Cast vs Sheet Cymbals: What You Need to Know-Sound Pure Gear Tips

For those of you unfamiliar with the cymbal-making process, cymbals begin life as a molten copper alloy of some sort, typically bronze (copper/tin) or brass (copper/zinc). How this molten metal gains its familiar cymbal shape is a point of contention within the drumming community.

The traditional cymbal production process involves pouring molten metal into a mold, which produces a single blank disc that will be rolled, pressed, hammered and lathed into a finished cymbal. This process is extremely labor intensive and requires a high degree of skill from all hands involved in the production line. Cast cymbals, then, tend to carry a higher price tag because of the laborious process involved in their production.

Sheet cymbals, on the other hand, are stamped out of a larger piece of sheet metal, which is typically fabricated outside of the cymbal production facility. Sheet cymbals are relatively inexpensive to produce, and generally don’t carry as high a price tag as do their cast cousins.
So which is the better choice? Well the answer is, it depends! Check out the video to learn more.

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Sheet Example: 1:48
Cast Example: 2:08

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Links to gear used in this video:
https://www.soundpure.com/p/zildjian-18-s-family-thin-crash-cymbal/20618
https://www.soundpure.com/p/18-zildjian-k-dark-thin-crash-cymbal/5535

Check out the other parts of our cymbal series:
Part 1: Cast vs Sheet Cymbals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o37Mfbt0iVo&t
Part 2: Cymbal Alloys 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaAfJCBE7NY&t
Part 3: Cymbal Anatomy 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t0TN9aw9pw&t
Part 4: Effects of Hammering and Lathing Cymbals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDXwlrQoJR8&t

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