Meinl Byzance Jazz 20" Club Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Club Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: Byzance Jazz
Weight: 2146g (2007 Serial Number), 2193g, 2215g, 2217g, 2226g, 2485g, 2542g
Median Weight: 2217g (n=7)
Years of production: 2007 - Present
Sound file: Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Byzance 20" Club Ride
Meinl's Description: <<< - >>>
Review: "The 20" Club ride is also flat and fairly heavy. But it has the same large, deep hammer marks as the darker-sounding rides, and it’s also fitted with four rivets. It produces more pronounced differences in sound and response between the center (higher-pitched) and the edge (low, with the hiss of the rivets). So it doesn’t create a lot more sound than the regular flat ride does, but it definitely has more character."

Review written by Rick Van Horn ("Meinl Byzance Jazz Cymbals - A Bit Of Darkness In An Otherwise Bright World", Modern Drummer, July 2007, p. 33)

Review: "German jazzer Wolfgang Haffner has his signature on 20" and 22" Byzance Jazz Club rides. Flat rides with deep hammering and four rivets, they've been designed with lower dynamics in mind. Supremely responsive, they capture every stroke faultlessly.

There's an inbuilt smoothness to them however hard or fast you play. The wash never rises above the gentle sizzle generated by the rivets, enabling the warm, woody stick sound to shine."

Review written by Adam Jones ("Meinl Signature Rides review", musicradar.com, August 24, 2009)

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