RARE PAPERTHIN 1950s Vintage Zildjian 15” Hihats ONLY 986 994 g LIGHT WHISPY The Real Deal
Original price
$569.99
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Original price
$569.99
Original price
$569.99
$569.99
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$569.99
Current price
$569.99
- These are absolutely glorious sounding hihats:
- Early 1950s Vintage Zildjian PAPER THIN 15” Hihats.
- Absolutely glorious REAL DEAL Hand Hammered Zildjians right here! As good a sounding hihat as you will ever hear.
- LIGHT Hand Hammered 15s” from the time when Thelonious Monk’s career was NEW. Literally made within the first few decades Zildjian went from confectionary to American cymbal smiths.
- They look like 1940s Trans Stamp Hihats - that’s the look and sound and they have the smaller 1940s Trans Stamp center hole.
- A stunning 986 and 994 grams. Wonderfully light and THIN. Tight for a Motown tone. Open them for a beautiful RINGO SLOSH! The chick is right out of an early Oscar Peterson recording.
- They're Hand Hammered all the way out to the edge - beautiful wavy surface in the Classic 1950s fashion.
- No modern company makes anything like these. Although they’ll tell you they do for $700.
- No need to bother with the “re-issues,” “vintage homage,” “throwback light Hihats” and all that.
- Just get the originals!
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Ultra Papery, whispy, super dark, warm and breathy, responsive old-school tone. They sound like they were pulled right from the Cotton Club.
- Great CHUP tone.
- These Zildjians are to be celebrated - for their tone, but also because of what they represent - a piece of American musical and business history.
- It’s a joy playing nearly 80 year-old cymbals! You can’t re-issue a life lived.
- No issues. Stunning dark patina that mellows them perfectly. Remarkable that they survived the 80s. Very hard to find the 1950s 15s”. Some of the thinnest 15” 50s Hihats you’ll ever find.