Sabian SBR 16" Crash

Group: Crashes
Type: Crash
Size: 16 Inch
Series: SBR
Weight: 1017g, 1050g
Median Weight: 1050g (n=1)
Years of production: 2010 - Present
Sound file: SBR 14" Hats, 16" Crash, 20" Ride
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Review: "Sabian has cleverly extracted the maximum sustain from what is normally unresponsive brass. Even expensive bronze 16"s sometimes offer little in the way of projection and we were expecting the 16" to suffer, being the smaller crash. But rather than returning a feeble, brittle 'ching', it yielded a proper crash-like whoosh with a modestly rich timbre.

The decay is still fairly rapid, what you'd call a fast crash, but it actually sustained better than the 18", which is a designated crash-ride. The latter description is apt since the wash is brief and clears the path for your continuous ride patterns."

Review written by Geoff Nicholls ("Sabian SBr Cymbals review - Impressive new entry-level brass range", musicradar.com, May 18, 2010) (retrieved February 8, 2025)

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