ones and just want to hear your opinions, i mainly play rock and pop.
 
Hats: Zildjian K Custom 14" High-Definition Hi-hats
Ride: Sabian HH 20" Leopard Ride
China: Sabian HH 20" Thin Chinese
Splash: Sabian AA 10" China Splash
Crash: Meinl Byzance Traditional Medium-Thin 18" Crash

All of these would be good for both rock and pop, I suppose.
 
I have expensive tastes.

Hats: 15" Paiste 602 Sound Edge, 14" UFIP Natural Light Hats, 14" UFIP Extatic Hats, 14" K Custom Dark Hats
Splashes: 10" UFIP Class Light, 10" UFIP Natural, 12" UFIP Rough
Crashes: Paiste Giant Beat (18/20 Multi), Paiste 602 (16/18/20/22), UFIP Natural (15/18/19), UFIP Experience Bell Crash (17/19/20), UFIP Rough 18
Ride: Paiste Giant Beat 24, Paiste 602 20/24, UFIP 21 Natural Light and Medium Rides, UFIP 21 Rough Heavy Ride, 22" K Custom Dark Ride

If I had to pick my absolute favorites, the 602 Sound Edge hats with all the UFIP Natural cymbals in the other slots.
 
Hey, another ufip guy.

Hats: ufip supernova, ufip class, zildjian k custom hybrid, meinl sand hats, paiste 2002, sabian hhx evolution

Crashes: zildjian k custom hybrid, ufip experience bell crash, ufip class crash

Rides: zildjian k constantinople, paiste giant beat

splashes: heavy ufips
 
Hats: 14" Zildjian Quick Beats

Ride: 20" Zildjian A Custom flat ride / Sabian HH RBDR

China: 18" Zildjian A Custom China

Splash: 10" Zildjian K Splash

Crash: 16" Zildjian A Custom Rezo
 
Hats: 12 inch special recording hats

Ride:20" A Custom Sizzle Ride with 6 Rivets/18" A Zildjian Crash Ride

Splash: 10" A Custom Splash

Crash: 17" A Custom Medium Crash
 
Hats: 13" K/Zs, 14" HH Evolutions, 14" A Zildjian New Beats circa 1983.
Ride: 20" K Custom circa 1990, Sabian AA RBDR
Crash: 18" HH Evolution, 18" A Custom
China: 20" LP Rancan
Splash: 6" A Zildjian
 
... i mainly play rock and pop.

Get yourself a boxed set of Zildjian A's, and you're good to go. Hundreds or thousands of other choices will all work fine too. You didn't give much info to go on.

For me - current favorites:

Hats - older 14" New Beats
Rides - 21" Sweet Ride, older 20" K
Crash - 18" K Dark Thin

No Chinas
No Splashes (that I use).
Non-favorites that I have - too many to list
 
Personally, I'm in love with the cymbal setup I'm using at the moment, but like tattoos, cymbals are addictive, so I'm always looking for something new and exciting, but what I have at the moment isn't too shabby...

13" Bosphorus Traditional High Hats (820g top 970g bottom)
18" Sabian HHX X-plosion Crash
19" Sabian 'Chad Smith' Limited Edition AA Holy China
20" Bosphorus Turk Series Ride (2026g, paper thin)
21" Sabian Salsero Signature Ride (3132g)
 
All Zildjian:

Hats - 13" K Custom Dark Top / 13" Z Dyno Beat bottom, 14" K/Z's, 14" New Beats.

China: 20" A Swish

Crash: 17" A Medium Thin Crash, 18" Medium Crash

Rides: K Custom Dark Ride, 20" K Custom Flat

Splash: 9" K Custom Hybrid Splash, 8" A Splash, 6" A custom splash
 
Zildjian New Beat Hi-Hats - My go-to hats. Never let me down in any number of musical settings.



Peace,

MT
 
Hats: Zildjian K Custom 14" High-Definition Hi-hats
Ride: Sabian HH 20" Leopard Ride
China: Sabian HH 20" Thin Chinese
Splash: Sabian AA 10" China Splash
Crash: Meinl Byzance Traditional Medium-Thin 18" Crash

All of these would be good for both rock and pop, I suppose.
Ah yes... Another Leopard Ride fan!

I'm a Sabian guy and I really like the following:
Crash: HHX Evolution 16" and 18"
Hats: HHX Evolution 14"
Ride: (as stated) 20" HH Leopard

I also really like my 18" HHX Ozone crash, 10" HHX Evo splash.

I just ordered an 18" AAX Aero Crash, and I'll post up my opinion on that when I get it.
 
Hats: Sabian 14" AAX X-Celerators
Crash: Sabian 19" AAX Metal crash
Ride: Zildjian 21 A Mega Bell ride
China: Sabian 19" AAX X-Treme china
Splash: Stagg 8" SH Medium splash
 
All cymbals below are Istanbul Agop except where noted:

Hats: 15" 30th Anniversary/16" Turks/14" Lenny White Epochs
Crash: Signature 18"/Cindy Blackman OM 18"/Sabian HHX 17" Legacy
China: 16" Agop Signature/Wuhan 19.5"/Wuhan 21.5"
Ride: 23" Matt Chamberlain Signature or 21" Mel Lewis
Splash: 6" Traditional/10" Traditional
Special Effects Crash: Bosphorus Turk 18" 18-Hole/Bosphorus Turk 17" 6-Hole
 
Bosphorus:
14" Hammer series hi-hats
18" Antique series thin crash
20" Hammer series ride (very crashable as well)
22" Hammer series ride

Paiste:
14" Formula 602 Sound Edge hi-hats
18" Formula 602 thin crash

My particular favorites from all of the above are the 18" Antique crash, the 20" Hammer ride and the 14" 602 hi-hats - as individual cymbals they all have qualities that are near the perfect mark for me.
 
Hi Hats
15" Paiste 602 Soundedge Bottom/Avedis Zildjian Rock Top (70's)
13" K/Zs (80s)
14" Meinl Amun Soundwaves

Rides
20 K Custom (80s)
22 Paiste 2002 Heavy Ride
20 Meinl Byzance Dry Ride

Crashes
19" K Dark Thin Crash
21" K Crash Ride
18"/20" Paiste Giant Beats

Splash
Avedis Zildjian 10" Brilliant
Ufip splashes are amazing

China
Paiste Rude 20"
Wuhan 23"
 
Hats:
14 hhx evolution hats/ 14 bosphorus traditional crisp hats

Ride:
22 Bosphorus traditional thin ride

Crash:
20 Paiste 2002 thin crash

Chinese/effects:
19 Paragon chinese
22 Meinl byzance jazz extra thin ride

Splash:
6 Sabian b8 pro splash
8 Zildjian a custom splash
 
All Sabian:

14" XS20 Medium Hats
17" AA Thin Crash (best crash I have ever heard)
18" AA El Sabor (crash, ride, great bell)
21" AA Bash Ride (love the tone)

Peace and goodwill.
 
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