Zildjian FX 12" Spiral Stacker

Group: Cymbal Stacks
Type: Spiral Stacker
Size: 12 Inch
Series: FX
Weight: ?g
Years of production: 2015¹ - ?
Sound file: FX 12" Spiral Stacker
FX 10" & 12" Spiral Stackers
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Review: "The new spiral stackers are a great new thing that can be used in different ways. The cymbals themselves are ultra-thin and light in weight. Left hanging on their own, they spiral down and stretch out allowing for the player to almost treat them like vertical chimes. Alternatively, you can stack them on top of any other cymbal for a desired effect. They look awesome too, bouncing up and down as they’re played. The overall sound is incredibly trashy with a longer sustain than a China cymbal. The thinner construction allows for a huge range of dynamics. Be aware that if you want to hang them, you’ll need room! Regardless, the Spiral stackers offer yet another option for the ever-creative drummer and they sound great."

Review written by Mixdownmag ("ZILDJIAN CYMBALS 2015", mixdownmag.com.au)

Review: "The FX Spiral Stackers - the clue is in the name - really require stacking. If they are not supported on another surface they unravel and drop down alarmingly.

We assume they are made from sheet bronze alloy. There would be no point in using expensively cast B20 and then cutting it up into a spiral.

We sat the 10" and 12" FX Spiral Stackers atop a couple of large rides. The ride sound is immediately foreshortened, ruined! Striking the Stackers in various places produces assorted hissy commotions.

If you crash the cymbal when the Stacker's on there, there is a splintering smash followed by a long rippling sieve-like rattling

They're quite heavy and floppy, but potentially fairly dramatic. If you crash the cymbal when the Stacker's on there, there is a splintering smash followed by a long rippling sieve-like rattling. Like when you put a chain on a ride, but multiplied tenfold. Impressively nasty!

You won't want to put it on your most prized ride, but sat on any cymbal it gives you several options. You can ride the bigger cymbal itself for an abruptly harsh ride sound.

Not really like a china, but more garbage-y. Then when you strike the spiral itself you get more of the hiss and it jumps about making firecracker effects, visually quite appealing too.

We did try the stackers on their own (like Zildjian's larger Spiral Trashes), when they unravel and droop precariously, becoming a sort of sound sculpture reminiscent of a Matt Nolan creation.

The result is a soft, delicate silvery percussive sound which could be handy in a very quiet setting. Run your sticks down it like a wind chime and it jumps around like a jack-in-the-box. This way you can keep it going to produce a delicate continuous jumpy fizz."

Review written by Geoff Nicholls ("Zildjian FX Series Cymbals review - A mixed bag of small effect cymbals", Musicradar.com, September 8, 2015)

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Source:
¹ Drummer, pg. 66, June 2015