Paiste 101

All volume settings, Live playing , Entire range of music styles, Users: Students, starter,All players who want affordable cymbals with Paiste quality and musicality, Sound:Overall – musical, harmonic, powerful, Background: Create a segment that is characterized by the parameters “brand image” and “affordability” Continue to place great value on sound, quality and looks, Innovation: Transfer the Swiss principles concerning shape, structure and sound to our modern German high-tech production, Alloy:MS63 Brass, Quality:Basic quality, Production: Modern, hi-tech production techniques

Paiste PST3

All volume settings • Live playing • Entire range of music styles, Users: Casual players, students • All players who want affordable cymbals with Paiste quality and musicality, Sound: Bright, clean, powerful with proper functional and musical characteristics
Background: Create affordable cymbals with never before realized sound quality and professional appearance, Draws on over half a century experience of creating real sound in affordable cymbals, Transfer the Swiss principles concerning shape, structure and sound to our modern German high-tech production , Strive for the successful realization of the hand manufacture achievements in our modern, technical production.
Innovation: Transfer the Swiss principles concerning shape, structure and sound to our modern German high-tech production
Alloy: MS63 Brass
Quality: basic quality with best price value relationship
Production: Modern, hi-tech production techniques

Paiste PST5

All volume settings, Live playing  Entire range of music styles, Users: Casual players, students, All players who want satisfying cymbal sound and function with musical feeling and authentic looks in their cymbals, Sound: Bright, clean, full, focused, cutting and energetic with proper functional and musical characteristics
Background: Create affordable cymbals with never before realized sound quality and professional appearance, Draws on over half a century experience of creating real sound in affordable cymbals, Transfer the Swiss principles concerning shape, structure and sound to our modern German high-tech production, Strive for the successful realization of the hand manufacture achievements in our modern, technical production.
Innovation: Transfer the Swiss principles concerning shape, structure and sound to our modern German high-tech production
Alloy: CuSn8 Bronze, also known as 2002 Bronze
Quality: Mid-range with best quality/price relationship
Production: Modern, hi-tech production techniques

Paiste PST8

PST 8 cymbals are crafted from the legendary 2002 bronze, refined through traditional hand hammering and perfected with the unique handmade Reflector finish. These hallmarks of Swiss workmanship make these cymbals pure Paiste instruments, yet they are as attractively priced as the other successful Paiste Sound Technology series.

Paiste Alpha Boomer Range Nicko McBrain Signature Series

Since Nicko McBrain joined the British top metal band Iron Maiden almost 30 years ago, he has been respected worldwide as one of most celebrated and influential rock drummers. His long standing loyalty and dedication moved Paiste to honor Nicko with a special “Boomer” edition of the successful Alpha series, which will satisfy not only die-hard Nicko fans. Corresponding to Nicko’s professional touring set, Alpha Boomer Cymbals are silk screened in blue. The Paiste logo in Maiden-font combined with the PowerSlave Eddie artwork bring the Boomer cymbals’ appearance to perfection.

Paiste Alpha Brilliant Finish

All volume settings, Live and casual recording, Entire range of music styles, Users: Working musicians, casual players, advanced students, All players who need fairly priced cymbals with energy, versatility, very musical features and professional characteristics, Sound: Bright, crisp, energetic, powerful, and cutting with clarity, warmth, and tonal definition
Background: Synonymous with dependability, Alpha cymbals are well known for first-class sound and fair prices since 1992, in 2006, takes Alpha to a new level, advances these trusted qualities, and presents a completely revamped Alpha.
Innovation: Heavy investment into the perfection of hi-tech processes, seeking to faithfully reproduce the principles of Swiss hand craftsmanship in modern production, Alpha cymbals are manufactured using this top-notch technology, and then enhanced using traditional hand hammering, the combination of hi-tech and traditional methods brings about never before realized quality levels
Alloy: CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Bronze"
Quality: Professional character, fulfills high demands in quality and function
Production: Modern, hi-tech production techniques, Traditional Hand hammering

Paiste 2002

Medium soft to very loud settings, Live and recording, Classic Rock, Blues, Punk, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal & most Modern Metal styles, Crossover, Country Rock, Ska, Rockabilly, Funk, R&B, Soul, Gospel and modern hybrids rooted in those styles, Users: Working musicians, enthusiasts, All players who need energy and drive and want their cymbals to cut through the music and superior projection in all musical settings, Sound: Brilliant, clear, warm, strong, musical and very precise with high energy levels and powerful and reliable projection characteristics
Background: During the 1960's the developing Beat and Rock music required a cymbal sound to match the new frequencies and volume levels and consequently in 1967 the Giant Beat series was created as response to this demand. The 2002 was developed 1971 fusing the power of the Giant Beat with the differentiation of the Jazz series Formula 602, In 2005, Paiste once again makes the 2002 a core series for the future, including the best and most innovative Dimensions models into the newly expanded 2002, thus adding current trend cymbal sound to this venerable line, In the year 2007, the line is further expanded in to the loud genres by adding larger cymbals and the more aggressive "Wild" models
Innovation: First cymbal series fully developed for electronically amplified music
Alloy: CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Bronze"
Quality: Professional
Production: Manual craftsmanship, Hand hammering, hand lathing, Proprietary manufacturing methods

Paiste Giant Beats

Soft to loud settings, Live and recording, Rock, Blues, Rock'n'Roll, Swing, Country, Garage Rock, British Rock and Pop, Beat, Users: Working musicians, enthusiasts, Drummers eager to re-capture Paiste vintage cymbal sounds from the late 60's, Sound: Bright and warm with a multilayered, full, dark, glassily splendid presence
Background: In the late 50's Paiste experimented with the CuSn8 bronze alloy and pioneered CuSn8 cymbals in 1963, In the 60's the electrified sound generated was groundbreaking and popular music, simply stated, became loud and irreverent, CuSn8 bronze that Paiste worked on turned out to be perfect for the new soundscape with its amplified volume and frequencies, 1967 Paiste launched the Giant Beat cymbals, which are characterized by warmth, strength and brilliance drummers had not known before
Innovation: First cymbal series to be manufactured from the popular CuSn8 Bronze, "2002 Bronze"
Alloy: CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Bronze"
Quality: Professional
Production: Manual craftsmanship, Hand hammering, hand lathing, Proprietary manufacturing methods

Paiste Twenty

Medium soft to loud settings, Live and recording, Pop, Blues, Soul, Rock, Jazz, Big Band, R&B, Country, Acoustic Music, percussive settings, classical applications and Latin styles., Users: Professional drummers, recording artists, studio owners, Sound enthusiasts and collectors., Sound: Warm, broad, deep, sparkling, dark, oriental, trashy, bright and forceful,. Cymbals with a certain raw and untamed sort of a mystical force, yet with the harmony, balance and consistent quality that is a Paiste trademark for decades.
Background: Our continuous search for new ways to create cymbal sounds from manually malleable metals has taken us back to the primal and archaic sound energy of traditional CuSn20 bronze, From such alloy the Twenty series is made of and combines the Turkish ancient knowledge with the Swiss precision and our time-honored methods, A symbiosis, a completely new blend of sound character
Innovation: To create cymbals of true and dignified quality for highest demands of professional drummers and percussionists
Alloy: CuSn20, also know as "Traditional Bronze"
Quality: Professional
Production: Manual craftsmanship exclusively • Hand alloying, hand hammering, hand lathing • Proprietary manufacturing methods

Paiste Rude

Medium loud to extremely loud • Live and recording • Punk, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Crossover Styles, Ska, Reggae, Modern Metal derivatives, and contemporary styles rooted in/or similar to those styles, Users: Working musicians, enthusiasts • All players who need raw energy and extreme cutting power and projection without sacrificing musical cymbal sound, Sound: Raw, metallic, powerful, lively, sparkling, bright, icy and energetic with heavy mid-range harmonics and powerful, cutting characteristics
Background: This is our answer to Heavy Metal and Punk, when extreme presence and volume is necessary • In the year 2005 the series was extended with Thin Crash models, which give the series more control and sophistication • In 2007, Paiste adds "Wild" models for extreme and modern styles to the line
Innovation: First cymbal series without any lathing, featuring uniform thickness and sound engineering to compete with the most extreme mid-range frequencies and volume levels
Alloy: CuSn8 Bronze, also known as "2002 Bronze"
Quality: Professional
Production: Manual craftsmanship • Hand hammering • Proprietary manufacturing methods

Paiste Signature

Most volume settings • Live and recording • Wide range of music styles such as Pop, Rock, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Funk, R&B, Classic, Avantgarde, Big Band, Country, Blues and Gospel , Users: Professional musicians and enthusiastic drummers, refined drummers and sound specialists with precise requirements that need a fully developed character in their cymbal sound, Sound: Musical, transparent, beautiful, rich, colorful, full, clear, expressive sound • The model range features everything from particularly delicate, well balanced and sensitive to expressive, potent and powerful and projective qualities.
Background: To create the ultimate cymbal sound reflecting typical traditional Paiste characteristics that expand sound horizons beyond 1980's cymbal program known for 2002, Formula 602 and Sound Creation
Innovation: First series created from patented bronze that was specifically researched and developed for cymbal sounds
Alloy: Patented Signature Bronze
Quality: Professional
Production: Manual craftsmanship • Hand hammering, hand lathing • Proprietary manufacturing methods

Paiste 602

The renowned Swiss cymbal maker Paiste announces the reintroduction of its legendary Formula 602 series.

Back in 1959 Paiste launched a series that was destined to become one of the world's most revered in the history of cymbal making – Formula 602.

Its fine, pure and always controlled musical tone was adopted by well-known drummers and percussionists including none other than Joe Morello, Art Blakey, Paul Motian, Ndugu Chancler, Jon Hiseman, Charlie Watts and a host more. Formula 602s were especially coveted as the ultimate cymbal in jazz, the burgeoning beat and rock music of the times, avant-garde and acoustic genres of music for more than three decades.

Both in terms of sound and looks, the Paiste 602 flair is faithfully re-created. The black logo and red printed model designation will appeal to Formula 602 fans the world over.