Zildjian 21" A-Series Sweet Ride

The bell: played with the shoulder of the stick the bell produces a nice and cutting but not overly sharp sound.

The bow: played in the middle of the bow you get a mellow ride sound with lots of wash and good stick definition which gets tighter as you move closer to the bell.

The edge: fantastic crashability with surprisingly fast attack for a cymbal of this size.

I currently use this cymbal for a lot of crash riding in a stoner rock band. It's just perfectly suited for creating a massive wall of chrash during halftime parts.

Only 4/5 for quality because the edge of mine is slightly sharp so you have to watch out not to hurt yourself when choking the cymbal.

This is Ride I?ve bought from second try.
First try was unpleasant because ride unfortunately,
came with defects, cymbal had micro cracks on the top
on the bottom and on the "Hole". Serial Number ended on 110.
Second Ride that came intead of first one has low quality
"Hole", without any Cracks but crooked (or curve)...
I Hope all be fine, but still very scary (smiley)
Serial number of second ride ended on 109
(that is really surprised me).
Probably, this cymbal was created by unqualified worker,
anyway it has too low quality for Zildjian Cymbals.
Thanks a lot to Thomann for replacement first defected cymbal. Second cymbal is defected too.....