ZILDJIAN RUDE HIHATS? Well…CLOSE! Zildjian IMPULSE 14” Hihats 1132 1120 g RAW Factory Notches

I don’t know where I was when these cymbals were hammered out but I know I had on TUBE SOCKS!

The 1980s…a time for cymbal counter-punching! Paiste had garnered attention with their raw and unlathed RUDE SERIES, made famous by Alex Van Halen, Stewart Copeland, Charlie Benante and a healthy stable of robust rockers. 

And Zildjian was not to have their raw, unlathed cheese left out in the wind!! 

Enter the IMPULSE SERIES. Zildjian’s 1983 impulse to answer the call of the RUDE! 

Pilfering the Paiste Rude alloy and mirroring the brutalist, circular style hammering, the Impulse series captured the unabashed high-on-life and a bunch of other stuff 80s living.

1132 over 1120 grams. And…WITH FACTORY NOTCHES to prevent that dreaded AIR LOCK!

Hard to find these days and you need not don tube socks to enjoy!!!