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Meinl Cymbals 12 inch Classics Custom Dark Trash Splash Cymbal

12" Trash Splash Cymbal, Classics Custom Dark Series, B12 Bronze
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Value-packed Cymbals for Heavy Music

Is your music heavy? If you play hard rock, metal, or fusion, Meinl Classics Custom Dark cymbals will let you cut through raucous guitars like a hot knife through butter. No more bashing just to be heard above the din. These cymbals are bright and richly musical, with complex, dark overtones. And they’re loud! They also look amazing. Among Sweetwater drummers, there’s heavy buzz on Classics Custom Dark cymbals. Check out what these amazing cymbals can do for you.

Bright and loud with a moody, dark finish

Meinl Classics Custom Dark cymbals combine B12 bronze with innovative designs to deliver bright and powerful sound that cuts through the mix. With its higher copper-to-tin ratio, the B12 bronze rings clearly and brightly, filling the air with complex upper harmonics, a cutting attack, and a shimmering decay. A special finishing process gives all the cymbals in this set dark, complex tones and great looks to match. When you need cymbals that cut, Meinl Classics Custom Dark cymbals ace the gig.

Meinl Cymbals Classics Custom Dark 12" Trash Splash Cymbal Features:

  • Ideal for heavier music: rock, metal, fusion, and more
  • B12 bronze alloy with higher tin content than Meinl Classics Series cymbals
  • Dark timbre; rich, musical character
  • High-mid volume, medium sustain
  • Medium weight, wide-blade lathe
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Tech Specs

  • Type: Trash Splash
  • Size: 12"
  • Weight: Medium
  • Finish: Dark
  • Material: B12
  • Pitch: High-Mid
  • Sound: Dark
  • Sustain: Medium
  • Volume: Medium
  • Manufacturer Part Number: CC12DATRS

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Awesome Splash & China

I had never played anything but Zildjian cymbals, I upgraded my cymbals to 18" & 14" Custom A's, 20" K Custom Dark ride, 16" A med thin crash, 17" Sweet K crash, 14" New Beat Hi-hats. But I was looking for a new sound that would blend in with my bright, dark and mellow Zildjian cymbals. By chance I was on YouTube and these Meinl cymbals were being played as a whole set, but I really was looking for a splash and China, so after researching more audio clips I settled on the 18" Classic Dark China & 12" Classic Trash Splash. Besides the stunning color, lathing & design the sound was a perfect blend with my Zildjian's. The splash blended well on my left side where I have my Sweet K crash and 14" Custom A. Because of the holes cut into the splash it mellows the splash nicely and you hit it and get out of the way quick. It's more on the bright side but due to the holes, just when you think it's going to splash loud it mellows out tone wise and cuts out fast. On a gig, if you hit this splash, people will notice it in a good way. The China is everything you can ask for, I play it soft on the edge to get that low rumbling trashy sounded but it never goes into the "Trashy" tone, it's one of those cymbals that has so many shades that you can get many, many sounds, think of it when playing the edge like you would play the edge of your ride, but a bit brighter of course but it still maintains its dark character. So it blends well on my right side where I have a 18" 1980's Avedis medium heavy crash on the right of the China and ibhave my 18" Custom A Crash, so I have a good mix of bright, trashy and smooth mellow sounds. When you really lay into them they are loud with the dark tones, a little trashy which is the sound I was looking for anyways, or I can ride it instead of riding on a crash cymbal to cut through. When playing light on it, it never gets out of control. The best part is that the cost compared to say Custom A's or Crash of Doom China's is way less. I would say the Mienl Classic Dark is more like Zildjian's Oriental Crash of Doom China's.
Due to the exquisite look of these cymbals I'm planning on ordering maybe a mid-sized crash like another 14" and a 18" crash so I can place them in between my Zildjian's, that look would look super impressive on a gig.
So in closing, if you want to spend more on K's and Custom A's and keep your sound very vanilla then by all means go for it, but you'll sound just like every other drummer who stays within his or hers box, but if you want to turn heads and have people stop in their track after playing your trusty Zildjian's and then hit one of these Meinl Custom Dark cymbals, trust me people will notice and say "Wow, what was that?" In a good way.
Music background: Touring/Session Rock drummer, 35+ years
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