Got a ride cymbal from a friend of mine recently; he wasn't sure what it was but thought it might be a Sweet Ride. Judging by the pics I've seen it would be a likely match, but maybe someone here can help...
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Can't tell from the pics. USUALLY, you can see the faint remains of the ink on the cymbal, or maybe it will look like a really clean spot in the shape of letters. Hold the cymbal up to the light and look for the irregular reflection.
Is it 21"? Looks kinda like an A Custom ride to me. I would only be able to tell by playing it. If it's too washy to be a useful ride, yet too clangy to sound good as a crash, it's probably a Sweet Ride!
I'm guessing we don't like the Sweet Ride, eh?
LoLoLoLo
Sounds good to my ears. All I've ever had for a ride was a ****ty B8. Too cheap to ever spend the money on something nice, so this was a welcome replacement, whatever it may be!
I've owned 5 of them and never fully liked any one of them. It was a "jack of all trades, master of none" cymbal. That's just my opinion, though, and maybe I got all duds. They certainly get lots of love on other drum forums. Just not my cup of tea, I guess, but DEFINITELY an improvement over the B8 you had...
That appears to be a stamped trademark, which would put it in the early 90s at the youngest (if I'm not mistaken). I don't know when the Sweet Ride was introduced, so I can't say if it could be or not.
Although I respectfully disagree with caddywumpus' statement, the description is very close - they tend to have a fairly defined ping with washy overtones and are slightly to very clangy when crashed, depending on thickness. I love my 21" Sweet Ride. It works very well for what I do, but I play bluesy rock...I think caddy plays harder stuff. I remember thinking it sounded terrible when I played in a hard rock band. I got a brilliant finished one, which seems to focus the ping a bit more than the traditional finished ones.
I hope this helps, but regardless of what it is - ENJOY!!!
Lynn
Where in the WORLD did you get THAT idea?!?!? :OI play everything from jazz to world music to classic rock. No "harder stuff" here. I'm not offended or anything. I'm just curious as to how that thought came to be...
I apologize. I think I confused you with someone else whose username I can't seem to recall. For some reason, I guess I associated the two of you from having read posts from the both of you close to the same time. Anyway, I remember someone mentioning that they play hard rock and, for some reason, I thought I remembered it being you. My mistake. DOH
Lynn
I apologize. I think I confused you with someone else whose username I can't seem to recall. For some reason, I guess I associated the two of you from having read posts from the both of you close to the same time. Anyway, I remember someone mentioning that they play hard rock and, for some reason, I thought I remembered it being you. My mistake. DOHLynn
Ha! Yeah, no worries! I was just wondering if you derived that from my posting in any way...
Game on!
