Meinl Mb20 18" Rock China

Group: Chinas
Type: Rock China
Size: 18 Inch
Series: Mb20
Weight: 1391g, 1400g, 1406g
Years of production: 2005 - ?
Sound file: Mb20 18" Rock China
Mb20 18" Rock China
Mb20 18" Rock China
Mb20 18" Rock China
Mb20 18" Rock China
Mb20 18" Rock China
Mb20 18" Rock China
Mb20 18" Rock China
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Review: "Look out! The Mb20 18" rock china is a kind of "super cymbal" that won't stop giving. If you happen to have cause or opportunity, as I did, to play this cymbal with both hands, you'll hear just how raucous and obnoxious this cymbal it can be. The sound attacked me like a frenzied horde of shrieking vampire bats. When striking it during the normal course of playing, I recalled the unsettling sounds of violent winds and a restless, churning ocean.

When I tried to use this China in other ways (as a ride, for instance, turned right side up), I discovered that it's fairly one-dimensional. It does its best (or worst, depending on your perspective) as a shiny noisemaker, invading every crevice of your hearing apparatus. A real piece-breaker."

Review written by Will Romano ("Product Close-Up - Meinl Mb20 Cymbals - Loud, Nasty, And Aggressive!", Modern Drummer, December 2005, p. 32)

Artist/song where it can be heard: unknown