A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash

Group: Crashes
Type: Medium Thin Crash
Size: 18 Inch
Series: A Zildjian
Weight: 1314g, 1346g, 1360g, 1372g, 1372g (Hollow Logo), 1394g, 1403g, 1413g, 1418g, 1426g, 1436g, 1440g, 1441g, 1443g, 1450g, 1450g (2022 Serial Number), 1451g, 1473g, 1481g, 1482g, 1489g (Small cursive A), 1496g, 1500g, 1524g, 1530g, 1556g, 1591g (1980s Era)
Median Weight: 1443g (n=27)
Years of production: ? to Present
Sound file: A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
A Zildjian 18" Medium Thin Crash
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Review: "The Zildjian A Medium Thin Crash Cymbal (part of their Avedis Zildjian line) might be called a “bread and butter cymbal”. If you are going to have just two crashes in your kit, and you play either jazz or big band, this cymbal would be there. Buddy Rich used one of these in his set of three (one ride, two crashes). That says just about everything that could be said. It’s bright, fast, and neutral.

It’s great as a crash, and I own one of these which I use when I am playing jazz. As to using it as a ride, I don’t think so, but it does have a distinguished “ping”. Maybe in a laid back jazz number it would work during a tenor sax solo. The bell, on the other hand, is crisp, with a nice tone that gets through, but doesn’t cut."

Review written by John E. Johnson, Jr. ("Zildjian 18″ A Medium Thin Crash Cymbal", hometheaterhifi.com, August 12, 2011)

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