AA (Automatic Anvil) - Designed for explosive playing: AA cymbals combine musicality and energy for sounds that are bright, bold and explosive.

AAX - Designed for precision. AAX delivers pure, bright shimmering tones. Like stainless steel, AAX is cool, modern, and extremely efficient. With its streamlined design and sound-shaping Auto-Focus Response feature, AAX is the ultimate breakthrough in modern cymbal making. Tap with your finger or thrash with a stick, Auto-Focus Response maximizes sensitivity, equalizes high & low pitch levels, and purifies sounds by filtering out conflicting overtones. AAX sounds are pure and accurate. Designed for the studio or stage. AAX is versatile and works for any music style.

Hand Hammered - Designed for the art-drummer: warm, imaginative and emotional. Hand Hammered cymbals produce the lowest pitches of all Sabian cymbals. They are traditional, warm, imaginative, and emotional. Hand Hammered speaks with a musical darkness steeped in nearly 400 years of cymbal making history. Sabian artisans craft their secret process bronze into soulful cymbals, rich with dark, traditional tone. It's a complex blend of sounds that comes together in a warm, musical mix capable of motivating the musician and any discerning drummer. Individually unique, Hand Hammered is the cymbal with a sound that is a piece of art.

HHX - Designed for projection. HHX puts out rich, simmering tones that burn through the coolest music. Super-sized hammering and an exclusive Tone Projection feature add bite to project the musical sounds of HHX through everything from pumped-up grooves and thickly textured tracks, to guitar-heavy, high-end wailing. HHX combines the best of two worlds, Traditional Tone and Modern Projection. With HHX compromise is not an option.

Signature Cymbals - Specialized Cymbals for different music styles. Sabian teams up with great drummers like Jack Dejohnette and Richie Garcia to create cymbals that are to the exact specification of these master drummers. Since these are cymbals that Sabian drummers use, you know that the highest quality standards are found within. Sabian drummers and artisans put a lifetime of experience into each Signature series cymbal.

Pitches, Finishes, Sounds & Metals of Sabian Cymbals

Pitches, Finishes & Sounds

The Pitch, Finish & Sound of every Sabian cymbal is thoughtfully planned. Here's a description of these qualities.

Finishes of Sabian Cymbals

Brilliant finish: High-pressure polishing creates a glossy look and smoother response.

Natural finish: Bronze responds with a added bit and presence in its natural state

Tip: Lower pitches blend into the music, making for a bigger, fuller sound. Higher pitches cut through the music, great for soloing and singing above other instruments.

Metals: B20 or B8 Bronze

B20 Bronze Cymbals: 80% copper, 20% tin and traces of silver

"Listen for the Silver" is what Sabian drummers say. Sabian adds silver to the B20 bronze cymbals; & you can hear the beautiful sound of silver within!

The Sabian B20 'secret-process' are premium cymbals, which are extremely sensitive and yet incredibly durable.

B8 Bronze Cymbals: 92% copper, 8% tin; B8 bronze delivers bright, tonally tight sounds.

The Sabian B8 cymbals are high quality, affordable cymbals. They are perfect for beginning or intermediate level drummers who don't have a giant budget.

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