I Love My Sabians!

[Drumolator]

I have been playing drum set for over fifty years, and I have been through MANY cymbals. What I have now is the best I have ever had, all Sabian.

AA 21" Bash Ride (my favorite ride I have ever played)
SR2 18" Thin (great crash and very rideable)
AAX 17" Studio Crash
AA 16" Thin Crash (20th Anniversary model)
SR2 Hats (medium top, heavy bottom)

The crashes all blend very well and sound great together. The hats sound great in big rooms and outside but not so much in small rooms. Do any of you have satisfying cymbals? Peace and goodwill.

[drummer]

Satisfying cymbals? Yup, but I mix and match. I'm not loyal to any brand.

[MDK]

Still loving my Legacy's....so musical. Looking to add an ozone crash and maybe a 15"
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[SpazApproved]

I have over 200 Sabian cymbals in my collection.... I also own multiple Sabian display cymbal trees and a lite up sign.

[drummer]

I have over 200 Sabian cymbals in my collection....

Yup, you're a hoarder, lol. That's insane! - Wow!

[noreastbob]

And I thought I was a cymbal freak...

[Kevaruka]

I've had a Sabian HHX Evolution 18" O-Zone for a few years now & love it. I have just bought an 18" AA Rock Crash in natural finish but I am not sure if it will fit in with my other cymbals. If not, I can exchange it for a AAX 18" Thin Crash which is darker

[Olimpass]

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My 28” Sabian medium ride leaned up against my vintage Star jr. kit.

[SpazApproved]

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My 28” Sabian medium ride leaned up against my vintage Star jr. kit.

Ok now I have a lot of Sabians but NONE are 28"!!! I AM SO JEALOUS!!
My biggest is a 24" ride. That is sick!

[Olimpass]

Ok now I have a lot of Sabians but NONE are 28"!!! I AM SO JEALOUS!!
My biggest is a 24" ride. That is sick!

No reason to be jealous. It’s only a cymbal. I love my Sabian 18” extra thin AA crash too. Sounds great.

[Drumolator]

Here is my 2022 update. Two days ago I went to C&M Music in Lafayette to buy a drum set. They did not have a set that I wanted, but they did have some cool cymbals. So I bought two cymbals. First, was an SR2 19" Heavy, which is a great ride for only $150. Second, I bought some XS20 14" Hats, which I really like. I went back there yesterday and bought a Mapex Armory 14x5 Sabor snare that has a maple/walnut shell. So now I have two sets of cymbals.

Set One, all Sabian

19" SR2 Heavy (ride)
18" SR2 Thin (crash-ride)
16" AA Thin Crash (20th Anniversary Model)
14" XS20 Hats

Set Two, all Sabian

20" HHX Evolution Ride
17" AAX Studio Crash
15" SR2 Thin (crash)
14" SR2 Hats (medium top, heavy bottom)

Set at Church, mostly Sabian

21" AA Bash Ride
18" AAX Studio Crash
18" Zildjian K China
17" AAX Concept Crash
16" AAX Concept Crash
13" Paiste Alpha Medium Hats
10" SR2 Thin (splash)

Peace and goodwill.

[Kevaruka]

Just bought a (very) cheap AAX 20" Stage Ride to try out

[CycleDude]

I'm a Sabian guy, too. I'd love an AA/AAX ozone or china to round out the set. I have a 10" Paise Alpha splash that sounds really cool, but it's not on the kit right now. I'd really LOVE to not care about mix/match brands but I'm just ocd enough for it to annoy me. LOL

[Drumolator]

My story continues. The AAX 17" Concept Crash at church is lower pitched than either the AAX 18" Studio Crash or the SR2 18" Thin. So I brought the 18" Studio Crash home. The strange thing is that the 17" Concept Crash is very low pitched, but the 16" Concept Crash is very high pitched. I prefer to use three crashes at church because some songs need them. So this is what I am planning to do. My AA 16" Thin Crash is right between the 16" and 17" Concept Crashes. That leaves me with these.

Set One
20" HHX Evolution Ride or 19" SR2 Heavy
17" AAX Studio Crash
18" SR2 Thin
14" XS20 Hats

Extras
18" AAX Studio Crash
14" SR2 Hats (medium top / heavy bottom)

So, I may buy a 16" crash in the future so that I can use the 18" AAX Studio Crash, which is too close to the 17" AAX Studio Crash to use them together. Peace and goodwill.

[EyePea]

A couple of years ago I obtained a set of XR20's.
I sold them; not because they were unpleasant sounding, but because they were surplus to my needs.

I kept one of these XR20'S. The 18 inch China is gorgeous. Thing growls... I love it.

[Drumolator]

A few days ago, I asked my wife and son, who is a great bass player, to listen to crash cymbal combinations. They both picked the same pair of crashes. A few weeks ago, I did a hi-hat cymbal experiment with my two pairs of 14 inch hi-hat cymbals. So here is what I will be using, all Sabian:

19" SR2 Heavy (ride)
18" AAX Studio Crash
16" AA Thin Crash
14" Hats (SR2 Medium top, XS20 bottom)

Peace and goodwill.