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Rare Vintage SABIAN BRILLIANT HH Hand Hammered 22” Heavy Ride 3938 g CANADIAN K Dark SMOOTH

Rare Vintage SABIAN BRILLIANT HH Hand Hammered 22” Heavy Ride 3938 g CANADIAN K Dark SMOOTH

$399.99 - $399.99
$399.99
$399.99 - $399.99
$399.99
  • Absolutely gorgeous cymbals right here! Beautiful!! 
  • This is an EARLIER Sabian HH Ride - and it’s in the damn near impossible to find 22” size and it’s BRILLIANT!! And it’s incredible! 

  • This is the direct descent of the Zildjian CANADIAN K. I’ve owned several of those and that’s exactly how this Vintage Sabian Hand Hammered HH looks, feels and sounds. 

  • Same very low, deep profile and pitch, telltale heavy Hand Hammering all around the bell out to the edge. Incredible stick attack with a very dark wash. 

  • As many of you may know, Zildjian Canada became Sabian when the brothers had a hissy fit. Robert ZILDJIAN started Sabian.

  •  The 70s Zildjian Canadian Ks became 80s Sabian HHs, and are basically the scion of the vintage Old School (Istanbul) Zildjian Ks...before they disappeared for a decade and then entered the modern era. I believe the Canadian Ks (and Early HHs) were Hand Hammered by the Zildjian artisans from Istanbul who were brought over to the Zildjian Canadian plant in the late 60s/70s.

  • Weighing in at a GLORIOUS 3938 grams this Earlier Sabian HH 22” plays like a SUPER DARK CRISP Medium Heavy to Heavy Ride-a la Tony Williams weight

  • The tone is semi-dry and SMOOTH, dark, clean, controlled, and very balanced. As you would imagine, the stick attack on this beauty is absolutely fantastic, especially when played right beneath the bell. 

  • This 22”  yields a chime-like, focused, low pitched stick definition that remains musical and is NOT clanky.

  • And it has the glorious SHIMMER of the famous BRILLIANT Finish! 

  • This Vintage HH Heavy 22” projects extremely well, better than any modern K that I've encountered, it has no problem cutting through in amplified music but can easily be reined in when played delicately out at the edge.

  • It's a 25 to 30 year old Hand Hammered 22” in the vein of the Zildjian Istanbul cymbalsmiths! It can cover nearly all the bases! And it's aged beautifully too!  

  • Use it for absolutely anything.  A hard to find 22”.  Sounds amazing. Guaranteed!