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An individually crafted, hand-hammered cymbal set that will provide a vintage look and dark sounds to your drum sound. The Sabian HH Vanguard 18’’ Crash / 21’’ Ride Value Cymbal Set is a high-quality cymbal value bundle from Sabian, featuring a HH Vanguard 18’’ Crash Cymbal and a HH 21’’ Vanguard Ride Cymbal. Both HH Vanguard cymbals included in this set and incredibly versatile cymbals, meaning that they are suitable for a wide range of drumming styles and genres, and perform in both live and studio environments. Each cymbal has a different style and touch applied to it, giving each HH cymbal a unique tone. With pin-point lathing, a small bell and an extended profile, The Sabian HH Vanguard 18’’ Crash / 21’’ Ride Value Cymbal Set produces dark, deep tones with a clean, woody stick definition and an incredibly quick response.
Product Ref: 117412
When Sabian was first launched in 1982, Hand Hammered (HH) cymbals were the first products they manufactured - and these were the cymbals that made drummers all over the world fall in love with Sabian. Now, Sabian have remastered these original cymbals to produce models with added complexity and tone, delivering unmatched sonic texture across the entire line. Depending on the size and model, each remastered HH cymbal is hand hammered up to 3,000 times - in some cases more.
Sabians HH cymbals are hand-hammered into shape to achieve the perfect Sabian sound. Each cymbal receives between 2,000 and 4,000 hammer blows, which results in an increase in musicality, tonal complexity and unmatched sonic texture. The HH cymbals are renowned for their dark sound, which is achieved for hammering the B20 metal design cymbal into perfect standard. These vintage style cymbals are extremely popular and praised by many musical greats.
''Traditional Turkish hand hammering is more than just our history,'' explained Sabian Master Sound Specialist Mark Love, ''It's our DNA. We've been using traditional hand hammering techniques since day one.
If you like darker cymbals with a quick response, look no further. The Sabian HH 18’’ Vanguard Crash Cymbal is a thin weight cymbal with pinpoint lathing, which develops clean stick definition. The B20 bronze construction provides a dark tone and a quick response, allowing you to play as vigorously as you like. The Sabian HH 18’’ Vanguard Crash Cymbals are hand-hammed which create a vintage and already played in feel, alongside a dark, vintage sound. All of the Sabian HH cymbals are individually crafted meaning they are all unique and slightly different from one another.
The perfect cymbal for your Jazz set-up. The Sabian HH 21'' Vanguard Ride Cymbal is a thin, light design with pinpoint lathing with provides very clean sound. The Sabian HH 21?? Vanguard Ride Cymbal features a small bell which delivers an extremely clear stick definition, especially for a cymbal as thin as the Vanguard Ride Cymbal. The Sabian HH 21'' Vanguard Ride Cymbal is a diverse cymbal that can be used as a normal ride cymbal or as a crash cymbal. When hit hard, the Vanguard Ride Cymbal projects a clear and crisp crash sound offering you a variation of sound for your drum kit. The Sabian HH 21" Vanguard Ride Cymbal is ideal for players for like darker cymbals with a quick response. The Vanguard Ride Cymbal is hand-hammered which provides a vintage look and a dark sound. In addition to this, the HH cymbals are individually crafted, giving each cymbal their own unique character, which ensures that none of the cymbals will ever be identical.