Sabian Signature Richie Garcia 14" x 10" Cascara Bell

Group: Other
Type: Cascara Bell
Size: 14 Inch by 10 Inch
Series: Signature
Weight: ?g
Years of production: 1999¹ - ?
Sound file: unknown
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Review: "Richie Garcia is well known as a performer and innovator. His background as a drummer and percussionist with a variety of artists gives him the flexibility to live in both worlds. The benefit for us is in his ability to bring that experience to life in the form of new and interesting instruments.

The Cascara (TheShell) is a solid bronze plate, curved like a timbale shell, and made so that you can mount it on the rim of a floor tom or timbale. It sounds like a cross between a metal plate and a cow-bell, with much more ring than a metal drum or timbale shell. You have control of the ring, depending on what part of a drumstick you use. The tip gives you more delicate sounds, while striking with the shoulder or the butt produces louder sounds with more complex overtones. The density and weight of the bronze gives it excellent stick response.

Playing Latin rhythms on the Cascara is intriguing, because you have a broader and fuller range of sounds available than you would get from a cowbell. It would work as well at playing clave as it would at punching in accents. The sound is singular and rich."

Review written by Chap Ostrander ("Sabian V-FX And Richie "Gajate" Garcia Specialty Cymbals", Modern Drummer, December 1999, p. 48)

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Source:
¹ Sabian Catalog 1999