K Custom 19" Hybrid Trash Smash

Group: Crashes
Type: Hybrid Trash Smash
Size: 19 Inch
Series: K Custom
Weight: 1541g, 1572g, 1656g, 1736g (2024 Serial Number), 1750g, 1764g
Median Weight : 1696g (n=6)
Years of production: 2012 - Present
Sound file: K Custom 19" Hybrid Trash Smash
K Custom 19" Hybrid Trash Smash
K Custom 19" Hybrid Trash Smash
K Custom 19" Hybrid Trash Crash
K Custom 19" Hybrid Trash Smash
K Custom 19" Hybrid Trash Smash
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Review: "The Trash-Smash is a strikingly atypical-looking cymbal - it's part lathed up to the inner 12cm, which is polished to a brilliant finish.

There are eight hammered and slightly raised 'spokes' radiating across the body and the bell has a central volcano-like crater. The cymbal is thin in weight and hand hammered all over, leaving small pin-hammer pockmarks.

Halfway between a fast crash and a china it gives you a good dollop of both. A full-blown crash on the edge is swift-reacting with a short decay - a cheeky peak which is followed by a shimmering, trashy tail-off. Being quite a thin cymbal it reacts instantaneously and makes for a startling, fruity interjection.

To be clear, you get a fast pithy crash with a trashy vibe, but not as trashy or hard-edged as with a normal china. And when you leather it with the flat of the stick on the body there is an impressive amount of sound, a huge 'pang'.

You can also ride it the way many drummers ride chinas: by smashing it on the edge on quarter notes. Just be aware that it is fairly thin and you might need to be a little sparing/careful.

You won't get much joy playing on the bell or using the stick tip - so smash-crash it is. But this is a desirable and versatile cymbal we could see being handy in just about any musical situation and with any style of band. It's almost a new denomination."

Review written by Geoff Nicholls ("Zildjian K Custom new additions review", musicradar.com, July 17, 2012)

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