Meinl Generation X 10" FX Hats

Group: Hi-Hats
Type: FX Hats
Size: 10 Inch
Series: Generation X
Weight: Top: 385g / Bottom: 386g
Median Weight: Top: 385g (n=1) / Bottom: 386g (n=1)
Years of production: 2009¹ - Present
Sound file: Generation X 10" FX Hat
Generation X 10" FX Hat
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Review: "On review is a selection from the Generation X stable. The newest models, two pairs of FX hats, are the only recognisably conventional cymbals of the lot. Available in 8" and 10" diameters, the hats are made from FX9, a tinless blend of copper, zinc, manganese and aluminium.

Unlathed but regularly hammered, they are buffed to a mirror finish. Each bottom cymbal has a pair of punched holes 30mm in from the edge while stencilled tribal graphics adorn the outer faces.

The 10" hats are equally speedy and snap at the sticks like an angry Jack Russell. There is a little more in the way of body present in the larger pair, though the note is still supremely bright and glassy. Both pairs of hats have clearly been designed to suit super-fast dance/drum'n'bass players and are capable of expressing whatever runaway patterns are thrown at them.

By the same token, though their shrunken diameters might suggest a lack of volume, the high frequencies they produce carry pretty well."

Review written by Adam Jones ("Meinl Generation X Effects Cymbals review", musicradar.com, January 19, 2010)

Artist/song where it can be heard: unknown

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Source:
¹ Musicradar.com