Zildjian K Customs??????

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does anyone have any of the Zildjian K Custom Dark Crashes


im looking for a 17" but a 16 would do


anyways if never played the K Customs


does anyone use them and have them recorded



i know i know they have em all recorded on the Zildjian website but i dont like their recordings ... they dont even hit the bass drum and it sounds like they mic the cymbals from the bottom
 
the K customs are pretty cool. i've never owned one, but from banging on the drum kits at Guitar Center, i've liked the K customs. they have more of a "musical" tone to them and are less bright than the A Customs. i really loved the K custom splashes more so than the crashes. they sound incredible.
 
If you can get the .mp3 link to work, here is a 'swishy' recording I did for a friend in a multi million dollar studio in the heart of London England 10 years ago using a 17 Zildjian K Custom on the right hand side of the kit. The other cymbal was 19" K Med Thin Crash, but I'm sure you can hear the 17" by itself just after the big middle section.

http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Bergasse,_Lulu/comments-0.html ....WARNING - SMILEY POP UP :)

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Iain
 
unfortuantly i couldn't get the clip to work but that's OK


thank you very much for trying

I'm pretty sure i'm gonna get this cymbal
 
i would hit ya with some rep but i cant give any out right now
 
The K's are nice but also expensive. They are used (as I've seen them) more in Jazz and Fusion stuff I believe Carter Beauford uses them from Dave Matthews Band and I'm almost positive Steve Smith of Vital Information uses them. My drummer also has one of the dark crashes. 16" i think...it sounds really nice, but if you are a hard hitting player watch out. My drummer has split 3 now i think...But I've heard that Zildjian replaces those if you do. They have kind of a darker sound to them.

Hope that helped :confused:
 
a friend of mine has a set, and man do they sound good and record easy.
but he's kinda a jazz cat and i could see whare they wouldn't cut enough for heavy stuff.
 
giraffe said:
and man do they sound good and record easy.
but he's kinda a jazz cat and i could see whare they wouldn't cut enough for heavy stuff.
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that sounds good to me .... im not playing anything hard im playing blues rock which is not very hard


so i should be in good shape
 
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