Zildjian K Custom 20" Dark Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Dark Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: K Custom
Weight: 2109g, 2110g, 2111g, 2116g, 2132g (2017 Serial Number), 2135g, 2136g, 2158g, 2186g (2025 Serial Number), 2189g, 2196g, 2211g (2024 Serial Number), 2214g, 2216g, 2224g, 2226g, 2233g, 2247g (2020 Serial Number), 2248g, 2262g, 2266g, 2280g, 2294g (2008 Serial Number), 2320g
Median Weight: 2213g (n=24)
Years of production: 1995¹ - Present
Sound file: K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
K Custom 20" Dark Ride
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Review: "That was certainly my experience. I was working out on the 20" long after I had played it enough to write the review—delighting in its perfect blend of definition and overtones. Played with an acorn-shaped wood-tip stick, the cymbal produced the dry click articulation characteristic of K-type cymbals. The overtones had enough of that "trashy" sound to also sound K-like—but not so many as to be muddy (which was a problem with a lot of the "old" K's from Istanbul). The cymbal was on the thin side, producing the type of low-pitched "dark" sound that would serve as a cushion for a band's sound more than it would cut through it."

Review written by Rick Mattingly ("Product Close-Up - Zildjian K Custom Dark Cymbals and Zil-Bels", Modern Drummer, January 1996, p.42)

Artist/song where it can be heard: Anton Fig, Akira Jimbo, Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson, Joel Rosenblatt, Chad Sexton, Alan White

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