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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 surface results in a dry, earthy sound with few overtones
  • Excellent 'crashability'
  • Available since April 2016
  • Item number 383416
  • Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
  • Hand Hammered Yes
  • Finish Regular, Traditional
  • Alloy B20 Bronze
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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 Jazz Ride Cymbal

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 Jazz Ride is a little lighter than the Raw series' standard ride of the same size; it has a very musical tone, yet it's compact, clean, and almost discreet, with few overtones.

Zultan 20" Raw Jazz Ride Cymbal

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" Jazz 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 Jazz drummers would expect of a good ride, 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 Jazz Ride is sure to perform here as well.

Zultan 20" Raw Jazz 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 Jazz 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 Jazz 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" Jazz Ride, like all of the other cymbals of the Raw series, delivers very reliable results.

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Do not underestimate!
Neptunian 24.01.2025
Fantastic cymbal, especially considering its price. Its sound is extremely dry, so perhaps this is not the most versatile ride you have ever seen, but for jazz and related genres (as it name anyway suggests), it is excellent. Nice discreet but clear bell sound, too.

Can easily compete against some rides with double or triple the price and reputation (e.g. Zildjian K Custom Extra Dry).
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Du brut, pas du brutal
K rider 10.02.2019
La première chose qu'on remarque, c'est le pitch extrêmement grave de cette ride compte tenu de ses dimensions. Mais dès qu'on la joue, l'attaque est très nette, c'est précis et articulé. Le son est charnu, si la résonance n'est pas envahissante, elle n'est pas sèche. Ce ping un peu épais, avec un sustain court me paraît être sa caractéristique la plus intéressante. Elle réagit bien aux accents, le pic de graves s'éteint rapidement, et on ne risque pas de perdre le contrôle.

Évidemment, on parle d'une ride destinée au jazz, qu'on joue à un volume sonore modéré. Elle n'est pas bonne en crash, frappée sur la tranche c'est lourdaud, ça traîne un peu trop longtemps. Le dôme est moyennement sonore, pas agressif compte tenu de son pitch grave, il est donc très utilisable.

Esthétiquement, c'est assez réussi, on déplore quelques rayures inimaginables sur une cymbale de grande marque, mais cette Zultan est deux fois moins chère et n'a rien à leur envier sur le plan sonore. Sa personnalité très typée s'intègre bien dans un set plus propre, et apporte une touche originale sans pour autant être trash.
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Unglaublich Facettenreich, sehr spannend und pure Spielfreude!
SantiSan 28.05.2020
Ich suchte nach einem Becken für eine leisere Spielweise ohne dabei Einbußen in der Dynamik zu haben. Ich spiele Pop, Funk, Hip Hop, Swing, akustische Cover, moderne Musik, Elektro.
Mein Becken wiegt ca. 1780 Gramm, es ist relativ trocken, nicht tot und trotzdem öffnet es einen umfangreiches Spektrum, sobald es gecrasht wird (kein trockener Gongsound). Einfach nur geil! Ich wollte nicht wahrhaben, dass so ein günstiges Becken die Vergleichsmodelle namenhafter Hersteller in den Schatten stellt oder mindestens gleich zieht.
Es ist für leise bis mittlere Lautstärken geeignet, dunkel im fundamentalen Klang gepaart mit feinen, zurückhaltenden und brillianten Tönen im Ping. Die Kuppe aktiviert den Sound des gesamten Beckens in einer Art Wash. Nur mit dem Teil des Sticks gespielt, der kurz vor der Spitze kommt, kann die Kuppe auch einen erdigen und klaren, aber nicht scharfen klang zu erzeugen, der sich vom restlichen Becken abhebt.
Es macht UNGLAUBLICH viel Spaß auf dem Ding rumzunudeln.
Dazu kommt noch die hammergeile Optik: dunkel, rau, fuchsige Töne. Wie eine Lava Landschaft.
Ein kleines Detail, was das Gesamtbild abrundet, war der Dreck am Becken aus dem Ofen und die mit Kreide aufgemalte Angabe in Gramm.
Andere Serien von Zultan sagen mir nicht so zu, aber von dieser Reihe gerne mehr!

Ps.: Ich vermute, es ist nichts für Metal oder härtere Gangarten. Höchstens als Crash, aber wer weiß, wie lange die Haltbarkeit ist.
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Migliori piatti qualità/prezzo sul mercato.
Poter 07.06.2019
Assolutamente fantastici. Con un prezzo così basso non ci si aspetterebbe una qualità così alta. Detto questo magari non arrivano ai livelli di certi piatti di certe marche, però dicono decisamente la loro.
Li trovo perfetti per chi deve iniziare a suonare che chiaramente non vuole spendere subito un capitale. Vanno benissimo anche come secondi piatti, ma anche come primi in certe occasioni.
In particolare questo è diventato il mio ride preferito, non mi stanco mai di suonarlo, molto musicale.
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