Zultan 21" Q Ride

Great sound and great aesthetics

I was happy with this cymbal when I unboxed it, and I loved it when I played it. It responds nicely to different dynamics and has a big satisfying wash when used as a big crash. The bell is large and easy to hit and it makes a nice "ping" when hit with the stick tip, and a rather powerful "dung" when hit with the shoulder of the stick. While capable of being loud, it isnt a super bright cymbal because of the unlathed areas, so I suspect this cymbal may not be greatly suited to recording really heavy music, but I will be testing this sooner or later! But regardless, I love the sound of this cymbal and think it is well suited to quite of variety of styles. And on top of that, it looks fantastic and has really livened up my kit!

Not quite my sound and It's a bit heavy.

It had the specs (I thought) to be a great ride, the dryness mixed with the brilliant polish, B20 Alloy Hand Hammered/Crafted, The bell size made me think it could potentially be crashable. I was wrong, I instantly noticed it was a bit heavy, and not very crashable (at least to my ears).

The Ride doesn't sound BAD, the Bow of the cymbal is articulate (especially in the polished area) and I would've liked a bigger better bell for this type of ride in the case of an articulate bow. On Zultan's website, it does state it's between the "Rock Beat" and "F5" in volume, but with how heavy it is, I'm now curious how heavy is the "Rock Beat?" and how heavy is the "F5?" Zultan doesn't specify that with (Thin, Medium, Heavy) So now I'm unsure on what product to look into now from them.