Sabian AA 20" Medium Flange Ride

Group: Rides
Type: Medium Flange Ride
Size: 20 Inch
Series: AA
Weight: 2090g
Years of production: 1985 - 1988 or 1989
Sound file: unknown
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Review: "Sabian's medium 20" 'Flange Ride' (£125) is also based on an ordinary cymbal with a brilliant finish. What they've done (under Ed Thigpen's guidance), is to hand-hammer the edge (or rather the last ¾") to thin it out and flatten the tone. This has produced a flange, (albeit a very slight one) and given the cymbal a Chinese-type dirty tone, but still allowed the sound of each beat to remain audible. There's a degree of sibilance but no Chinese build up; altogether it's mellower and somehow more respectable. It is, it must be said, very Jazzy but this is hardly surprising since Ed Thigpen had a hand in its creation."
Review written by Bob Henrit ("Sabian Cymbals - Cymbalcheck", International Musician & Recording World, April 1986)
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