Supernaturals Universal 22" Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Ride
Size: 22 Inch
Series: Universal
Weight: 3363g
Years of production: ?
Sound file: Universal 22" Ride (download)
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Review: "Supernatural Cymbals is one of several small companies that have emerged during the past few years, who are based in Turkey, and who still make cymbals the way they have been made for centuries (except for the electric motor that turns the lathing machine). The cymbals start out as cast bronze discs, which are heated, rolled, cut into the desired diameter for the cymbal, hand hammered, and hand lathed. There is no machining at all. The results are quite distinguishable from machine hammered and lathed cymbals. It is not that one way is better than the other, but rather, you now have several additional choices in sound, and some of them are due to the old world ways of producing them. Here, we review the Supernatural 22″ Universal Ride.

This is a medium-heavy (more towards the heavy) cymbal, and it has a clear ping that always stays well above the wash, but also, the wash is intense if you ride it hard, with a long sustain, typical of hand hammered cymbals.

Because the bell is also heavy (thick), it plays loud and is extremely musical. The cymbal is a bit too heavy to be used as a crash, but that really depends on the venue. If you are playing in a stadium, any cymbal regardless of how thick and heavy it is, can be used as a crash."

Review written by John E. Johnson, Jr. ("Supernatural 22″ Universal Ride Cymbal", hometheaterhifi.com, June 2, 2011)

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