Supernaturals Universal 18" Crash
Group: Crashes
Type: Crash
Size: 18 Inch
Series: Universal
Weight: 1400g, 1493g
Years of production: ?
Sound file: Universal 18" Crash
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Review: "Supernatural Cymbals is one of several small companies that have emerged during the past few years, who are based in Turkey, and who still make cymbals the way they have been made for centuries (except for the electric motor that turns the lathing machine). The cymbals start out as cast bronze discs, which are heated, rolled, cut into the desired diameter for the cymbal, hand hammered, and hand lathed. There is no machining at all. The results are quite distinguishable from machine hammered and lathed cymbals. It is not that one way is better than the other, but rather, you now have several additional choices in sound, and some of them are due to the old world ways of producing them. This review covers the Supernatural 18″ Universal Crash. It has a beautiful, distinct, moderately bright crash, and a long sustain. It is one of the finest cymbals I have ever heard, and I think that any of our readers who purchase one will agree with me.
In the top photo, it is easy to see the very large number of hammer strokes on this cymbal, and they are irregularly placed, which is typical of hand hammering. The cymbal smith listens to the cymbal after some hammering, and then hammers some more according to what he thinks is necessary to make the cymbal sound the way it is supposed to. The close-up photo illustrates the fine lathing on the bell, which has no hammering, and the wide, deep lathing on the body of the cymbal. The 18″ Universal only comes in one weight, which I would call medium. Its thickness midway between the outer edge and the bell is 1.4mm."
Review written by John E. Johnson, Jr. ("Supernatural 18″ Universal Crash Cymbal", hometheaterhifi.com, May 23, 2011)
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