Has anyone tried the Master series hats? I'm selling my Turks to my drum teacher who has a full set of Turk series minus the hats. I found the fully unlathed cymbals to be a tad dry for my taste, my turk crash was traded out for a traditional series that I like much better. The hats worked amazingly for funk and rock and heavier groove stuff, but they were just too chunky for jazz. I'm looking at a pair of 13" Master Series, but I'm aprehensive due to the bottom sides being unlathed. I'm looking for more of a sizzly jazz sound. Has anyone tried them out, how dry are they?
bosphorous cymbals are THE best for jazz that i have ever heard
Sonor - Pearl - Tama - Mapex - Paiste - Sabian - Roc N Soc - Pro Mark - Gibralter - Evans - Dixon - Mapex
nice choice as well. i have the 20" wide ride and my eye on a trash crash and pang thang
I've heard great reviews about the wide ride, though I haven't had the chance to play one. I like the wide lathing on the bottom of the Stanton cymbals, like a mix between the New Orleans series and the traditional lathing on top. I think I'm going to like these hats better than the Turks.
I just acquired my first set of Bos cymbals. Used but not abused... and they were a steal!
13in Antique hats
19in Antique ride
20in Masters ride
What a departure from ALL my other cymbals (mostly Paistes)! I'm gonna have to learn how to "work" these cymbals into my current material, but it should be fun. No doubt if I have to sell them I will end up ahead of what I paid.
I'll try to get some vids or sound files up soon.
Also - I was surprised at the dryness of the Antiques. Sound files led me to believe they weren't quite so dry as what I'm hearing in front of me.
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Scottie, I have been playing mostly Bosphorous since I got back into drumming last year and am very impressed with quality and sound. With my NC's I use Stanton Moore 22" Wide Ride, 20" Turk Series Ride, Stanton Moore 18" Smash Crash and 14" Traditional Hats.
The Renowns are currently set up with 21" Masters Vintage (only 1853g), 21" Stanton Moore Wide Ride, 16" Zildjian Fast Crash and 14" Traditional Hats.
Since I have been playing Jazz and Blues these have worked well, I will add some others better suited for the Classic Rock I am getting back into in the near future.
Enjoy them!
STACK57
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Can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the United States Navy".
-- President John F. Kennedy
Gretsch Renown 57 and Renowns in Cherry Burst
Noble & Cooley CD Maple kit and Horizon Hybrid kit
Gretsch, Noble & Cooley, Pearl, Ludwig and Slingerland Snares
Bosphorus & Zildjian Cymbals
Gilbraltar Hardware
My bad Slade, should have written as 20" Wide Ride.
STACK57
Any man who may be asked in this century, what he did to make his life worthwhile...
Can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the United States Navy".
-- President John F. Kennedy
Gretsch Renown 57 and Renowns in Cherry Burst
Noble & Cooley CD Maple kit and Horizon Hybrid kit
Gretsch, Noble & Cooley, Pearl, Ludwig and Slingerland Snares
Bosphorus & Zildjian Cymbals
Gilbraltar Hardware
Nice little setup you scored Scottie, welcome to the Bosphorus club! Bosphorus is definitely a different animal than the big 3, it can certainly take a little time to get used to the complexity. I agree with you about the Antiques, very dry, they look better than they sound in my opinion, but thats just my taste, some love the unlathed sound. The traditional models are my favorite, and I find them to be the most versatile. Congrats on your purchase, would love to hear exactly how good of a deal you got!
Gretschhead
Each ride was $100, and the hats were $125. Knowing this, I bought them after a few stick hits.
Hard to say if they'll be part of my "permanent" collection (ha!), but I can say for certain that I am definitely playing them a LOT differently than my Paistes. They are way thinner than any cymbals I've owned previously. I started my drumming career on Paiste RUDES, for goodness' sake!
Update: just bought a New Orleans 21 inch ride on the 'bay. I'm now up to 6 cymbals in the past 3 weeks... so now it's time to unload 6 Paistes. Decisions, decisions!
Scott G
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Ludwig
Paiste
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Scott G
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Ludwig
Paiste
Bosphorus
the New Orleans is one of my favorite rides and was my first Bosphorus. its greasy and washy but never loses stick definition.
Hey guys.
I bumped into two funny cymbals. Did not try them out yet.
The first one is a Bosphorus 18" 'extra heavy ride', which appears not to belong to any line. It only bears the Bosphorus logo and the mention 'extra heavy ride'. And it indeed is heavy, as it weighs 2300g. The description says "very clear ping, very short sustain".
The second one is a Bosphorus 22" Ferit Series 'heavy ride' Turk. Again, it sure is heavy: 3450g! Why, that is by far the heaviest Bosphorus I've ever seen. Its weight supposedly confers it a great versatility.
I wanted to get a 22" Turk ride, I love its earthy, dry and controlled sound. But up until now, all the 22" rides I tried out weighed no more than 2400/2500g. I've always been scared of heavy cymbals. What do you think about those?
By the way, I mostly play Jazz.
Thanks.
I'd definitely play those cymbals and decide whether or not YOU like them. Those are definitely some heavy cymbals, which is not the norm with Bosphorus stuff. Everyone has their own opinion on what sounds good though, just because all the jazzers tell you to get the thinnest cymbals you can find for jazz, doesn't mean you can't make a heavier cymbal sound good. The turk series is very dry and typically doesn't have much sustain and wash to it, a heavier model turk sounds better in my opinion than a thin one. If you can't play it in person, check online for sound files of a similar weight cymbal to see if you like it, there are lots of bosphorus files online.
Thanks for your answer.
I generally prefer thin cymbals. Had some bad experience with heavier ones. That's why I'm scared. I can't try them out in person, and it's extremely hard to find Bosphorus pies where I live. I've been searching the Internet for two days, and found absolutely nothing about the first one (looks like it doesn't even exist). I found lots of files and reviews about the 22" Turk ride, but all those cymbals are 2400/2500g. I just can not find any Bosphorus in that weight range.
It's a pretty good deal, but I don't want to end up with a loud as hell, unplayable gong.
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