Zildjian ZBT 20" Crash Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Crash Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: ZBT
Weight: ?g
Years of production: ?
Sound File: ZBT 20" Crash Ride
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Review: "The ZBT 20″ crash/ride would have been perfect Victor. This ride, with its evenly hammered, widely lathed surface, has a well-defined ping. The low wash under the ping is full, but not harsh. There’s a high-pitched wash too that I found to be a tiny bit shrill. However, that bit of low-budget whistle went away when I was under the headphones, jamming along to iTunes.

The bell of the ZBT 20″ crash/ride gives off a great rock sound — very distinct, loud, and clear. I also experimented with a small piece of gaffer’s tape, which I successfully stuck under the cymbal for a bit of fine-tuning. Your mileage may vary.

For a budget ride, I give this one both thumbs up and a couple of toes up too.

As a crash, this puppy is more limited. It does a passing job of the old-school shoulder-spank. That is, you flick your wrist and hit the face (not the edge) of the cymbal with the shoulder of your stick. In jazzier ensemble playing (such as you may be doing in school), this is a great technique, and this cymbal handles it just fine.

It also handles blunt force trauma, where you take that 5B and grandly fillet of the edge of the cymbal. The cymbals answers this stroke with a large, low, slightly slow explosion of shimmer. Not bad at all.

So, you could take this cymbal to school, play it in stage band, and then take it to your friend’s house afterward and play Slipknot songs. What it doesn’t do well is crash in the lighter, middle volumes. But we don’t expect a 20″ cymbal to do that very well anyway. Overall, this is a great student ride that can be crashed, and should cost about a hundred bucks “street price.”

Review written by John Nyman ("Zildjian ZBT And ZHT Reviewed!",Drum!)

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