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Ride Cymbal

  • Size: 20"
  • Raw series
  • Material: B20 bronze
  • Dark, warm and full tone
  • 100% hand hammered
  • Great musicality
  • The unlathed finish results in a dry, earthy sound with few overtones
  • Compact sound with fantastic stick definition
  • Available since April 2016
  • Item number 383162
  • Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
  • Hand Hammered Yes
  • Finish Regular, Traditional
  • Alloy B20 Bronze
$193
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Raw look, warm sound

The cymbals in Zultan's Raw series are characterised by their raw, earthy look. The surfaces of the cymbals reveal the natural colour of the B20 bronze: The absence of a clean, polished finish is a very deliberate design decision here. All the Raw cymbals have a dark, dry response that melds perfectly with the rest of the kit – and the band – so they're perfect whenever musicians want warm, unobtrusive cymbal sounds. The cymbals are made in Turkey, the country in which the art of cymbal making is most highly developed and where cymbal smiths who have spent their lives perfecting their craft use traditional methods to create high-quality, beautifully musical instruments.

Zultan 20" Raw Ride

In tune with the music

Each cymbal in the Zultan Raw series is made from 80% copper and 20% tin – the premium B20 bronze alloy used for really high-end cymbals. Each piece is hand hammered, making every cymbal unique: Great care is taken during final tuning to ensure that the specified tonal tolerances are met. Not lathing the cymbals results, on the one hand, in their appealingly unusual look, on the other hand in a compact, slightly treble-reduced sound with a relatively short sustain. Thanks to these special acoustic characteristics, there is no risk that the cymbals of the Raw series will ever dominate the track they're played on. The 20" Raw Ride has a tone that's musical yet compact, with few overtones.

From Jazz to Electro and back again

Drummers from the genres of Pop, Fusion, Funk, and Jazz need dynamic cymbals with a fast response that are capable of blending homogeneously into different settings. The 20" Ride from the Raw series is perfect for the task: It can be played with sticks, rods, or brushes, so it's capable of a vast range of sounds, and as drummers would expect of a ride this size, it's also eminently suitable for crash accents. Fans of hybrid drumming, in which acoustic and electronic sounds are on an equal footing, also often prefer cymbals with dry sound characteristics – one of the key features of the Raw series. As such, the 20" Raw Ride is sure to perform here as well.

Zultan 20" Raw Ride Cymbal

About Zultan

To provide traditional craftsmanship at a fair price has been the guiding principle of Zultan ever since it was founded in 2000. The firm’s practice of selling directly to the end customer makes it possible to offer very customer-friendly prices. Nevertheless, the production process for Zultan’s trademark cymbals, which are made mainly in Turkey, is of the highest quality, a fact which has ensured they have also been a fixture in the Thomann range since 2011. The nearly 250 Zultan products cover several cymbal series, catering for all sectors of the music market. Zultan also offers accessories such as bags and drumsticks. Thanks to the use of high-quality materials and manufacturing expertise, Zultan really does offer uncompromising quality at a reasonable price.

Mics love it Raw

The 20" Zultan Raw Ride can be used flexibly and has virtually no musical limitations, although it's probably not best suited to the very loudest styles. But thanks to this moderate volume and its balanced frequency spectrum, the Raw Flat Ride is actually a perfect studio cymbal, where it's best for a balanced mix if the drum mics pick up the cymbals as little as possible. Equally, even in locations with difficult acoustics, for example in halls with very high ceilings or in cold, boxy rehearsal rooms, the 20" Ride, like all of the other cymbals of the Raw series, delivers very reliable results.

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Nice ride
Frednugent 06.07.2021
I like the tuning of this ride. Musical and great for recording. Raw power.
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Raues Becken mit zarter Seele
Johannes672 17.05.2016
Dass gute Becken kein Vermögen kosten müssen, hat die Marke Zultan schon seit einiger Zeit bewiesen.

Mittlerweile wird das Angebot immer umfangreicher und für jeden Geschmack sollte das passende Becken zu finden sein.

Neu ist die Raw Serie und da ist der Name Programm.
Archaisch, roh ist jedes der Becken ein Einzelstück. Da es nicht abgedreht ist, sieht man schön die unzähligen Hammermale - selbst an der Kuppe . Die jahrhundertealte Handwerkskunst tritt deutlich zum Vorschein.

Wie klingt das ganze? Eigentlich ganz anders als das Aussehen vermuten ließe - schön artikuliert und eher hell, man hört jeden Anschlag. Man kann das Becken sogar ancrashen und sofort darüber einen geschäftigen Jazzgroove spielen und man hört jede Note.

Die Glocke setzt sich schön ab, ohne jedoch nervig zu sein.

Außer im extremen Lautstärkebereich, dürfte dieses Ride in allen erdenklichen Stilen einsetzbar sein.

Bei roh belassenen Becken ist die Beurteilung der Fertigung immer etwas schwierig, auffällige Verarbeitungsmängel sind allerdings nicht feststellbar.

Ich habe das Becken auch mit anderen Anbietern (die auch gerne mal mehr als das Doppelte kosten) verglichen und konnte da keinen großen Unterschied feststellen.

Das Preis-/Leistungsverhältnis kann nur mit überragend bezeichnet werden.

Unbedingt antesten - Kaufempfehlung.
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The best sounding ride I've owned
JayK 11.05.2017
Looks great and sounds even better! A super versatile cymbal for many styles of music.
The bell sounds great, the bow is full of nuances and yields great stick sounds, and the cymbal crashes nicely as well. The sound is fairly dark and dry, but not so much so that it drowns in the mix.
I've owned quite a few ride cymbals in my time and this is easily my favorite. Very happy that I chose to take a little risk and spend EUR 200 on this! It's not unusual for people to pay 2 or 3 three times more for a cymbal of this caliber.
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subjektiv
siehorst 16.04.2021
becken sind total subjektiv zu bewerten, also ist eine fremdbewertung eigentlich nicht relevant.
ich mag den dunklen sound, es zischt nicht so wie andere.
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