Paiste Traditionals 20" Light Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Light Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: Traditionals
Weight: 1898g - 1925g (median 1905g) n=15
Used Prices: $180 - $400 (median $250) n=18
MAP New: $505 (June 2019)
Years of production: 1996 - Present
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Paiste's Description: Light Ride
Review: "Both the medium light ride and the light ride exhibited a lush, golden spread, and both (especially the light ride) retained their stick articulation best with smaller-tipped sticks; larger tips accelerated their overtone buildup. Predictably, nylon tips brought out more high frequencies, and thus raised the speed/dynamic thresh-hold at which the harmonic undertow swallowed up the attack sound. Because this threshold is quite low in the light ride, I would recommend it only for lower-volume live playing, or for the studio, where its definition could be picked up even amidst a louder band's volume and/or the cymbal's own wash generated by harder playing."
Review written by Rich Watson ("Product Close-Up - Paiste Line Traditional Cymbals", Modern Drummer, September 1997, p.42)
Artist/song where it can be heard: Bill Bruford, Ian Froman, Billy Higgins, Steve Jordan, Joey Waronker