Zildjian K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Flat Top Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: K Custom
Weight: 2098g, 2100g (2003 Serial Number), 2118g, 2145g, 2185g, 2216g (2020 Serial Number), 2222g, 2250g, 2253g, 2268g (5 rivets), 2284g (2004 Serial Number), 2286g, 2322g, 2390g (1998 Serial Number)
Median Weight : 2222g (n=13)
Years of production: 1997* - Present
Sound File: K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
K Custom 20" Flat Top Ride
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Review: "This is an ideal ride for those who like to hear a good "click" when the tip of the stick contacts the cymbal, and who also enjoy being able to really lay into a ride cymbal without overpowering an acoustic trio. The K Custom Flat Top ride is somewhat drier than the "regular" K Flat Top ride, but it still has enough overtones to give it some shimmer.

Jazz drummers will appreciate the K Custom's articulation: Even at the fastest tempos every subdivision is audible. It might be a bit too dry for really slow tempos, though, so in some situations it might work better as a complement to a more overtone-rich cymbal than as the only ride. But it sounds great from medium tempos to blistering ones, and it should find favor in a variety of setups."

Review written by Rick Mattingly ("New Zildjian Professional Cymbals", Modern Drummer, March 1998, p.44)

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Source:
(*) "New And Notable - "Zildjian Gets Buff" (Modern Drummer, November 1997, p. 34)