Turkish Cymbals 18" Crash

For an 18-inch crash cymbal, the choice runs from a paper-thin effect cymbal to a Medium-Heavy crash. Compared with a 16", an 18" sounds fuller and carries further, which is why many drummers in louder bands play it as their main crash.

What an 18" crash brings to each series

In Dark Hammer, Raw Dark, Xanthos-Cast and the Zephyros Crash Holey, the 18" has more body than the smaller sizes; in Studio and Vintage Soul it has the longest sustain of its series. In 18" the FX Crash gets more powerful and the FX Silence deeper. In Lale Kardeş and John Blackwell, on the other hand, the 18" sounds shorter than the larger version. One step up are the 19-inch crashes, one step down the 17-inch crashes.

Signature crashes and other tonal colours

The crash from the Lale Kardeş Signature series takes its cue from the crash sound rock drummers played in the '60s and '70s, with plenty of wash and a long decay. The Crash Thin from the John Blackwell Signature series responds quickly and sounds warm. In Jarrod Cagwin's Soundscape series, the Water Crash resonates like a concert gong. The Ad Astra Crash sounds warm and dark, with controlled sustain for rock, funk and fusion. For traditional jazz and jazz fusion, there are the finely responsive Jazz Crash Thin and the NJG with its open sound. In rock, the bright, explosive X-TR Brilliant faces off against the dark Raw Dark with its short sustain.

Workshop and material

Every 18-inch model is made of B20 bronze from Istanbul. The differences lie in the hammering: the FX Silence and the Water Crash skip it, on the X-TR Brilliant and the X-TR Classic a machine does part of it, and everything else is hammered by hand. Our crash cymbals give you an overview of every size.

As the official Turkish Cymbals dealer in Germany, we have been advising you personally since 2015 – with genuine expertise and shipping directly from Berlin. Which 18" becomes your main crash is up to your ears.