Professional drummers can’t afford to let their sound suffer, so you know they take their cymbal selections very seriously. And many of today’s working drummers make Meinl their top choice for quality, consistency and reliability.

If you could go on stage, you’d find Meinl Soundcaster Custom Thin Crashes mixed into the sets of noted drummers such as Richard Eversand of the Australian band Demonoid, Raphael Saini of Chaoswave, and Matt Zebroski of the Alex Skolnick Trio. That should tell you something when you’re building or expanding your own set—only play with the highest quality cymbals!

Like Soundcaster Custom Thin Crashes. These 16” and 18” lightweight cymbals answer the call and speak with a brilliant, clear attack, a fast response and a shimmering, short sustain for explosive and robust accents. While they are intended to work with harder rock or pop tunes live or in the studio, thin crashes can hold their own with most other types of music as well including country, punk and alternative.

The great sound these cymbals produce all starts with the right metal. The B12 bronze alloy construction offers a clean, rich sound with outstanding sound characteristics, and its high polish, super shiny finish delivers a dazzling shimmer under stage lights. The high-tech computerized design and crafting process creates the uniform hammering patterns and shallow lathed bands that are of such importance to the consistent sound quality and appearance of the playing surface.