I recently picked up this Sabian 20'' HH ride with a kit I bought and it has me a bit stumped. It looks very similar to a modern Leopard ride, but the HH is to the right of the Sabian logo. I haven't weighed it yet, but it is fairly heavy. Does anyone have an idea what this particular cymbal is, what time period it comes from and what it might be worth? I paid $110 for the entire kit so anything above that is gravy.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Dean
Deano!...
I hooked on with SABIAN back in 1986, and have played nothing else since. Interestingly, I also play only the HH series too, and still do! That said:
This is indeed a 20" Leopard Ride. I had a 22" that I played for years.. and .. the logo was the EXACT SAME as this one. You have an early SABIAN HH logo on this cymbal, and these were the logos that were on my original cymbals dating back to 1986. They could have been a little earlier too of course, but I bought my first set in '86, but don't know exactly when they might have been manufactured. 1985? 1986? Still... should get you in the right area.
Tommyp
Thanks Tommyp,
I thought it looked like a Leopard ride, thanks for the confirmation. I have a few Sabian cymbals and really like them. I also recently received a set of 13'' AAFusion hats with another kit. Those babies are built like a tank and sound amazing. Any idea as to what the ride may be worth? I checked ebay, but could only find a more modern version of it.
Deano!...They could have been a little earlier too of course, but I bought my first set in '86, but don't know exactly when they might have been manufactured. 1985? 1986? Still... should get you in the right area.Tommyp
Sabian debuted the Leopard ride at the 1985 Summer NAMM.
