Paiste Combo Crisp Hi Hats & Rude Power Ride The Reign

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PRICES
Signature Combo Crisp
hi-hats, £372; Rude
Power Ride The Reign,
£349
ALLOY USED
Hats: CuSn20 bronze
top and Signature
Bronze bottom; ride:
CuSn8 bronze, aka 2002
bronze
FINISH
Hats: natural brilliant;
ride: Rude polished
HAMMERING
Hand and machine
guided
COUNTRY OF
MANUFACTURE
Made in Switzerland
“using modern,
innovative methods”
DIAMETERS
AVAILABLE
12" hi-hats; 22" ride
WEIGHTS
Hats: heavy top and
heavy bottom; ride:
extra heavy
MODELS
AVAILABLE
Hi-hats and ride
SUITABLE FOR
Hats: fast and nimble
pop, dance, rock, world,
jazz, folk, etc; ride: all
metal, heavy rock and
loud pop
CONTACT
Korg UK Ltd
01908 304 601
[e-mail]
www.korg.co.uk
Essential spec
RHYTHMATIST HI HATS
Stewart Copeland’s top and bottom
Combo Crisp hats are equally heavy
and, unusually, made from two
different Paiste alloys
RUDE REIGN
Dave Lombardo’s 22" Rude
Power Ride is a 35th
anniversary reproduction of the
cymbal he played on Slayer’s
1986 album
Reign In Blood
cymbal unleashes a clamorous tolling bell
character. Leave it to resonate and revel in
the long sustain surrounded by a full tone
that is quite clear and diminishes uniformly
without unduly clashing overtones. In other
words a typically clean Paiste sound, pure
but with ample scale.
Pounding out no-messing, driving eighth-
note ride beats, the attack is undeniably
intense and toppy, but is balanced by that
high-pitched yet warm background wash.
Part of the blueprint for extreme heavy
rides involves increased bell sizes. But this
sometimes means that playing these
oversized bells can be like clouting an anvil,
resulting in a dead, wrist-jarring ‘ting’ if you
don’t catch them just right. Paiste seems to
have avoided this by lathing the bell so that
it remains resonant while benefi tting from
its size in terms of volume.
VERDICT: There are no more deserving
drummers than Copeland and
Lombardo to be honoured with these
signature Paiste hi-hats and ride
cymbal, which do exactly as their
names imply.
BUILD QUALITY
PLAYABILITY
VALUE FOR MONEY
RATING
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