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This 18-inch China Packs Stage Heat and Symphonic Depth





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With the Paiste RUDE Novo China chained to the side of your kit, you've got plenty of that classic china character and heaps of projection for distributing your sound to the masses. Paiste describes the Novo China as having a "full, slightly trashy" sound and a "responsive and somewhat soft" feel. And based on our trials, this tracks. But what we also found is that the Novo China ? probably owing to its B8 bronze construction and medium-weight profile ? really, really cuts in a live setting. Even so, beneath its trashy bite is the roar of a lion, bellowing mysteries of the deep from the caverns of its soul. If you're looking for a heavy-hitting china cymbal with stage heat to match its symphonic flavor, give the Paiste RUDE Novo 18-inch China cymbal from Sweetwater a spin.





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For raw attitude and projection that carries beyond the stage, there's nothing like Paiste RUDE cymbals. Each crash, hat, china, and ride in this series is built with one goal in mind: unbridled musical energy. So whether you sling sludge in the South or craft studio metal in Sweden, take it from Sweetwater: Paiste's RUDE series cymbals have what you're after. Just ask Hatebreed's Matt Byrne or Slayer's Paul Bostaph.





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Look. Sweetwater has nothing against pretty cymbals. But let's face it ? you're not going to take your 20th-century Turkish cymbals out on the road with your punk band. And even if you did, they wouldn't have the attack and projection that Paiste RUDE cymbals can lay claim to. That's because the RUDE series is made from Paiste 2002 bronze (B8) and crafted for the icy overtones, trashy attack, and raw penetration today's aggressive music calls for. Not to mention, they're virtually impossible to break.*





*Through typical playing. Not guaranteed.





Paiste RUDE Novo 18-inch China Cymbal Features:


18-inch china from the RUDE series


Blends stage heat with symphonic depth


Forged from 2002 bronze (B8) for attack and projection


Random hammering pattern generates a complex, musical tone


Unlathed for added dryness