K Custom 13" Dark Hi-Hat

Group: Hi-Hats
Type: Dark Hi-Hat
Size: 13 Inch
Series: K Custom
Weight: Top: 777g / Bottom: 1000g

Top: 805g / Bottom: 965g

Top: 820g / Bottom: 854g

Top: 828g / Bottom: 920g

Top: 840g / Bottom: 980g

Top: 865g / Bottom: 915g

Top: 921g / Bottom: 931g

Median Weight : Top: 828g (n=7) / Bottom: 931g (n=7)
Years of production: 1995* - Present
Sound file: K Custom 13" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 13" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 13" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 13" Dark Hi-Hat
K Custom 13" Dark Hi-Hat
Zildjian's Description: <<< - >>>
Review: "The 13" K Custom Dark hi-hats are similar in nature, but the pitch is higher and they don't have as much body. For light jazz playing they could be excellent, but they don't stand up as well to heavier playing.

When I was first checking out the ride cymbals, I was playing them with the 13" K Custom Dark hi-hats (since I've been mostly using a couple of different 13" hi-hat models over the past few years). But when I switched to the 14" hats while I played the 20" ride, that's when the real magic happened. I had already decided that the 20" ride was a very special cymbal, but when I played it in combination with the 14" hats, it was like finding the perfect frame for an exquisite painting—one that makes an already impressive work of art come fully to life. I can't put it in words any better than that, but anyone who has ever stumbled on a magic combination of cymbals will know what I'm talking about."

Review written by Rick Mattingly ("Product Close-Up - Zildjian K Custom Dark Cymbals and Zil-Bels", Modern Drummer, January 1996, p.40)

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