K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Heavy Ride
Size: 22 Inch
Series: K Zildjian
Weight: 3240g (EAK), 3268g (IAK), 3312g (EAK), 3336g (1997 Serial Number), 3351g (IAK), 3454g, 3461g, 3462g, 3494g, 3637g (2006 Serial Number), 3726g (2001 Serial Number)
Median Weight: 3454g (n=11)
Years of production: 1982 - 2006
Sound file: K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
K Zildjian 22" Heavy Ride
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Review: (NOTE: This review takes place after the entire series was re-designed in 2001)
"The 22" heavy ride, on the other hand, offered a very dry, appealing ping sound. But man, the overtones built fast, whether I was riding heavy or light on it. Maybe I’m just used to my twenty-seven-year-old A Zildjian ride that’s held in check by all the green stuff growing on it."

Review written by Robin Tolleson ("New K Zildjian Cymbals - Myth Meets Reality...Almost", Modern Drummer, March 2002, p. 37)

Review: "I was able to test both a 20" and a 22" heavy ride and both had a lot of 'ping', no blur at high speed and a shallow profile. The larger one had a little more gong to it and a lower pitch. Neither of these would work as a 'Crash' cymbal. There was also an 18" 'Heavy ride' which seemed to me to be much thinner, with a delicate sound, rounder and with less 'ping'."

Review written by Bob Henrit ("K Zildjian Cymbals - Cymbalcheck", International Musician & Recording World, February 1985)

Artist/song where it can be heard: Steve Smith