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