Zildjian Expands Popular K Custom Hybrid Cymbal Line

The Avedis Zildjian Company is pleased to announce the introduction of three innovative K Custom Hybrid instruments. Designed by of one of Japan's top drummers, Akira Jimbo, the Hybrid line continues to expand and be one of Zildjian's most successful cymbal lines. Zildjian now offers a new K Custom Hybrid Ride and two brand new special effect cymbals.

The new 21-inch K Custom Hybrid Ride offers much of the same versatility found with the original 20-inch version but also adds a greater breadth of sound and a fuller body of overtones. This new medium-heavy weighted Hybrid Ride model continues to combine the unlathed, Brilliant Finish on its inner portion with Traditional Finish lathing on the outer half of the cymbal. This provides superior stick definition and the strong bell dynamic of the K Custom Ride with the Crash-ability and increased spread of overtones you would expect from a thinner, lathed cymbal. All of these elements help to produce one of the world's most versatile Ride cymbals.

The new 13-inch K Custom Hybrid Trash Splash and the 15-inch K Custom Hybrid Trash Crash offer two brand new thin special effect options that can be used within any percussion setup. Each of these new Hybrid Trash designs starts with a brand new cone shaped bell that along with the entire center portion of the cymbal is unlathed and with a Brilliant Finish. As with all other K Custom Hybrid instruments, the outer area of the each cymbal is finished with traditional lathing but with a very thin taper. These cymbals are randomly hammered very heavily throughout with additional "under-hammering" near the outer edge to establish an increased "bend" for the final one inch of the cymbal's bow. All of these elements work together to help create a dirty and trashy body of overtones that has an extremely fast response and quick decay time.

Commenting on the K Custom Hybrid line, Akira Jimbo said, "They have the power to fly across the borders of musical categories."