K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Heavy Ride
Size: 22 Inch
Series: K Zildjian
Weight: 3240g (EAK), 3268g (IAK), 3312g (EAK), 3336g (1997 Serial Number), 3351g (IAK), 3410g (IAK), 3454g, 3461g, 3462g, 3494g, 3497g, 3637g (2006 Serial Number), 3686g, 3726g (2001 Serial Number), 3740g (1998 Serial Number)
Median Weight: 3461g (n=15)
Years of production: 1982 - 2006
Sound file: K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
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Review: (NOTE: This review takes place after the entire series was re-designed in 2001)

"The 22" heavy ride, on the other hand, offered a very dry, appealing ping sound. But man, the overtones built fast, whether I was riding heavy or light on it. Maybe I’m just used to my twenty-seven-year-old A Zildjian ride that’s held in check by all the green stuff growing on it."

Review written by Robin Tolleson ("New K Zildjian Cymbals - Myth Meets Reality...Almost", Modern Drummer, March 2002, p. 37)

Review: "I was able to test both a 20" and a 22" heavy ride and both had a lot of 'ping', no blur at high speed and a shallow profile. The larger one had a little more gong to it and a lower pitch. Neither of these would work as a 'Crash' cymbal. There was also an 18" 'Heavy ride' which seemed to me to be much thinner, with a delicate sound, rounder and with less 'ping'."

Review written by Bob Henrit ("K Zildjian Cymbals - Cymbalcheck", International Musician & Recording World, February 1985)

Artist/song where it can be heard: Clem Burke, Terri Lyne Carrington, Vinnie Colauita, Tré Cool, Tommy Lee, Steve Smith, Steve White