Rides

Here's a VERY Hard to Find, VERY THIN Limited Edition Zildjian K Constantinople 20" RE-ISSUE LIGHT RIDE that is in IMMACULATE Condition! And it’s...

This is a beautiful and hard to find Zildjian. The Factory stamped “LIGHT RIDE.” And it’s 45 years old. Buddy Rich, Harvey Mason and John Guerin ...

1784 grams!  On a Manhattan 20”.  That’s damn thin!! This beauty is super smooth and warm and easily crashable.  And you rarely see these beauti...

Absolutely beautiful looking and sounding 21” Prototype Bosphorus with a light, shimmering papery slightly GLASSY tone.   Gorgeous Brilliant Bell...

A Vintage Zildjian 20” Sizzle that has aged 60 years is a damn fun cymbal to play! This particular 60s Zildjian 20” inhabits the Goldilocks zone o...

One of the rarest and most collectible Istanbul AGOPS - and yes! It’s a 23”! One of the only cataloged 23s” Agop offered (and only for a brief win...

Here’s a very rare, unique and collectible PAISTE PROTOTYPE! A Traditional with the factory “PROTOTYPE” written on the underside.   What if t...

Ultra DARK BEHEMOTH of an Istanbul AGOP 24” Xist at a perfect 3597 grams. This 2 foot beauty runs just south of $600 new, fortunately you need not ...

This cymbal needs no introduction and this particular one has a surprising smoothness for the series: THE most famous of all Paiste cymbals -and wi...

Take a Paiste 2002 20” and blend in some Dark Energy style circular hammering and craftsmanship and VIOLA!!  You have this darker, fairly complex s...

Absolutely fantastic sounding REAL DEAL Paiste 602 from 1975! The real thing.  No need to pay a lot MORE money for a “Re-issue” that is just tryi...

Why the hell go $350 deep on a new puny-sized Zildjian 20” Ping Ride?? Get the Vintage 22” for less. The REAL ONE forged in the fires of Classic ...

Hailing from the golden era of Rock ‘N’ Roll, this Vintage Zildjian delivers a simply fantastic stick attack with great articulation.  This is a ...

I love 22s” from this era. They’re harder to find but worth the search. They’re darker and smoother and have a fullness to them that is also a muc...

Absolutely stunning 1950s hallmark Zildjian HAND HAMMERING on this 20”.  When you get this beauty in the light the whole underside surface is ripp...

This 22” PROTOTYPE harkens from the ORIGINAL VAULT TOUR and is stamped “HHX VAULT TOUR 2004” under the bell. With its center low profile and more s...

Here’s an easy one…. Sounds like John Bonham - because it’s what he used!  The ORIGINAL BLACK LABEL Vintage 2002 18” Ride was a staple of Bonham...

I have only seen an few other of these cymbals.  Unique chime-like ultra-smooth stick attack that remains quick and controlled.  I mean it’s ULT...

This is a hard to find cymbal these days! Hell it was hard to find even when it was being made!  And it ran $650 to get it.   And it was a rare o...

Gorgeous Hand Hammered 22” with that inimitable Bosphorus Paper-y LIGHT Complexity to it. Bosphorus Flagship MASTER Series Papery THIN Ride in th...

This particular Zildjian K Custom Medium has AGED 21 years and has definitely dried out in a beautiful way!  No guessing! Have a listen to it so ...

Raw Ride?Dry Ride?Raw Bell Dry Ride?Dry Bell Raw Ride?Raw Dry Bell Ride? Nah it’s the elusive RAW DRY RIDE!!!   And Dayum!!!  It’s a beauty!!...

One of the nicest, most evenly balanced Artisans I have heard! Amazing stick to wash ratio on this particular one. Goldilocks just right.   D...

I LOVE the rare Prototypes!!!  Take a discontinued 22” Zildjian K CUSTOM, give it super DEEP circular hammering and then add a pinch of K Custom Dr...

There’s a reason this has been one of Sabian’s most popular cymbals over the last 30 years - straight up versatility! Don’t spend $570 on a gues...

No need to spend $544 on a guess!! Have a listen and save money.  These are hard to find outside a google stock photo. Well…THIS ONE you can ...

Here’s a once-in-a-lifetime find! Playable. And definitely collectible! One of the rarest  Paistes, and it looks like it was forged a week ago. ...

Stan Kenton. Brian Blade. Both champion the virtues of the HUGE VINTAGE A, which unfortunately is damn near impossible to find. Not many were made....

Here’s a hard to find gem! A factory “THIN RIDE” Traditional. Glowing, complex, light and airy and papery - crashable!  This fully lathed, beaut...

Here’s a fantastic Semi-Dry, Semi-Complex Hand Hammered 22” that has a delicate smoothness to it as well. And it’s the price of a regular-ass Zild...

What if an Artisan 20” is too hot and an Artisan 22” is too cold? Well normally I’d say you were a querulous-ass malcontent!  However…I just may ...

Holy living hell!! This Zildjian A Custom costs $390 new!  I didn’t even make that up!  Nearly $400 for a stock photo and a guess at what that Z...

Well damn!  This thing sounds amazing.  It’s the perfect blend of dry, dark, smooth and crashable!  And it has a pinch of SHIMMER to it!  And the...

As many of you may know, the newer HHX is Sabian's Top of the Line, and it shows. They’ve been redesigned and they are some of the finest and most...

Gorgeous Hand Hammered 22” with that inimitable Bosphorus Paper-y LIGHT Complexity to it. Bosphorus Flagship MASTER Series Papery THIN Ride in th...

As many of you may know, the newer HHX is Sabian's Top of the Line, and it shows. They’ve been redesigned and they are some of the finest and most...