Z3 18" China

Group: Chinas
Type: China
Size: 18 Inch
Series: Z3
Weight: 1310g, 1370g
Years of production: 2009 - 2013
Sound file: Z3 18" China
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Review: "The Z3 line includes both 18″ and 20″ China cymbals. They are good, but are a bit vanilla to my ear. See, back in the day, when Billy Cobham played with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, his insane and muscular drumming ensured that every single drummer in the world would run out and buy a “China-type” cymbal immediately after hearing him.

What we lemmings went looking for in the early ’70s was a buttery, complex yet still exotically intrusive “Chinese” cymbal. Variously named China-type cymbals have come and gone, but the new, 21st century China cymbals, generally speaking, are just intrusive. They’re almost boring.

Sorry, but these Z3s fit into that category too. Crisp, raucous, and explosive, they are short on complexity. But I am happy to report that, in addition to the obvious move of spanking the bow for exclamation (with cymbal mounted upside down), both the 18″ and 20″ could also be played on the face."
Review written by John Nyman ("Zildjian Z3 Cymbals Reviewed!", Drum! Magazine Link)
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