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:'''[[Sabian French|French]] - [[Sabian AA 16" French|16"]] [[Sabian AA 17" French|17"]] [[Sabian AA 19" French|19"]] [[Sabian AA 21" French|21"]] ''<font color=red>(1988)</font color=red>''<br> | :'''[[Sabian French|French]] - [[Sabian AA 16" French|16"]] [[Sabian AA 17" French|17"]] [[Sabian AA 19" French|19"]] [[Sabian AA 21" French|21"]] ''<font color=red>(1988)</font color=red>''<br> | ||
:'''[[Sabian Germanic|Germanic]] - [[Sabian AA 16" Germanic|16"]] [[Sabian AA 17" Germanic|17"]] [[Sabian AA 18" Germanic|18"]] [[Sabian AA 19" Germanic|19"]] [[Sabian AA 20" Germanic|20"]] [[Sabian AA 21" Germanic|21"]] ''<font color=red>(1991 or 1992)</font color=red>'' [[Sabian AA 22" Germanic|22"]] ''<font color=red>(1988)</font color=red>''<br> | :'''[[Sabian Germanic|Germanic]] - [[Sabian AA 16" Germanic|16"]] [[Sabian AA 17" Germanic|17"]] [[Sabian AA 18" Germanic|18"]] [[Sabian AA 19" Germanic|19"]] [[Sabian AA 20" Germanic|20"]] [[Sabian AA 21" Germanic|21"]] ''<font color=red>(1991 or 1992)</font color=red>'' [[Sabian AA 22" Germanic|22"]] ''<font color=red>(1988)</font color=red>''<br> | ||
| − | :'''[[Sabian Viennese|Viennese]] - | + | :'''[[Sabian Viennese|Viennese]] - [[Sabian AA 17" Viennese|17"]] [[Sabian AA 19" Viennese|19"]] [[Sabian AA 21" Viennese|21"]] [[Sabian AA 22" Viennese|22"]] ''<font color=red>(1988)</font color=red>''<br> |
; [[Sabian Types and Models#Band|Band]]: | ; [[Sabian Types and Models#Band|Band]]: | ||
:'''[[Sabian Concert Band|Concert Band]] (name change from "Band", sizes added) - [[Sabian AA 12" Concert Band|12"]] [[Sabian AA 13" Concert Band|13"]] [[Sabian AA 14" Concert Band|14"]] [[Sabian AA 17" Concert Band|17"]] [[Sabian AA 19" Concert Band|19"]] [[Sabian AA 21" Concert Band|21"]] [[Sabian AA 22" Concert Band|22"]] [[Sabian AA 24" Concert Band|24"]] <br> | :'''[[Sabian Concert Band|Concert Band]] (name change from "Band", sizes added) - [[Sabian AA 12" Concert Band|12"]] [[Sabian AA 13" Concert Band|13"]] [[Sabian AA 14" Concert Band|14"]] [[Sabian AA 17" Concert Band|17"]] [[Sabian AA 19" Concert Band|19"]] [[Sabian AA 21" Concert Band|21"]] [[Sabian AA 22" Concert Band|22"]] [[Sabian AA 24" Concert Band|24"]] <br> | ||
Revision as of 11:49, 19 September 2025
This is a list of all new Sabian models and sizes from the beginning to the present, by year, with the year in parentheses when it was phased out (discontinued).
Look for year in red that denotes when items got discontinued (Not to be confused with darker red broken links)
Year in parentheses () indicates when discontinued.
1982 / 1983
Source: Undated product list from circa 1983. (If you have one dated 1982 or 1983, please contact me @bluejacketsfan@yahoo.com)
AA - NEW SERIES
- Rides
- Crash Ride - 16" 17" (1988) 18" 19" 20" 21" (1988) 22"
- Flat Bell - 18" 20" 22"
- Heavy Ride - 20" 21" 22"
- Medium Ride - 18" (1999) 19" (1992) 20" (2000) 22" (2000) 24" (1992)
- Mini Bell Ride - 18" 20" 22"
- Ride - 24"
- Thin Ride - 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Crashes
- Heavy Crash - 16" 17" 18" 19"
- Medium Crash - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Medium Thin Crash - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Thin Crash - 15" 16" 17"
- Hi-Hats
- Flat Hats - 13" 14" 15"
- Light Hats - 13" 14" 15"
- Regular Hats - 13" 14" 15" 16" (1988)
- Rock Hats - 14" 15"
- Chinas
- Chinese Flat - 18" 20" 22"
- Chinese Regular - 18" 20" 22"
- Splashes
- Splash - 8" 10" 12"
- Band
- Band - 15" 16" 18" 20"
- Drum Corps - 15" 16" 18" 20"
- Orchestra
- French - 18" 20" 22" 24" (1984)
- Viennese - 16" 18" 20"
- Suspended - 12" (1988) 13" (1988) 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20" 21" 22"
HH - NEW SERIES
- Rides
- Crash Ride - 18" 20"
- Heavy Ride - 20" 22"
- Medium Ride - 18" 20" 22"
- Crashes
- Thin Crash - 16" 18" 20"
- Hi-Hats
- Hi-Hat - 13" 14" 15" 16"
- Splashes
- Splash - 8" 10"
- Orchestra
- Germanic - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Viennese - 16" 18" 20"
- Suspended - 13" (1988) 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20" 21" (1988) 22" (1988)
1984
Source: 1984 Price List
AA
- Rides
- Crash Ride - 24"
- Dry Ride - 21" 22"
- Extra Heavy Ride - 16" (1988) 17" (1988) 18" (1988) 19" (1988) 20" 21" (1994) 22" (1999) 24"
- Flat Bell - 18" 20" 22" (1988)
- Heavy Ride - 16" (1988) 17" (1988) 18" (1988) 19" (1988) 24"
- Medium Ride - 16" (1987) 17" (1987) 21" (1994)
- Medium Heavy Ride - 16" (1988) 17" (1988) 18" 19" 20" 21" 22" 24"
- Mini Bell Ride - 18" 20" 22" (1988)
- Rock Ride (Large Bell) - 18" 19" 20" 21" 22" 24"
- Thin Ride - 16"
- Crashes
- Extra Thin Crash - 13" 14" 15" 16" 17" 18"
- Medium Crash - 13" 14" 15" 21" (1988) 22" (1988)
- Medium Thin Crash - 13" 14" 15" 21" (1988) 22" (1988)
- Rock Crash (name changed from "Heavy Crash", and 20" size added) - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Thin Crash - 13" 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20" 21" (1988) 22" (1988)
- Hi-Hats
- Light Hats - 12" (1988)
- Regular Hats - 12" (1988)
- Rock Hats - 16"
- Sizzle Hats - 14" 15"
- Chinas
- Chinese Flat - 14" 15" 16"
- Chinese Regular - 14" 15" 16"
- Orchestra
- French - 16" 17" 19" 21" (1988)
- Germanic - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20" 21" (1991 or 1992) 22" (1988)
- Viennese - 17" 19" 21" 22" (1988)
- Band
- Concert Band (name change from "Band", sizes added) - 12" 13" 14" 17" 19" 21" 22" 24"
- Marching - 12" 13" 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20" 21" 22" 24"
- Drum Corps - 14" 17" 19" 21" 22" 24"
HH
- Rides
- Crash Ride - 16" (1988) 17" (1988) 19" 21" (1988) 22"
- Flat Bell - 18" 20"
- Heavy Ride - 16" (1988) 17" (1988) 18" (1988) 19" 21" 24"
- Medium Ride - 16" (1988) 17" (1988) 19" 21" 24"
- Medium Heavy Ride - 16" (1988) 17" (1988) 18" (1988) 19" 20" 21" 22" 24"
- Mini Bell Ride - 18" 20" 22"
- Crashes
- Extra Thin Crash - 13" 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" (1988) 20" (1988)
- Medium Crash - 12" (1988) 13" (1988) 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Medium Thin Crash - 13" (1988) 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Thin Crash - 13" 14" 15" 17" 19"
- Hi-Hats
- Hi-Hat - 12"
- Sizzle Hats - 14" 15"
- Splashes
- Splash - 12"
- Chinas
- Chinese - 14" 15" 16"
- Orchestra
- French - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Germanic - 21" 22" (1988)
- Viennese - 17" 19" 21" 22" (1988)
- Suspended - 24" (1988)
Gongs
- Taiwan Gong - 30" 34" 40" 48" (all Taiwan Gongs discontinued in 1998, and replaced by the Chinese Gongs)
1985
Source: 1985 Price List
AA
- Rides
- Medium Flange Ride - 20" 22"
- Medium Heavy Flange Ride - 20" 22"
- Crashes
- Extra Thin Crash - 19" (1988) 20" (1988) 21" (1988) 22" (1988)
- Hi-Hats
- Mini Hats - 10"
- Rock Sizzle Hats - 14" 15"
- Splashes
- Rock Splash - 12"
B8 - NEW SERIES
B20 By Sabian- NEW SERIES
- Rides
- Crash Ride - 18"
- Medium Ride - 20" 22" 24"
- Crashes
- Crash - 13" 16"
- Hi-Hats
- Hi-Hat - 14"
- Splashes
- Splash - 8" 10" 12"
- Chinas
- Chinese - 16" 18" 20" 22"
HH
1986
Source: 1986 Price List
AA
AA Sound Control - NEW SERIES
B8 Plus - NEW SERIES
- Rides
- Crash Ride - 18"
- Ride - 20"
- Crashes
- Crash - 16"
- Hi-Hats
- Hi-Hats - 14"
- Chinas
- Chinese - 16" 18" 20"
HH
- Rides
- Flat Bell -22" (1987)
- Light Ride - 16" (1987) 17" (1987) 18" 19" (1988) 20" 21" (1988) 22"
- Crashes
- Leopard Crash - 16" 18"
- Hi-Hats
- Leopard Hats - 14"
- Chinas
- Leopard Chinese - 18" 20"
- Splashes
- Leopard Splash - 12"
HH Sound Control - NEW SERIES
Gongs
- Turkish Gong - 22" 24" 26" 28"
1987
Source: 1987 Sabian catalog
AA
- Crashes
- Rocktagon - 20"
- Chinas
- Fast Chinese - 18"
- Discontinued:
- Medium Ride - 16" 17"
- Rock Hats - 13" (back in 1988)
HH
- Discontinued:
- Light Ride 16" 17"
- Flat Bell -22"
B20 Discontinued
Entire Series Discontinued
HH Sound Control
- Rides
- Hi-Bell Crash Ride - 18"
- Hi-Bell Ride - 20" (1994) 22" (1992)
1988
Source: 1988 Sabian Newsbeat Newsletter Summer/Autumn 1988
AA
- Discontinued:
- Crash Ride - 17" 21"
- Extra Heavy Ride - 16" 17" 18" 19"
- Heavy Ride - 16" 17" 18" 19"
- Flat Bell - 22"
- Medium Heavy Ride - 16" 17"
- Mini Bell Ride - 22"
- Extra Thin Crash - 19" 20" 21" 22"
- Medium Crash - 21" 22"
- Medium Thin Crash - 21" 22"
- Thin Crash - 21" 22"
- Light Hats - 12"
- Regular Hats - 12" 16"
- Flat Chinese - 14" 15" 22"
- French - 21"
- Germanic - 22"
- Suspended - 12" 13"
- Viennese - 22"
B8
B8 Plus
B8 Rock Plus
HH
- Crashes
- Rock Crash - 16" 18"
- Rides
- Classic Ride - 20" 22"
- Rock Ride - 20" 22"
- Hi-Hats
- Fusion Hats - 13"
- Discontinued:
- Crash Ride - 16" 17" 22"
- Heavy Ride - 16" 17" 18"
- Light Ride - 19" 21"
- Medium Ride - 16" 17"
- Medium Heavy Ride - 16" 17" 18"
- Extra Thin Crash - 19" 20"
- Medium Crash - 12" 13"
- Medium Thin Crash - 13"
- Regular Hats - 12" 16"
- Germanic - 22"
- Suspended - 13" 21" 22" 24"
- Viennese - 22"
1989
Sources: (In parentheses)
- This year Sabian redesigned the AA Chinese cymbals "to enhance the distinctive appearance and trashier sound characteristics associated with traditional oriental instruments." No additions or deletions to the AA Chinese models were made. (Newsbeat - Sabian Cymbals' International Magazine - Summer/Fall 1989)
AA
- Hi-Hats
- Fusion Hats - 14" ("New And Notable", Modern Drummer, September 1989, p. 106)
HH
- Hi-Hats
- Fusion Hats - 14" ("New And Notable", Modern Drummer, September 1989, p. 106)
Percussion
- Note: This was not a series yet. The below model was listed in "Accessories", along with gongs.
- Other
- Bell - 12" (1995) ("New And Notable - Sabian Bell Cymbal", Modern Drummer, August, 1989, p.45)
Jack DeJohnette Signature Series - NEW SERIES
(Modern Drummer, October 1989)
- Rides
- Jack DeJohnette Ride - 20" 22"
- Crashes
- Jack DeJohnette Crash - 16" 18"
- Hi-Hats
- Jack DeJohnette Hi Hats - 14"
- Chinas
- Jack DeJohnette Chinese - 18" 20"
Signature - NEW SERIES
- Carmine Appice Chinese - 18" ("Product Close-Up", Modern Drummer, Nov. '89, p. 39)
1990
Source: 1990 Sabian pricelist
AA
1992
- Discontinued:
AA Sound Control
HH Sound Control
1994
Source:Sabian 1994 Newsbeat
- Discontinued:
AA
AA Sound Control
HH Sound Control
1995
- Discontinued:
Percussion
1998
Source: Sabian New For '98 Brochure
AAX
Pro
HH
- Rides
- Manhattan Ride - 20" 22" (Both moved to HHX series in 2001.)
Radia - NEW SERIES (More models were available by special order.)
Signature
- Rides
- Will Calhoun Ride - 21"
- David Garibaldi Crash Ride - 18"
- David Garibaldi Jam Master Ride - 22"
- Crashes
- Sabian Explosion Crash - 18.5" 20.5"
- Hi-Hats
- Will Calhoun Mad Hats - 14"
- Other
- Will Calhoun Alien Disc - 10"
- Evelyn Glennie's Garbage - 10" 12" 16"
Jack DeJohnette Encore Series
1999
Source: 1999 Sabian Catalog
AAX
B8
- Rides
- Rock Ride - 20"
- Hi-Hats
- Rock Hats - 14"
- Crashes
- Medium Crash - 16" 18"
- Rock Crash - 16" 18"
- Chinas
- Mini Chinese - 14"
- Splashes
- China Splash - 10"
- Splash - 8" 10" 12"
B8 Pro (Pro Sonix models - These would become their own series in 2001)
- Rides
- Ride - 20"
- Crashes
- Crash -16" 18"
- Hi-Hats
- Hats - 14"
- Chinas
- Chinese - 18"
- Splashes
- Splash - 10"
HH
- Rides
- Manhattan Bridge Ride - 16" (2001)
- Manhattan Ride - 18" (2001) 20" 22" (20" and 22" moved to HHX series in 2001.)
Signature
- Chinas
- Carmine Appice Chinese - 17" 19"
- Rides
- Carmine Appice Ride - 21"
- Carl Allen Mini-Bell Ride - 20"
- Will Calhoun Ambient Ride - 21"
- Andre Ceccarelli Hot Ride - 21"
- Richie Garcia Salsero Ride - 21"
- Rod Morgenstein Tri-Top Ride - 21"
- Ed Thigpen Crystal Thin Ride - 18"
- Alan White Ride - 22"
- Steve White Live Ride - 20"
- V-FX Mini Ride - 14" (2001)
- V-FX Tony Verderosa Ride - 19"
- Crashes
- V-FX Crash - 14" 16" (Both 2002)
- Hi-Hats
- V-FX Distortion Hats - 12" (2002)
- V-FX Mini Hats - 12" (2002)
- Other
- Richie Garcia El Rayo - 14"
- Richie Garcia Cascara Bell - 14" x 10"
- Evelyn Glennie's Garbage - 6" (2002) 8" (2002) 14" 18" (2002)
- V-FX Tony Verderosa V-Wave - 21" x 9"
2001
Source: 2001 Sabian Catalog
HH
- Discontinued:
- Manhattan Bridge Ride - 16"
2002
Source: 2002 Sabian Catalog
AA
HH
HHX Evolution - NEW SERIES
- Rides
- Ride - 20"
- Crashes
- Crash - 16" 17" 18"
- Effeks Crash - 17"
- O-Zone - 16" 18"
- Hi-Hats
- Hi-Hats - 13" 14"
- Splashes
- Splash - 7" 10" 12"
Signature
- Discontinued:
- Evelyn Glennie's Garbage - 6" 8" 18"
- V-FX Mini Ride - 14"
- V-FX Tony Verderosa Ride - 19"
- V-FX Crash - 14" 16"
- V-FX Distortion Hats - 12"
- V-FX Mini Hats - 12"
- V-FX Tony Verderosa V-Wave - 21" x 9"
2003
Source: 2003 Sabian Catalog
AA
- Rides
- Metal-X Ride - 20" 21" 22" 24"
- Crashes
- Metal-X Crash - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Hi-Hats
- Metal-X Hats - 14" 15"
- Chinas
- Metal-X Chinese - 18" 20"
- Splashes
- Metal-X Splash - 10" 12"
AAX
HHX
HHX Evolution
Pro
Signature
XS20
- Rides
- Medium Ride - 20"
- Rock Ride - 20"
- Crashes
- Medium Thin Crash - 16" 18"
- Rock Crash - 16" 18"
- Hi-Hats
- Medium Hats - 14" (were originally called "Regular Hats" when the series started)
- Rock Hats - 14"
- Chinas
- Chinese - 18"
- Splashes
- Splash - 10" 12"
2008
Source: Sabian What's Your Sound Catalog 2008
APX - NEW SERIES
- Rides
- Ride - 20" 22" 24"
- Solid Ride - 20" 22"
- Crashes
- Crash - 14" 16" 18" 20"
- O-Zone - 16" 18"
- Solid Crash - 16" 18" 20"
- Hi-Hats
- Hats - 13" 14"
- Solid Hats - 13" 14"
- Chinas
- Chinese - 18" 20"
- Splashes
- Splash - 8" 10" 12"
Paragon
Percussion
Vault
2009
Source: Sabian What's Your Sound Catalog 2009
AAX
- Rides
- Memphis Ride - 21"
- Raw Bell Dry Ride - 21"
- Crashes
- X-Plosion Fast Crash - 14" 15" 16" 17" 18" 19"
- Splashes
- X-Plosion Splash - 11"
APX
HHX
Percussion
Vault
- Crashes
- Artisan Crash - 16" 18"
- Hi-Hats
- Artisan Hats - 13" 14" 15"
- Nano Hats - 7" 9"
- Orchestra
- Artisan Traditional Symphonic Medium Heavy - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
- Artisan Traditional Symphonic Medium Light - 16" 17" 18" 19" 20"
2013
Source: Sabian Obsessed Cymbal and Sound Guide 2013
AA
AAX
Percussion
2014
Source: 2014 Sabian Cymbals and Gear Catalog
