Zildjian Armand

This is a brilliant, bright sounding ride. Almost too bright, shimmery even. The wash really rides up over the sound, and limited stick definition. No 'dry' to be found.

Well-made, stayed in great shape, except for stick marks.

Its a great sounding ride, but limited in the music that it suits. I found it was lost in the mix of a typical rock music band. Does not suit large parts of the rock music spectrum. Its mostly a 60's sounding cymbal, which it was designed to emulate. I eventually switched to a Paiste 2002, which I find to have more presence, better stick defintion, cuts the mix completely and an overall richer, nicer sound, but still maintaining some bright shimmery character. Bonham used them for a reason.

20 inch Armand ride
I don't know what kind of metal it's made of
Classic style lathing
Natural finish
These are manufactured (I was told) the way they were in the 60's

This ride is the most brilliant musical ride I have ever played.
If you want that old school classic ride tone, this is it man...
This ride has The who, Hendrix, and such tone. When looking for a ride I had that sound in mind, my search ended with this ride. It was exactly what I wanted, I hear that classic Zildjian ride now filling out my own recordings, and it gives me chills..

This is a slightly light cymbal, so I wouldn't bash it, but it's loud s no need to bash it. Very durable, should last a long time.

Normal warranty from Zildjian.
Never dealt with CS

I give this ride a 10 I love my ride and wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. It's a beautiful thing man.
Playing little over a year
if it were stolen I would cry and then replace it with another one as soon as I could afford it.