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GLOWING Istanbul Mehmet Legend Hihats 14” 896 1116 g Mel Lewis PERFECT! Warm & Versatile!

Original price $399.99 - Original price $399.99
Original price
$399.99
$399.99 - $399.99
Current price $399.99
  • THINNER Ultra Warm and glowing MELLOW 14s”!  Absolutely AMAZING Hihats right here! 

  • These Legend Hihats were formerly called the Mel Lewis Hihats back when Agop and Mehmet played nice together. 
  • This is the series that catapulted ISTANBUL to stardom some 30 years ago.  The other series are great but in those early years, the Mel Lewis Series was what everyone talked about. They’re …well…

  • ….legendary.  

  • Super warm with a light and lively complexity that is far from trashy, these 14s” are MELLOW, some of the mellowist hihats you may hear. 

  • They have a great golden glow to them with an ultra-warm, semi-low pitch. The tone is reminiscent of 70-year-old Istanbul Ks. Mellow but with a nice attack in there. 

  • ONLY 896 and 1116 grams, they play like Thin Light hats with a nice old-world hand-hammered breathiness.  Right in between Thin and Medium Thin. 

  • They have a hearty splash when opened while maintaining a vintage-sounding CHICK. 

  • Warm. Dark. Low pitched.  Incredibly mellow with a golden glow. Great cutting attack that is euphonic and smooth. 

  • No big company makes anything quite like these. 

  • No issues. Perfect shape!  Not easy to actually find outside a pointless stock photo.