Istanbul Mehmet 22" Tony Williams Tribute Ride
Brand: Istanbul Mehmet

REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST İNFLUENTİAL DRUMMERS OF ALL TİME BY JAZZ AND ROCK DRUMMERS ALİKE, TONY WİLLİAMS SİMPLY REVOLUTİONİZED THE ART OF DRUMMİNG İN THE 60S AS A MEMBER OF THE MİLES DAVİS “SECOND GREAT” QUİNTET. NOT ONLY DİD TONY'S DRUMMİNG WİTH THİS TRANSFORMATİVE GROUP SET A NEW STANDARD, BUT THE VERY SOUND OF HİS İNSTRUMENT, AND İN PARTİCULAR THAT OF HİS CYMBALS, WOULD BECOME EQUALLY AS İNFLUENTİAL. TODAY, TONY'S CYMBAL SOUNDS ON THE RECORDİNGS OF THE MİLES DAVİS QUİNTET ARE REGARDED AS THE EPİTOME OF THE AUTHENTİC HANDMADE TURKİSH CYMBAL SOUND AND HAVE SET A BENCHMARK TO WHİCH, STİLL TO THİS DAY, ALL OTHERS ASPİRE. NOW THE ISTANBUL MEHMET CO HAS BEEN GRANTED EXCLUSİVE ACCESS TO THE ACTUAL CYMBALS PLAYED BY TONY WİLLİAMS ON THESE HİSTORİC RECORDİNGS, AND AS FAİTHFUL REPLİCAS OF THESE NOW İCONİC CYMBALS HAVE CREATED THİS EXTRAORDİNARY TONY WİLLİAMS TRİBUTE CYMBAL SET. TO ENSURE ABSOLUTE İNTEGRİTY İN THE RECREATİON PROCESS, COLLEEN WİLLİAMS, TONY’S WİFE, PERSONALLY HAND CARRİED THE ORİGİNAL CYMBALS TO THE ISTANBUL MEHMET FACTORY İN ISTANBUL. EVERY ASPECT OF THESE LEGENDARY CYMBALS HAS BEEN METİCULOUSLY REPLİCATED BY THE ISTANBUL MEHMET MASTER ARTİSANS TO ENSURE THAT THE TRİBUTE MODELS BE AS CLOSE İN SOUND AS POSSİBLE TO THE ORİGİNALS. THE TONY WİLLİAMS TRİBUTE CYMBALS SAME AS LİMİTED EDİTİON SET, BUT NOW NOT LIMITED QUANTITY FEATURES 22’’ RİDE, 18’’ CRASH AND 14’’ HİHATS, EACH PART AVAILABLE SINGLE RIDE, CRASH AND HI-HATS

1 x TW-R22 - 22" Ride Cymbal
The most celebrated Ride cymbal in history? Undoubtedly. Long regarded as the epitome of the ideal old Turkish cymbal Ride sound.
Used by Tony on all the Quintet recordings up to ‘Sorcerer’, after which it was forced in to retirement due to increasing fragility, this magnificent cymbal now bears the scars of the most intense Ride cymbal playing in history.
Drilled out repeatedly in several places over the years, to halt the spread of cracks, with a piece flung off at the edge under his furious assault, Tony, still refused to surrender his prize. Despite and ‘because of’, these historic characteristics, this cymbal retains its utterly remarkable sound and all the characteristics for which it became so famous.
Its unique combination of dry, clean stick sound, with complex, dark, orchestral overtones, presented the greatest challenge to the Istanbul Mehmet artisans, and they met it. NO MORE LIMIT. THE SAME CYMBALS LIKE LIMITED EDITION