SABIAN's new AAX-Plosion Fast Crashes, introduced at The NAMM Show 2009.

Responding to requests from R&B, funk, jazz, pop and fusion drummers for a faster variation of the popular AAX-Plosion Crash cymbal, Sabian now introduces the AAX X-Plosion Fast Crash.

This extra-thin model redefines the power potential for thinner cymbals and creates lively, punchier accents no matter what the volume level is. The X-Plosion Fast Crash is slimmer and more responsive than the X-Plosion Crash with a raw bell, and a glassier, higher pitch ensuring extremely quick response and decay.

The bright, shimmering sound is so pure, clean and concentrated that it blows by everything going on around it. According to Sabian Master Product Specialist Mark Love, "The AAX-Plosion Fast Crash is great for players wanting a big, explosive response with a faster, brighter sound. Its AAX "Dynamic Focus" design means it responds accurately at all volume levels, so it's fast, glassy and extremely versatile with a bright, explosive attack, penetrating definition and total presence."

Tony Royster Jr. (Jay-Z), Jim Riley (Rascal Flatts), Cora Coleman-Dunham (Prince) and Todd Sucherman (Styx, Brian Wilson) are among early adopters of the AAX-Plosion Fast Crash cymbals. Like other cymbals in the AAX line, the Fast Crash is crafted of premium B20 bronze alloy with hammering and pinpoint lathing so it's modern and extremely efficient with a sensitive response that equalizes mid to low pitches and purifies sound by filtering out distracting and conflicting overtones.