K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat

Group: Hi-Hats
Type: Dark Hi-Hat
Size: 14 Inch
Series: K Custom
Weight: Top: 935g / Bottom: 1255g

Top: 946g / Bottom: 1272g

Top: 950g / Bottom: 1180g (1996 Serial Numbers)

Top: 950g / Bottom: 1184g

Top: 962g / Bottom: 1283g

Top: 990g / Bottom: 1168g (2024 Serial Numbers)

Top: 996g / Bottom: 1246g

Top: 1024g / Bottom: 1180g

Top: 1052g / Bottom: 1279g

Top: 1055g / Bottom: 1235g (2022 Serial Numbers)

Top: 1055g / Bottom: 1258g

Top: 1062g / Bottom: 1183g

Top: 1072g / Bottom: 1236g

Top: 1100g / Bottom: 1204g<br

Top: 1114g / Bottom: 1295g

Bottom: 1158g (2021 Serial Number)

Median Weight: Top: 1024g (n=15) / Bottom: 1241g (n=16)
Years of production: 1995¹ - Present
Sound file: K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 14" Dark Hi-Hat
Zildjian's Description: <<< - >>>
Review: "Like New Beats, the K Custom Dark hi-hats have a thinner top cymbal matched with a heavier bottom cymbal. It's not as big a difference as the K/Z combination, which produces a very sharp "chick" sound (when played with the hi-hat pedal) due to the extreme heaviness of the Z bottom. The K Custom Dark hi-hats have a slightly softer, fatter "chick" sound, enhanced by the lower, darker pitch. As with the ride, these hats will blend more than cut.

Played with a stick they have plenty of body when closed, and plenty of dark overtones for gutsy, funky "barks" when opened. They sounded downright rude (in a good sense) when played just slightly open in the position many describe as "sloshy."

Review written by Rick Mattingly ("Product Close-Up - Zildjian K Custom Dark Cymbals and Zil-Bels", Modern Drummer, January 1996, p.40)

Artist/song where it can be heard: Tommy Aldridge, Peter Erskine, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, Steve Smith

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Source: ¹ "Highlights Of Summer NAMM" (Modern Drummer, December 1995, p.27)