Zultan's Raw cymbal series is characterised by a raw, earthy look. The surfaces of the cymbals reveal the natural colour of the B20 bronze and deliberately do without a high-gloss polish. The Raw cymbals produce dark, dry sounds that blend perfectly with the music and prove a perfect choice wherever you want to have warm and unobtrusive cymbal sounds. The cymbals are made in Turkey, the country in which the art of cymbal making is most highly developed and where cymbal smiths who have learned their craft from scratch use traditional methods to create high-quality, good-sounding instruments.
Each Zultan Raw Series cymbal is made from 80% copper and 20% tin and is hand hammered. The cymbals are thus unique, but in the final tonal tuning, care is taken to ensure that the specified tolerances are met. Not lathing the cymbals results on the one hand in the special look, on the other hand in a controlled, slightly treble-reduced sound, which is characterised by a relatively short sustain. Thanks to these special sound characteristics, there is no risk that the cymbals of the Raw series will dominate the music too much. The Jazz Ride is slightly lighter than the regular 22" ride from the Raw series and offers a deep, musical, unobtrusive, and compact sound with reduced overtones.
Drummers from the genres of Pop, Fusion, Funk, and Jazz need fast responding, dynamic cymbals that blend homogeneously into different settings. The 22” Jazz Ride is perfect for this job. Depending on whether it is played with sticks, rods, or brushes, it unfolds a wide variety of sound facets, and just as you would expect from a good Jazz ride, the cymbal can also be used for crash accents. Fans of hybrid drumming, in which acoustic and electronic sounds are on an equal footing, often prefer cymbals with a short sustain - one of the characteristic features of the Raw series. The 22" Jazz Ride thus also fits seamlessly into this area.
To provide traditional craftsmanship at a fair price has been the guiding principle of Zultan ever since it was founded in 2000. The firm’s practice of selling directly to the end customer makes it possible to offer very customer-friendly prices. Nevertheless, the production process for Zultan’s trademark cymbals, which are made mainly in Turkey, is of the highest quality, a fact which has ensured they have also been a fixture in the Thomann range since 2011. The nearly 250 Zultan products cover several cymbal series, catering for all sectors of the music market. Zultan also offers accessories such as bags and drumsticks. Thanks to the use of high-quality materials and manufacturing expertise, Zultan really does offer uncompromising quality at a reasonable price.
The 22" Zultan Raw Jazz Ride can be used flexibly and, apart from very loud music styles, has virtually no musical limits. Thanks to its moderate volume and balanced frequency spectrum, the Raw Jazz Ride also proves its worth in the studio, where it benefits a balanced mix if the cymbals are heard as little as possible on the drum microphones. Even in acoustically difficult locations, for example in large halls or reverberant rehearsal rooms, the 22" Jazz Ride, like all of the other cymbals of the Raw series, delivers very good results.