Zildjian FX 10" China Trash
Group: Chinas
Type: China Trash
Size: 10 Inch
Series: FX
Weight: 237g (2025 Serial Number), 238g (2025 Serial Number), 242g, 243g, 246g, 247g, 251g (2023 Serial Number), 255g (2022 Serial Number), 257g, 260g, 264g, 265g, 266g, 267g, 270g
Median Weight: 255g (n=15)
Years of production: 2015 - Present
Sound file: FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
FX 10" China Trash
Zildjian's Description: <<< - >>>
Review: "It’s been a long time coming, but to answer the prayers of drummers who love the idea of smaller china cymbals Zildjian have provided the staple Oriental China Trash in 8” and 10” sizes. The two sizes have very distinct pitches and the 10” is significantly louder than the 8”, which behaves and sounds more ‘splash’ like. The 10” has a dirtier sound and is ultimately, more oriental. Both cymbals speak quickly with a musical tone and a short decay. These little babies would work well mounted on their own or stacked on other cymbals. They’re just cool."
- Review written by Mixdownmag ("ZILDJIAN CYMBALS 2015", mixdownmag.com.au)
Review: "The 10" and 12" Oriental China Trashes are versatile, with at least three distinct sounds - a tanking rounded short 'doink' of a bell, a clean central stick-tip 'ting', and a sharp trashy edge crash.
Mounted either way up they are distinctive, potentially musical and attention grabbing. The bigger 12" one has a more Oriental flavour, the smaller one recalls the fabled dinner bell.
These Orientals work well as stackers too. Mounted upside down on top of a ride or crash gives you another sound palette. They don't interfere too much with the sound of the ride or crash, but when you strike the Oriental it produces its range of tones but offset, amplified, invigorated and enlarged by the sound of the crash or ride too… like early Bill Stewart.
Mounted the 'right' way up on top of a cymbal it does now interfere more with the sound, but creates a kind of hybrid. You lose the bell of the bigger cymbal while the bell on the Oriental is now pretty useless - a dead tink. But you still get an interesting compound sound, though flatter and thicker toned."
- Review written by Geoff Nicholls ("Zildjian FX Series Cymbals review - A mixed bag of small effect cymbals", Musicradar.com, September 8, 2015)
Artist/song where it can be heard: Tony Royster Jr.
