THE ORIGINAL Vintage PAISTE COLORSOUND 5 China Type 18” DEEP CRIMSON RED! 1270 g

Don’t show up to life half-cocked with those lousy, beat-ass 900 series colorsounds!

This is the ORIGINAL! And these Early Colorsounds made quite a statement when they debuted in the early 1980s. It was the golden years of MTV -  an auspicious time for visual panache!

However these Colorsound 5s were not JUST eye candy.  The Colosounds SOUND much different than the standard Paiste 2002.

And yes!  It’s the ink! 

And they have ink on BOTH sides. The color treatment dries the cymbal out quite a bit - and that’s a beautiful thing when striking a Paiste China!

The attack is much more pronounced and the decay quicker. It has a tone that is closer to an ACTUAL traditional China Cymbal - it hits and quits.

1270 grams. Huge flanged edge ripe for the striking!

Very clean for being 40 years old! Original the debut year! Sounds fantastic.