Paiste

Note this is a resurrection of the lost Paiste-Only wiki. It will take some time to get all the info back, and then it needs to be updated to cover the changes since the P-O wiki went offline (many updates are currently ongoing).

Navigation

Each of these portals can be used to help find specific information on Paiste products both past and present. Curious about who is playing Paistes, that is also included. We've even included information on Paiste drums, interpreting serial numbers, and identifying what you have when the ink labels are gone.

• Paiste Series: Browse cymbals by series.

• Paiste Type Portal: Browse cymbals by type.

• Paiste Artists: Notable Artists playing Paistes.

• Paiste Serial Numbers: Notes on how to determine the date of manufacture for all Paiste cymbals.

• Identify Your Paistes: Notes on identifying alloys, labeling formats, determining what you have when the labels are gone.

• Paiste Expansions & Phase Outs: The chronological history of each cymbal model.

• Paiste Advertising: Paiste catalogs, advertisements(ads), brochures, flyers, pricelists, and posters.

• Paiste unofficial** cymbal production/history timeline: 1900 - 1986

• Paiste Rarities, Oddballs, and Unique Items: A photo gallery.

• Paiste Weight Table: Compiled by the wiki and forum members.

• Paiste Drums: A special section devoted to Paiste drums.

• Paiste Gongs: Detailed info on Paiste gongs.

• Cymbal Wiki Statistics: Shows the growth of the Wiki.

• Cymbal care: How to care for, clean, and use your Paiste products.

Paiste

Need more Paiste references? The wiki pages as well as the best of the web are listed here

• The official Paiste web site.

• Timeline from nf drums Germany <<< WARNING: some of this info is years out of date

• Paiste 602 and Sound Creation older price research <<< WARNING: out of date and slowly being updated in the wiki itself

• A list of official and unofficial Paiste sites.