Paiste Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
Group: Rides
Type: Light Flat Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: Traditionals
Weight: 1934g, 1935g, 1964g, 1976g (2022 Serial Number), 1981g (2022 Serial Number), 2008g, 2009g, 2021g (1999, 2008 Serial Number), 2024g, 2028g (1999 Serial Number), 2028g (2004 Serial Number)
Median Weight: 2008g (n=11)
Years of production: 1999 - ?, 2022 - Present
Sound file: Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
Traditionals 20" Light Flat Ride
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Review: "I must confess to having a soft spot in my heart for Paiste flatrides. In my younger days, I owned a beautiful 20" 602. But during one of my leaner periods while playing in a hard-rock band, that flat ride seemed less essential to my well-being than buying gas for my car and another six-pack of Skippy, so I sold it. I've since wondered how I ever could have been that hungry.
Nostalgia aside, these Traditionals flats are nicer than my old 602—certainly warmer and a little broader. Although they differed in pitch (the 18" being higher), the two models' tonal quality was identical—another example of Paiste's characteristic consistency. Their attack produces not so much "ping" as "click" and "tss"; it's all sibilance. But beneath that crisp stick sound dwells a subtle, organic tone that keeps them musical. Very nice indeed."
Review written by Rich Watson ("Paiste Cymbals "Mixed Bag"", Modern Drummer, November 1999, p.42)
Artist/song where it can be heard: John Marshall, Phil Maturano, Paul Wertico
