Paiste Formula 602 22" Dark Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Dark Ride
Size: 22 Inch
Series: Formula 602
Weight: 2889g - 3453g (median 3240g) n=40
Used Prices: $400 - $910 (median $636) n=45
Years of production: 1971 (development) - 1977
Production History: Jon Hiseman's biography mentions his 1971 602 Dark Ride. Jack De Johnette is also credited with early development. There are a few pre serial 602 Dark Rides documented. Most are in the 1975-1977 era based on serial number dating. There are also what are called the Transitional Dark rides which all come from 1976 and 1977 based on serial numbers. These lack the words Formula 602 at the bottom of the stamp, but other than that the hammering, lathing, and ink look like the 602 Dark Rides. The Transitional Dark Rides correlate with Rogers taking over Paiste distribution in the USA. The Rogers price list and catalog from that period shows that Rogers placed a few 602 models in among their 2002 catalog offerings and did not mention the Formula 602 series. This would explain why the words Formula 602 were left off the stamping. In 1978 the Sound Creation series appears and the Dark Ride is found in that series from then on. There is one 602 Dark Ride from 1979 which is consistent with production tapering off rapidly at that time. There is one 1981 Dark Ride cymbal with serial PAISTE 602 142560, 602 Dark Ride ink characteristics and hammering, but no pressed in die stamp at all.
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Artist/song where it can be heard: Jon Hiseman, Jack De Johnette