Introducing the Todd Sucherman AA Spotlight Crashes and HHX Redlight Crashes!

[Jules]

[tcbetka]

One of the absolute BEST players on the planet, and a heck of a nice guy to boot. I've always loved his drum & cymbal setup(s), whether it be Pearl or now the Sonor. The Sabian pies he's played always sound great, so I'm sure these cymbals will be a big hit!

[DaveInNZ]

I see these in my future.

[tcbetka]

I just bought several Foundry Reserve pies from Meinl, otherwise I would likely be looking to do the same...lol. I can't even play these yet, because I don't have a sound-proof studio. So I can't wait for that. But I'd love to hear these things live, and take them for a test drive.

[DaveInNZ]

Yeah I get that. I tend to have different 'bands' of cymbals. I have some Foundry Reserves which as you know are really dark and smokey, and I have a set of Paiste 602 which are super sparkly. What I don't have is a full set of 'straight down the middle' Turkish stuff - I have the Session Ride, and together with these new crashes that would be that 'band' of cymbals covered big time.

[tcbetka]

...and the only problem with having these 'bands' of cymbals, is the cost. It's not like you have to only buy one or two cymbals, lol.

[DaveInNZ]

See, why did you have to go and bring that up!?

sticks head back in sand

[tcbetka]

The set of Meinl pies I just bought (Foundry Reserve: 16" hats, 19" crash, 20" crash, 20" light ride; Pure Alloy Custom: 22" ride, 18" SFX) was like $3200. Ouch. But as I had sold off ALL my cymbals 6-7 years ago, I didn't have a single one in the house. If I'd had even a couple of Zildjian pies left, I would have just added more of those...as I've played Zildjian (primarily) for 40 years. But since I had none at all, I spend a month or so researching ALL brands, and ended up going with Meinl.

In that process I ran across a German line that I really liked: Agean. I saw several sets being demo'd with some Sonor Vintage drums, but a German fellow who is an EXCELLENT player. But I couldn't find any distributors here in the US, other than selling their low-volume models...so I couldn't even call someone to discuss prices. And since I also loved the Meinl stuff, I went that route. But I'm sure I'll be revisiting the subject once I need a different "band" of cymbal sounds.