Cymbal Makers

the_obsolete

An eternally raging question, I wanna see what people prefer here on the boards. Also if ya choose Other just specify the maker.
Personally I go for Sabian since they're a decent enough price and I love the tonality of some of their cymbals.

Dr. Loon

Sabian. Although i'm currrently using Zildjian. I find Sabian somewhat brighter overall.

Sauron

Sabian for me as well..... I find them a lot more innovative...

superconor

Zildjian for me.......i dont know why, just played them when i was learning and they stuck on me. I have played other cymbals and i just keep coming back to the Zildjians.

Wouldnt say no to Sabian AA Metal-X's though....:p

Baggio

For me it's Zildjian's for me there just so natural sounding..especially the K's,,,I like meinl's too...and some of the dark turkish types like istanbul etc, look interesting, Never liked the logo's on Sabians..yeah I know..daft reason not to like them initially,,but it always made them look cheap to me,,,which obviously their not,,,the Paragons look super tho,,,mind you why wouldn't they ,,when Neil Peart designed them etc...

Wuhans for china's too...best most natural around,,,

ciao' amigo's...Baggio..............

the_obsolete

Ah no should hear my Paiste Signature 20" Thin Heavy China...soooooo tasty it just ain't funny!

My name is Mud

i tend to go for the mixed bag, but Zildjians have the edge for me. A customs... awwwww yeah

asphalt-cushion

I bought the most disgusting paiste crash/ride, now im going to stick with sabian.

the_obsolete

What series was it?

asphalt-cushion

302 series. 5o euro.

the_obsolete

Ah well now that explains it, good luck to ya finding anything nice in the 302 series. For good crash rides especially ya need ta fork out the big moola to get an anyway decent sounding one!

Mr. CooL ICE

Well, being the experienced drummer I am, I personally tend to go for Sabian, simply because of their brightness (or lack of), it just works for me.

Niah!

Bonzo

Paiste 2oo2's all the way

Heathen

Zildjian for me :)

but i do prefere Sabian hi hats....

the_obsolete

You filthy liar Mr. Chessington- go and use those fingers for something productive!

Mr. CooL ICE

Doesnt matter what I do with my fingers... i always seem to get a beautiful sound!

Shred

Paiste all the way

Zildjian/Sabian just don't have the brightness/sustain that I like, although I'd probably pick Sabian over Zildjian at push.

Never tried Meinl but find them to be similar to Sabian. Istanbul's are just cack:)

Alkali

I prefer Istanbul cymbals..

Cousin it

Bosphorus would kill all your cymbals in a fight.

All hand made, sexy sounding cymbals.

A good resource for istanbul, bosphorus and agop is www.cymbalsonly.com, full of sound clips so you know what you're getting.

Right now i'm savin up for a trad 16" med-thin crash, one word.... SPOOGE :eek:

Steoob

im not a drummer but the paiste rudes are FU(KING LOUD... my drummer uses them... he has a zildijan zbt crash aswell and if he hits the rude crash and hits the zbt 5 seconds later the you cant hear the zbt under the rude... fu(king unbelievable cymbals

Eoin Madsen

I play Sabian AAXs but I'd really like a set of Hand Hammered, (but particularly the the hi-hats). I've always played Sabian so I guess I'm just used to them.

Mick Shrimpton

My name is Mud wrote:

i tend to go for the mixed bag, but Zildjians have the edge for me. A customs... awwwww yeah

Couldn't agree more.The A customs are the perfect cymbals in my opinion.I currently play Hand-hammered Sabians but I can't wait to get over to that greener grass...

C'mon Endorsement...Here Boy,Here Boy....

Alkali

Cousin it wrote:

Bosphorus would kill all your cymbals in a fight.

All hand made, sexy sounding cymbals.

A good resource for istanbul, bosphorus and agop is www.cymbalsonly.com, full of sound clips so you know what you're getting.

Right now i'm savin up for a trad 16" med-thin crash, one word.... SPOOGE :eek:

Yeah its a great site, I cant stay of it, there's so many cymbals.. ,I have been looking at the Vezir series cymbals for ages now, im thinking of going for them.

godley

just got me some meinl mb20 hats,gotta say i love em!

moonboy

istanbul.

eoin5

Dammit, I voted accidentally on the wrong one. Anyways I'm lovin my meinl MCS pack, cast bronze is where I'm at for the moment . When I've got loads of cash I think I'll get some high end sabien hats, crashes and ride and make the rest up with plenty of meinl effect cymbals, those 14" filter chinas are class.

Steoob

4 years.... i cant believe the time machine worked.... moon pie... what an age to live in

BobTheBeat

Use a mix myself of Sabian and Zildjian, with the balance of power on the zildjian side (mostly a customs and k's).

Although I have always had a liking for the Paiste signature series, but could never justify the price.

Eoin Madsen

Man, I never got those hand hammered hi-hats in the end. As soon as I get rich and famous I'm going to buy a thousand sets, to make up for the unrealised dreams of my youth.

And crashrides! Whatever happened to those? :pac: So 2004.