A Custom 18" EFX

Group: Crashes
Type: EFX
Size: 18 Inch
Series: A Custom
Weight: 1192g (2023 Serial Number), 1203g, 1222g, 1227g, 1239g
Years of production: 2007 - Present
Sound file: A Custom 18" EFX
A Custom 18" EFX
A Custom 18" EFX
A Custom 18" EFX
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Review: "It used to be that about the only special effects cymbal available was the China. All that changed in the past few years when lasers acquired the capability of cutting holes in metal. Recently, there has been an explosion of cymbals with several shapes of holes as well as the number of holes. In a few cases, it almost looks like there is more hole than cymbal. The Zildjian A Custom EFX has its own personality, and it is very agreeable. I suppose “trashy” is appropriate, but that word is used with a lot of cymbals that don’t have holes in them, nor are they classified as special effects cymbals. You just have to listen for yourself. This one is 18″ in diameter and thin in weight.

You can see that the A Custom EFX has a combination of oval holes and small round holes. There are several hundred hammer strokes on the cymbal, and the entire cymbal has fine lathing lines.

Review written by John E. Johnson, Jr. ("Zildjian 18″ A Custom EFX Crash Cymbal", hometheaterhifi.com, February 24, 2011)

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