Zildjian K Custom 20" Dark Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Dark Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: K Custom
Weight: 2109g, 2111g, 2116g, 2135g, 2136g, 2189g, 2196g, 2211g (2024 Serial Number), 2216g, 2248g, 2266g, 2280g, 2294g (2008 Serial Number)
Median Weight: 2196g (n=13)
Years of production: 1995* - 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
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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)

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