Turkish Cymbals Crash-Rides

A crash-ride cymbal takes on two roles: you play ride figures on the bow and crash accents on the edge. In compact setups it saves you a cymbal; in large ones it serves as a second ride next to the main ride. We carry four crash-rides by Turkish Cymbals made of B20 bronze. If you'd rather keep the two roles separate, there are our ride cymbals and crash cymbals.

Sound of the crash-ride cymbals: from bright to earthy

The Rock Beat Raw Crash-Ride is polished to a mirror finish; the polish makes the bronze denser and the sound bright. On the bow, every stroke stays clear over a powerful wash, and when crashed it sounds explosive. The Millennium Crash-Ride combines clear stick definition with a warm crash whose decay stays controlled. The Ad Astra Crash-Ride sounds full-bodied and dark, with a balanced wash. The Cappadocia Crash-Ride is earthy and dry – its deep hammering makes the sound darker and more controlled.

Size and weight of the crash-rides

Crash-rides are usually larger than a typical crash, so that the bow can carry ride figures. As a rule of thumb: the lighter the cymbal, the faster it responds as a crash; the heavier it is, the more defined it stays when you play it as a ride. You'll find Cappadocia, Millennium and Rock Beat Raw among the 19-inch crash-rides, and the Ad Astra among the 20-inch crash-rides. The Millennium is Medium-Thin and built close to Thin, which is why it responds quickly. The other three are Medium-Heavy; as a result, the Rock Beat Raw carries far both as a ride and as a crash.

For loud bands, fusion and jazz

The Rock Beat Raw series is built for loud music: rock, metal, grunge and prog, plus blues. The Ad Astra series, co-developed by Özgür Can Öney, ranges from rock and prog to funk, fusion, soul and R'n'B. The Millennium series and the Cappadocia series are at home in jazz; both crash-rides also respond to brushes. Millennium also suits soul, blues and Latin, and the earthy crash of the Cappadocia suits grunge rock as well. What wash, attack and decay mean is explained in our article on cymbal terminology.

Hammered in Istanbul, each with its own surface

The four crash-ride cymbals are made in Istanbul: cast by hand from B20 bronze (80% copper, 20% tin) and hand-hammered stroke by stroke. Their surfaces differ: on the Ad Astra only the bell is lathed, and it gets its dark finish in the oven. Cappadocia and Millennium are lathed, and the Cappadocia also has a dark hammer pattern with a charcoal-black patina. On the Rock Beat Raw, the bow and bell remain unlathed. Before a cymbal leaves the workshops, it is individually tested by hand.

As the official Turkish Cymbals dealer in Germany, we have been advising you personally since 2015 – with genuine expertise and shipping directly from Berlin. Discover our crash-ride cymbals in hand-hammered B20 bronze.